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Year’s Best Fantasy 8 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tachyon Publications, June 2008, 978-1-892391-76-6, $14.95, 375pp, tp, an, cover by David M. Bowers)     Best-of-the-year anthology with 23 stories of genre fantasy, with a summation of the year by the editors. Authors inlude Holly Black, Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman, and T.A. Pratt. · Paper Cuts Scissors · Holly Black · nv Realms of Fantasy October 2007 · A Portrait in Ivory [Elric] · Michael Moorcock · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 · The Witch’s Headstone · Neil Gaiman · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 · The Ruby Incomparable [Lord Ermenwyr] · Kage Baker · ss Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 · And Such Small Deer · Chris Roberson · nv The Solaris Book of New Fantasy ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007 · Unpossible · Daryl Gregory · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2007 · Winter’s Wife · Elizabeth Hand · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 · The King of the Djinn · David Ackert & Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Realms of Fantasy February 2008, as by Benjamin Rosenbaum · Stilled Life · Pat Cadigan · nv Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007 · Poison · Bruce McAllister · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2007 · Who Slays the Gyant, Wounds the Beast · Mark Chadbourn · nv The Solaris Book of New Fantasy ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007 · Under the Bottom of the Lake · Jeffrey Ford · ss Subterranean #7, 2007 · A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil’s Ninth Question · Andy Duncan · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 · Don’t Ask · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2007 · The Stranger’s Hands · Tad Williams · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 · Soul Case · Nalo Hopkinson · ex Foundation #100, Summer 2007 from the forthcoming novel Blackheart Man. · Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again [Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz] · Garth Nix · nv Jim Baen’s Universe April 2007 · Debatable Lands · Liz Williams · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2007 · The Great White Bed · Don Webb · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2007 · Dance of Shadows [Shadow Trade] · Fred Chappell · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2007 · Grander than the Sea [Marla Mason] · T. A. Pratt · nv The Solaris Book of New Fantasy ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007 · Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon · Theodora Goss · ss Realms of Fantasy June 2007

Year’s Best Fantasy 9 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tor, August 14, 2009, 978-0-7653-2449-8, $15.95, 479pp, tp, an, cover by David Bowers)     Best-of-the-year anthology with 28 stories of genre fantasy, with a summation of the year and story notes by the editors. Authors inlude Peter S. Beagle, Naomi Novik, and James Morrow. Details taken from online listing. 6 · Introduction · Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell · in 9 · Shoggoths in Bloom · Elizabeth Bear · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008 27 · The Rabbi’s Hobby · Peter S. Beagle · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 51 · Running the Snake · Kage Baker · ss Sideways in Crime ed. Lou Anders, Solaris, 2008 67 · The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm · Daryl Gregory · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 86 · Reader’s Guide · Lisa Goldstein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2008 93 · The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. [Clem Crowder] · Al Michaud · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2008 132 · Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake · Naomi Novik · ss Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008 149 · A Buyer’s Guide to Maps of Antarctica · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Clarkesworld #20, May 2008 158 · From the Clay of His Heart · John Brown · nv Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #8, April 2008 183 · If Angels Fight · Richard Bowes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008 207 · 26 Monkeys & the Abyss · Kij Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2008 217 · Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita · Debra Doyle & James Macdonald · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008 232 · The Film-Makers of Mars · Geoff Ryman · ss Tor.com December 2 2008 241 · Childrun [Gorlen] · Marc Laidlaw · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2008 264 · Queen of the Sunlit Shore · Liz Williams · ss Myth-Understandings ed. Ian Whates, Newcon Press, 2008 272 · Lady Witherspoon’s Solution · James Morrow · nv Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 296 · Dearest Cecily · Kristine Dikeman · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #22, June 2008 303 · Ringing the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta · Randy McCharles · nv Tesseracts Twelve ed. Claude Lalumière, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2008 330 · Caverns of Mystery · Kage Baker · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008 346 · Skin Deep · Richard Parks · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 366 · King Pelles the Sure · Peter S. Beagle · ss Strange Roads by Peter S. Beagle, Dreamhaven Books, 2008 376 · A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead · Richard Harland · ss Dreaming Again ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia, 2008 386 · Avast, Abaft! · Howard Waldrop · ss Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008 395 · Gift from a Spring · Delia Sherman · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2008 415 · The First Editions · James Stoddard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 442 · The Olverung · Stephen Woodworth · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2008 456 · Daltharee · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, 2008 464 · The Forest · Kim Wilkins · ss Dreaming Again ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia, 2008

The Year’s Best Science Fiction ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperPrism, May 1996, 0-06-105641-3, $5.50, 479pp, pb, an, cover by Bob Eggleton)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 14 stories from 1995, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Authors include James Patrick Kelly, Patricia A. McKillip, and Robert Silverberg. ix · Science Fiction Is Alive and Well · David G. Hartwell · in 1 · Think Like a Dinosaur · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1995 29 · Wonders of the Invisible World · Patricia A. McKillip · ss Full Spectrum 5 ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, Bantam Spectra, 1995 45 · Hot Times in Magma City · Robert Silverberg · na Omni Online May 1995 111 · Gossamer [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Science Fiction Age November 1995 135 · A Worm in the Well · Gregory Benford · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 1995 169 · Downloading Midnight · William Browning Spencer · nv Tomorrow December 1995 203 · For White Hill · Joe Haldeman · na Far Futures ed. Gregory Benford, Tor, 1995 261 · In Saturn Time · William Barton · ss Amazing Stories: The Anthology ed. Kim Mohan, Tor, 1995 283 · Coming of Age in Karhide by Sov Thade Tage em Ereb, of Rer, in Karhide, on Gethen [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995 309 · The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker · Roger Zelazny · ss VB Tech Journal June 1995 321 · Evolution · Nancy Kress · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1995 353 · The Day the Aliens Came · Robert Sheckley · ss New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995 369 · Microbe [Elysium Cycle] · Joan Slonczewski · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact August 1995 387 · The Ziggurat · Gene Wolfe · na Full Spectrum 5 ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, Bantam Spectra, 1995

