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Best Short Novels: 2007 ed. Jonathan Strahan (SFBC, June 2007, #1230075, $12.99, 524+xivpp, hc, an, cover by Stephan Martiniere)
Year’s Best anthology of eight novellas published in 2006, with a discussion of the year by Strahan. Authors include Kage Baker, Robert Reed, and Cory Doctorow. This has ISBN 978-1-58288-267-3, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

xi · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

1 · Where the Golden Apples Grow [Mars] · Kage Baker · na Escape from Earth ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2006

64 · A Billion Eves · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2006

130 · The Voyage of Night Shining White [Celestial Empire] · Chris Roberson · na PS Publishing, 2006

203 · Julian: A Christmas Story · Robert Charles Wilson · na PS Publishing, 2006

260 · The Lineaments of Gratified Desire [Califa] · Ysabeau S. Wilce · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2006

314 · Lord Weary’s Empire [Iron Dragon’s Daughter] · Michael Swanwick · na Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2006

367 · After the Siege · Cory Doctorow · na Infinite Matrix January 2007
first published in Russian in Elsi, Summer 2006.

427 · Botch Town · Jeffrey Ford · na The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford, Golden Gryphon Press, 2006

The Best of Joe Haldeman by Joe Haldeman ed. Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe--- see under Joe Haldeman.

The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson by Kim Stanley Robinson ed. Jonathan Strahan--- see under Kim Stanley Robinson.

The Book of Dragons ed. Jonathan Strahan (Harper Voyager, June 25, 2020, 978-0-00-833148-1, £12.99, xvii+558pp, tp, oa, cover by Rovina Cai)
Details taken from online listing.

xv · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

1 · What Heroism Tells Us · Jane Yolen · pm

3 · Matriculation · Elle Katharine White · nv

25 · Hikaya Sri Bujang, or The Tale of the Naga Sage · Zen Cho · nv

49 · Yuli · Daniel Abraham · ss

67 · A Whisper of Blue · Ken Liu · nv

99 · Nidhog · Jo Walton · pm

103 · Where the River Turns to Concrete · Brooke Bolander · nv

129 · Habitat · K. J. Parker · nv

153 · Pox · Ellen Klages · nv

177 · The Nine Curves River · R. F. Kuang · ss

195 · Lucky’s Dragon · Kelly Barnhill · nv

231 · I Make Myself a Dragon · Beth Cato · pm

237 · The Exile · J. Y. Yang · ss

255 · Except on Saturdays · Peter S. Beagle · ss

267 · La Vitesse · Kelly Robson · nv

289 · A Final Knight to Her Love and Foe · Amal El-Mohtar · pm

293 · The Long Walk · Kate Elliott · nv

339 · Cut Me Another Quill, Mister Fitz [Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz] · Garth Nix · nv

367 · Hoard · Seanan McGuire · ss

377 · The Wyrm of Lirr · C. S. E. Cooney · pm

383 · The Last Hunt · Aliette de Bodard · ss

403 · We Continue · Ann Leckie & Rachel Swirsky · nv

425 · Small Bird’s Plea · Todd McCaffrey · nv

453 · The Dragons · Theodora Goss · pm

459 · Dragon Slayer · Michael Swanwick · ss

479 · Camouflage · Patricia A. McKillip · ss

497 · We Don’t Talk About the Dragon · Sarah Gailey · ss

517 · Maybe Just Go Up There and Talk to It · Scott Lynch · nv

547 · A Nice Cuppa · Jane Yolen · pm

The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan (Harper Voyager US, August 1, 2023, 978-0-06-311322-0, $40.00, 512pp, hc, oa, cover by Alyssa Winans)
Details taken from online listing.

xvii · What Is a Witch? · Jonathan Strahan · in

1 · Seed of Power · Linda D. Addison · pm

3 · What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata · P. Djèlí Clark · nv

