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Year’s Best SF 14 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2009, 978-0-06-172174-8, $7.99, xii+498pp, pb, an, cover by Bob Warner)     Year’s Best anthology of 21 SF stories from 2008. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Ted Chiang, Michael Swanwick, and Ann Halam. Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell · in 1 · Arkfall [The Twenty Planets] · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2008 63 · Orange · Neil Gaiman · ss The Starry Rift ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2008 73 · Memory Dog · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2008 105 · Pump Six · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Pump Six by Paolo Bacigalupi, Night Shade Books, 2008 144 · Boojum [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008 167 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 186 · Traitor · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2008 201 · The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away · Cory Doctorow · nv Tor.com August 6 2008 247 · Oblivion: A Journey · Vandana Singh · nv Clockwork Phoenix ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2008 273 · The House Left Empty · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2008 294 · The Scarecrow’s Boy · Michael Swanwick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008 304 · N-Words · Ted Kosmatka · ss Seeds of Change ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2008 321 · Fury · Alastair Reynolds · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 356 · Cheats · Ann Halam · nv The Starry Rift ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2008, as by Gwyneth Jones 377 · The Ships Like Clouds, Risen by Their Rain · Jason Sanford · nv Interzone #217, August 2008 400 · The Egg Man · Mary Rosenblum · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 429 · Glass · Daryl Gregory · ss Technology Review November/December 2008 436 · Fixing Hanover · Jeff VanderMeer · nv Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 454 · Message Found in a Gravity Wave · Rudy Rucker · vi Nature Physics August 2008 458 · Mitigation · Tobias S. Buckell & Karl Schroeder · nv Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008 487 · Spiders · Sue Burke · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008

Year’s Best SF 15 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2010, 978-0-06-172175-5, $7.99, xvi+494pp, pb, an)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 24 SF stories from 2009. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Robert Charles Wilson, Bruce Sterling, and Nancy Kress. Details taken from online listing. fc. · Approaching Omega · Dominic Harman · cv 2005 xiii · Introduction · Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell · in 1 · Infinities · Vandana Singh · nv The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh, Zubaan Books, 2008 35 · This Peaceable Land, or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe · Robert Charles Wilson · nv Other Earths ed. Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, DAW, 2009 65 · The Unstrung Zither · Yoon Ha Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2009 91 · Black Swan · Bruce Sterling · nv Interzone #221, April 2009 119 · Exegesis · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2009 125 · Erosion · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 141 · Collision [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · ss When It Changed ed. Geoff Ryman, Comma Press, 2009 155 · Donovan Sent Us · Gene Wolfe · ss Other Earths ed. Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, DAW, 2009 173 · The Calculus Plague · Marissa K. Lingen · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2009 181 · The Island [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 222 · One of Our Bastards Is Missing [Jonathan Hamilton] · Paul Cornell · nv The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Three ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2009 251 · Lady of the White-Spired City · Sarah L. Edwards · ss Interzone #222, June 2009 271 · The Highway Code · Brian Stableford · nv We Think, Therefore We Are ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2009 292 · On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War-Machines of the Merfolk · Peter M. Ball · ss Strange Horizons July 6 2009 299 · The Fixation · Alastair Reynolds · nv The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Three ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2009 318 · In Their Garden · Brenda Cooper · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2009 328 · Blocked · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009 349 · The Last Apostle · Michael Cassutt · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2009 373 · Another Life · Charles Oberndorf · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009 407 · The Consciousness Problem · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2009 427 · Tempest 43 · Stephen Baxter · nv We Think, Therefore We Are ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2009 447 · Bespoke · Genevieve Valentine · ss Strange Horizons July 27 2009 457 · Attitude Adjustment · Eric James Stone · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2009 470 · Edison’s Frankenstein · Chris Roberson · nv Edison’s Frankenstein ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2009