29 · Catechism for Those Who Would Find Witches · Kathleen Jennings · ss

45 · The Luck Thief · Tade Thompson · nv

71 · Good Spells · Ken Liu · ss

95 · The Liar · Darcie Little Badger · ss

117 · Escape Artists · Andrea Hairston · pm

123 · The Witch Is Not the Monster · Alaya Dawn Johnson · nv

149 · Met Swallow · Cassandra Khaw · ss

165 · The Nine Jars of Nukulu · Tobi Ogundiran · ss

181 · In a Cabin, In a Wood · Kelly Robson · ss

203 · What Dreams May Come · C. L. Clark · ss

223 · She Who Makes the Rain · Millie Ho · pm

225 · As Wayward Sisters, Hand in Hand · Indrapramit Das · ss

247 · Orphanage of the Last Breath · Saad Z. Hossain · ss

261 · The Unexpected Excursion of the Murder Mystery Writing Witches · Garth Nix · ss

281 · So Spake the Mirrorwitch · Premee Mohamed · ss

295 · Just a Nudge · Maureen McHugh · ss

317 · Her Ravenous Waters · Andrea Stewart · ss

335 · Déja Vue · Tochi Onyebuchi · ss

349 · Botanica: A Song in Four Movements · Sheree Renée Thomas · pm

357 · Through the Woods, Due West · Angela Slatter · ss

373 · Nameless Here for Evermore · Fonda Lee · ss

383 · Mask of the Nautilus · Sheree Renée Thomas · ss

391 · Night Riding · Usman T. Malik · ss

409 · Witchfires · E. Lily Yu · ss

423 · The Academy of Oracular Magic · Miyuki Jane Pinckard · ss

435 · The Cost of Doing Business · Emily Y. Teng · ss

453 · John Hollowback and the Witch · Amal El-Mohtar · nv

475 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

485 · About Jonathan Strahan · [uncredited] · bg

Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris, October 6, 2016, 978-1-78108-418-2, £9.99, 447pp, tp, oa, cover by Adam Tredowski)
Anthology of 15 original stories. Authors include Baxter, Benford, Cadigan, Niven, Reed, Reynolds, Rusch, Sargent, Steele, etc,

11 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

19 · Sixteen Questions for Kamala Chatterjee · Alastair Reynolds · ss

39 · Six Degrees of ~~Separation~~ Freedom · Pat Cadigan · nv

63 · The Venus Generations · Stephen Baxter · nv

93 · Rager in Space · Charlie Jane Anders · nv

119 · The Mighty Slinger · Tobias S. Buckell & Karen Lord · nv

159 · Ozymandias · Karin Lowachee · nv

189 · The City’s Edge · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv

217 · Mice Among Elephants · Gregory Benford & Larry Niven · nv

249 · Parables of Infinity [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv

273 · Monuments · Pamela Sargent · nv

295 · Apache Charley and the Pentagons of Hex · Allen M. Steele · nv

323 · Cold Comfort · Pat Murphy & Paul Doherty · nv

355 · Travelling Into Nothing · An Owomoyela · nv

383 · Induction · Thoraiya Dyer · nv

417 · Seven Birthdays · Ken Liu · nv

439 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Communications Breakdown: SF Stories About the Future of Connection ed. Jonathan Strahan (The MIT Press, October 31, 2023, 978-0-262-54646-1, $22.95, 224pp, tp, oa, cover by Ashley Mackenzie)
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

1 · Here Instead of There · Elizabeth Bear · nv

23 · Moral Hazard · Cory Doctorow · ss

41 · Sigh No More · Ian McDonald · ss

61 · Less Than · Lavanya Lakshminarayan · nv

81 · What About Privacy? · Tim Maughan · iv [Ref. Chris Gilliard]

91 · The Excommunicates · Ken MacLeod · ss

105 · Noise Cancellation · S. B. Divya · ss

123 · My City Is Not a Problem · Tim Maughan · ss

133 · Cuttlefish · Anil Menon · nv

155 · Company Man · Shiv Ramdas · nv

182 · At Every Door a Ghost · Premee Mohamed · nv

201 · Artwork: Ashley Mackenzie · Ashley Mackenzie · ar

205 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Desperate Days by Jack Vance ed. Jonathan Strahan & Terry Dowling--- see under Jack Vance.

Dream Castles by Jack Vance ed. Jonathan Strahan & Terry Dowling--- see under Jack Vance.

Drowned Worlds: Tales from the Anthropocene and Beyond ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris, July 14, 2016, 978-1-78108-450-2, £12.99, 381+viiipp, tp, oa, cover by Les Edwards)
Anthology of 15 original SF stories by McAuley, Liu, Goonan, Ford, Valente, Tidhar, Morrow, Hopkinson, Kim Stanley Robinson, and others. Simultaneous with the US (Solaris US) edition.

9 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

13 · Elves of Antarctica · Paul McAuley · nv

37 · Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit—Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts · Ken Liu · nv

59 · Venice Drowned · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981

87 · Brownsville Station · Christopher Rowe · nv

121 · Who Do You Love? · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv

155 · Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy · Charlie Jane Anders · nv

177 · The Common Tongue, the Present Tense, the Known · Nina Allan · nv

207 · What is · Jeffrey Ford · nv

229 · Destroyed by the Waters · Rachel Swirsky · nv

249 · The New Venusians · Sean Williams · nv

277 · Inselberg · Nalo Hopkinson · ss

287 · Only Ten More Shopping Days Left Till Ragnarök · James Morrow · nv

313 · Last Gods · Sam J. Miller · nv

333 · Drowned · Lavie Tidhar · nv

353 · The Future Is Blue [Garbagetown] · Catherynne M. Valente · nv

383 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, October 2007, 978-1-59780-117-1, $14.95, 263pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Whelan)
Original anthology of 15 stories, the first in a series. Authors include Bruce Sterling, Garth Nix, Peter S. Beagle, and Terry Dowling.

· Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse · Andy Duncan · ss

· Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex · Garth Nix · ss

· The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French · Peter S. Beagle · ss

· Lost Boy: A Reporter at Large · Maureen F. McHugh · ss

· The Drowned Life · Jeffrey Ford · nv

· Toother [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · nv

· Up the Fire Road · Eileen Gunn · nv

· In the Forest of the Queen · Gwyneth Jones · ss

· Quartermaster Returns [Califa] · Ysabeau S. Wilce · nv

· Electric Rains · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ss

· She-creatures · Margo Lanagan · ss

· Transformation of Targ · Paul Brandon & Jack Dann · ss

· Mrs. Zeno’s Paradox · Ellen Klages · ss

· The Lustration · Bruce Sterling · ss

· Larissa Miusov · Lucius Shepard · ss

Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, December 2008, 978-1-59780-136-2, $14.95, 287pp, tp, oa, cover by Donato Giancola)
Original anthology of 15 stories, the second in a series. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Margo Lanagan, Ted Chiang, and Peter S. Beagle.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

5 · The Hero [Virga] · Karl Schroeder · nv

29 · Turing’s Apples · Stephen Baxter · ss

49 · Invisible Empire of Ascending Light · Ken Scholes · ss

61 · Michael Laurits Is: Drowning · Paul Cornell · ss

67 · Night of the Firstlings · Margo Lanagan · ss

77 · Elevator · Nancy Kress · ss

89 · The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm · Daryl Gregory · nv

109 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv

125 · Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom · David Moles · nv

155 · The Rabbi’s Hobby · Peter S. Beagle · nv

181 · The Seventh Expression of the Robot General · Jeffrey Ford · ss

189 · Skin Deep · Richard Parks · nv

211 · Ex Cathedra · Tony Daniel · nv

237 · Truth Window: A Tale of the Bedlam Rose · Terry Dowling · ss

255 · Fury · Alastair Reynolds · nv

Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, October 2009, 978-1-59780-162-1, $14.95, 289pp, tp, oa, cover by Richard Powers)
Original anthology of 15 stories. Authors include Karen Joy Fowler, Nnedi Okorafor, Peter S. Beagle, and Paul Di Filippo.

· Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

· The Pelican Bar · Karen Joy Fowler · ss

· Practical Girl · Ellen Klages · ss

· Don’t Mention Madagascar · Pat Cadigan · ss

· On the Road · Nnedi Okorafor · ss

· Swell · Elizabeth Bear · ss

· Useless Things · Maureen F. McHugh · nv

· Coral Heart · Jeffrey Ford · ss

· It Takes Two · Nicola Griffith · nv

· Sleight of Hand · Peter S. Beagle · nv

· Pretenders’ Tourney · Daniel Abraham · ss

· Yes We Have No Bananas · Paul Di Filippo · ss

· Mesopotamian Fire · Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple · ss

· Visited Man · Molly Gloss · ss

· Galápagos · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv

· Dulce Domum · Ellen Kushner · ss

· About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

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