Year’s Best SF 16 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Harper Voyager US, June 2011, 978-0-06-203590-5, $7.99, x+500pp, pb, an, cover: The Best of Trek® #13 by John Harris from 1988)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 21 SF stories from 2010. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Joe Haldeman, Catherynne M. Valente, and Alastair Reynolds. Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell · in 1 · Sleeping Dogs · Joe Haldeman · ss Gateways ed. Elizabeth Anne Hull, Tor, 2010 21 · Castoff World · Kay Kenyon · ss Shine ed. Jetse de Vries, Solaris US, 2010 37 · Petopia · Benjamin Crowell · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2010 56 · Futures in the Memories Market [MemMod World] · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Clarkesworld #45, June 2010 68 · A Preliminary Assessment of the Drake Equation, Being an Excerpt from the Memoirs of Star Captain Y.-T. Lee · Vernor Vinge · nv Gateways ed. Elizabeth Anne Hull, Tor, 2010 93 · About It · Terry Bisson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2010 99 · Somadeva: A Sky River Sutra [Somadeva] · Vandana Singh · ss Strange Horizons March 29 2010 115 · Under the Moons of Venus · Damien Broderick · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2010 139 · All the Love in the World · Cat Sparks · nv Sprawl ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Twelfth Planet Press, 2010 159 · At Budokan · Alastair Reynolds · nv Shine ed. Jetse de Vries, Solaris US, 2010 184 · Graffiti in the Library of Babel · David Langford · ss Is Anybody Out There? ed. Nick Gevers & Marty Halpern, DAW, 2010 196 · Steadfast Castle · Michael Swanwick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2010 205 · How to Become a Mars Overlord · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Lightspeed #3, August 2010 216 · To Hie from Far Cilenia [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · na Metatropolis ed. John Scalzi, Subterranean Press, 2009 previously available as an audio download from Audible Frontiers, October 20, 2008. 265 · The Hebras and the Demons and the Damned · Brenda Cooper · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2010 284 · Penumbra · Gregory Benford · ss Nature #7299, June 10 2010 289 · The Good Hand · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2010 318 · The Cassandra Project · Jack McDevitt · ss Lightspeed #1, June 2010 335 · Jackie’s-Boy · Steven Popkes · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2010 400 · Eight Miles · Sean McMullen · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2010 430 · Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance: The Parke Family Scrapbook Number IV · Paul Park · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2010

Year’s Best SF 17 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Harper Voyager US, June 2012, 978-0-06-203587-5, $7.99, xiii+490pp, pb, an, cover by John Harris)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 23 SF stories from 2011. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Ken MacLeod, Elizabeth Bear, and Neil Gaiman. Details taken from online listing. fc. · Galactic Warriors · John Harris · cv 1985 xi · Introduction · Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell · in 1 · The Best Science Fiction of the Year Three · Ken MacLeod · ss Solaris Rising ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2011 16 · Dolly · Elizabeth Bear · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2011 34 · Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer · Ken Liu · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2011 48 · Tethered [Wergen] · Mercurio D. Rivera · nv Interzone #236, September/October 2011 73 · Wahala · Nnedi Okorafor · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011 96 · Laika’s Ghost [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 128 · Ragnarok · Paul Park · pm Tor.com April 17 2011 140 · Six Months, Three Days · Charlie Jane Anders · nv Tor.com June 8 2011 163 · “And Weep Like Alexander” · Neil Gaiman · ss Fables from the Fountain ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2011 169 · The Middle of Somewhere · Judith Moffett · nv Welcome to the Greenhouse ed. Gordon Van Gelder, OR Books, 2011 195 · Mercies · Gregory Benford · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 220 · The Education of Junior Number 12 [Machine Dynasties] · Madeline Ashby · nv Angry Robot Books Website December 13 2011 246 · Our Candidate · Robert Reed · ss Tor.com March 30 2011 261 · Thick Water · Karen Heuler · ss Albedo One #40, 2011 281 · The War Artist · Tony Ballantyne · ss Further Conflicts ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2011 294 · The Master of the Aviary · Bruce Sterling · nv Welcome to the Greenhouse ed. Gordon Van Gelder, OR Books, 2011 323 · Home Sweet Bi’ome · Pat MacEwen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2011 346 · For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2011 364 · The Ki-Anna [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 388 · Eliot Wrote · Nancy Kress · ss Lightspeed #12, May 2011 403 · The Nearest Thing · Genevieve Valentine · nv Lightspeed #15, August 2011 430 · A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com August 10 2011 438 · The Ice Owl [The Twenty Planets] · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011

Year’s Best SF 18 ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, December 2013, 978-0-7653-3820-4, $15.99, 415pp, hc, an)     Year’s Best anthology of 28 SF stories from 2012, 18th in the series previously co-edited by Kathryn Cramer and published by Harper Voyager US. Hartwell discusses the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Megan Lindholm, Gene Wolfe, and PAUL McAuley. A hardback edition (-3815-0, $27.99) is also available. Details taken from online listing. 13 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 15 · Old Paint · Megan Lindholm · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2012 34 · The Ghosts of Christmas · Paul Cornell · nv Tor.com December 19 2012 55 · Prayer · Robert Reed · ss Clarkesworld #68, May 2012 67 · The Battle of Candle Arc [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Clarkesworld #73, October 2012 85 · Dormanna · Gene Wolfe · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012 92 · Holmes Sherlock [Hwarhath] · Eleanor Arnason · ss Eclipse Online November 12 2012 109 · Electrica · Sean McMullen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2012 136 · Perfect Day · C. S. Friedman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2012 142 · Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh · John Barnes · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012 154 · Liberty’s Daughter [Rebecca “Beck” Garrison] · Naomi Kritzer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2012 176 · Weep for Day · Indrapramit Das · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2012 192 · In Plain Sight · Pat Cadigan · nv The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, Haikasoru, 2012 212 · Application · Lewis Shiner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2012 214 · A Love Supreme · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ss Discover October 2012 223 · Close Encounters · Andy Duncan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012 248 · Two Sisters in Exile [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Solaris Rising 1.5 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2012 257 · The Waves · Ken Liu · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2012 275 · The North Revena Ladies Literary Society · Catherine H. Shaffer · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2012 288 · Antarctica Starts Here · Paul McAuley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2012 300 · Bricks, Sticks, Straw · Gwyneth Jones · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012 317 · The Sigma Structure Symphony [SETI Library] · Gregory Benford · nv The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012 343 · Glass Future · Deborah Walker · vi Nature #7421, October 25 2012 346 · If Only… · Tony Ballantyne · vi Nature #7414, September 6 2012 350 · The Woman Who Shook the World Tree · Michael Swanwick · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012 360 · Nahiku West [Zeke Choy] · Linda Nagata · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2012 379 · Houseflies · Joe Pitkin · ss Cosmos (online) May 8 2012 385 · Branches on My Back, Sparrows in My Ear · Nikki J. North · ss James Gunn’s Ad Astra #1, June 2012 393 · The Peak of Eternal Light · Bruce Sterling · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012

Dark Spires ed. Colin Harvey (Wizard’s Tower Press, November 2010, 978-1-908039-00-2, £8.99, 199pp, tp, oa, cover by Andy Bigwood)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Colin Harvey · in 11 · The Preacher · Sarah Singleton · ss 29 · Pump House Farm · John Hawkes-Reed · ss 45 · Cobalt Blue · Adam Colston · ss 65 · Corpse Flight · Joanne Hall · ss 85 · Spindizzy · Colin Harvey · ss 109 · Spunkies · Eugene Byrne · ss 129 · The Sleeper Stone · Christina Lake · ss 149 · Outside · Guy Haley · ss 159 · Last Flight to West Bay · Roz Clarke · ss 175 · Milk · Liz Williams · ss 185 · Entropic Angel · Gareth L. Powell · ss

Future Bristol ed. Colin Harvey (Swimming Kangaroo Books, April 2009, 978-1-934041-93-2, $14.99, 244pp, tp, oa)     Nine short stories by leading (local) British authors including BSFA and Philip K. Dick Award-nominee Liz Williams, Interzone Poll-winner Gareth L Powell, Stephanie Burgis, Jim Mortimore, Joanne Hall, Nick Walters and Christina Lake. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Colin Harvey · in · Isambard’s Kingdom · Liz Williams · ss · The Guerilla Infrastructure HOWTO · John Hawkes-Reed · ss · After the Change · Stephanie Burgis · ss · Pirates of the Cumberland Basin · Joanne Hall · ss · Trespassers · Nick Walters · ss · A Tale of Two Cities · Christina Lake · ss · Thermoclines · Colin Harvey · ss · What Would Nicolas Cage Have Done? · Gareth L. Powell · ss · The Sun in the Bone House · Jim Mortimore · ss

Killers ed. Colin Harvey (Swimming Kangaroo Books, September 2008, 978-1-934041-66-6, $14.99, 244pp, tp, oa, cover by Jaala Robinson)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Colin Harvey · in 1 · Doctor Nine · Jonathan Maberry · nv 23 · Dead Wood · Sarah Singleton · nv 47 · Virtual Analysis · Philip J. Lees · nv 71 · Pushover · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss 81 · Beautiful Summer · Eugie Foster · ss 95 · Just Another Day · Colin Harvey · nv 123 · Losing Paradise · G. C. Veazey · ss 137 · Visibility Less Than Zero · Paul Meloy · nv 163 · Hunter-Killer · Charlie Allery · ss 185 · Index of an Enigma · Gary Fry · nv 211 · The Good and Gone · Lee Thomas · nv