Year’s Best SF 2 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperPrism, June 1997, 0-06-105746-0, $5.99, 445pp, pb, an, cover by Bob Eggleton)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 20 stories from 1996, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Authors include Connie Willis, Gene Wolfe, and John Brunner. xi · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 1 · After a Lean Winter [War of the Worlds] · Dave Wolverton · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1996 31 · In the Upper Room · Terry Bisson · nv Playboy April 1996 59 · Thinkertoy · John Brunner · ss The Williamson Effect ed. Roger Zelazny, Tor, 1996 77 · Zoomers · Gregory Benford · ss Future Net ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 1996 91 · Out of the Mouths [Lingster] · Sheila Finch · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1996 125 · Breakaway, Backdown · James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1996 137 · Tobacco Words · Yves Meynard · nv Tomorrow February 1996 175 · Invasion · Joanna Russ · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1996 185 · The House of Mourning · Brian Stableford · ss Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, 1996 207 · Life Edit · Damon Knight · vi Science Fiction Age September 1996 213 · First Tuesday · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1996 237 · The Spear of the Sun [Father Brown] · David Langford · ss Interzone #112, October 1996 [Ref. G. K. Chesterton] 247 · Counting Cats in Zanzibar · Gene Wolfe · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1996 269 · Bicycle Repairman [Chattanooga] · Bruce Sterling · nv Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996 313 · Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland · Gwyneth Jones · ss Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, 1996 335 · Doblin’s Lecture · Allen Steele · ss Pirate Writings #10, 1996 351 · The Bride of Elvis · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv Science Fiction Age May 1996 375 · Forget Luck [Tony Manetti] · Kate Wilhelm · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1996 393 · Nonstop to Portales · Connie Willis · nv The Williamson Effect ed. Roger Zelazny, Tor, 1996 423 · Columbiad [Baltimore Gun Club] · Stephen Baxter · ss Science Fiction Age May 1996

Year’s Best SF 3 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperPrism, June 1998, 0-06-105901-3, $6.50, 450pp, pb, an, cover by Chris Moore)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 22 stories from 1997, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Hartwell discusses the year in his introduction. ix · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 1 · Petting Zoo · Gene Wolfe · ss Return of the Dinosaurs ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 9 · The Wisdom of Old Earth · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1997 23 · The Firefly Tree · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age May 1997 29 · Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City · William Gibson · ss New Worlds ed. David Garnett, White Wolf, 1997 41 · The Nostalginauts · S. N. Dyer · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1997 53 · Guest Law · John C. Wright · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1997 77 · The Voice · Gregory Benford · ss Science Fiction Age May 1997 95 · Yeyuka · Greg Egan · ss Meanjin v56 #1, 1997 117 · An Office Romance · Terry Bisson · ss Playboy February 1997 135 · Itsy Bitsy Spider · James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1997 151 · Beauty in the Night · Robert Silverberg · nv Science Fiction Age September 1997 197 · Mr. Pale · Ray Bradbury · ss Driving Blind by Ray Bradbury, Avon, 1997 205 · The Pipes of Pan · Brian Stableford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1997 233 · Always True to Thee, in My Fashion · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1997 249 · Canary Land · Tom Purdom · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1997 277 · Universal Emulators · Tom Cool · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1997 295 · Fair Verona · R. Garcia y Robertson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1997 331 · Great Western · Kim Newman · nv New Worlds ed. David Garnett, White Wolf, 1997 363 · Turnover · Geoffrey A. Landis · vi Interzone #115, January 1997 369 · The Mendelian Lamp Case [Phil D’Amato] · Paul Levinson · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1997 415 · Kiss Me · Katherine MacLean · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact February 1997 421 · London Bone · Michael Moorcock · nv New Worlds ed. David Garnett, White Wolf, 1997

Year’s Best SF 4 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperPrism, June 1999, 0-06-105902-1, $6.50, 484pp, pb, an, cover by John Harris)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 20 stories from 1998, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Hartwell discusses the year in his very short introduction. ix · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 1 · Market Report · Alexander Jablokov · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1998 31 · A Dance to Strange Musics · Gregory Benford · nv Science Fiction Age November 1998 65 · The Year of the Mouse · Norman Spinrad · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1998 75 · The Day Before They Came · Mary Soon Lee · ss Interzone #133, July 1998 83 · This Side of Independence · Rob Chilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1998 103 · The Twelfth Album · Stephen Baxter · ss Interzone #130, April 1998 119 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 183 · Whiptail · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1998 209 · The Eye of God · Mary Rosenblum · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1998 243 · Rules of Engagement · Michael F. Flynn · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1998 269 · Radiant Doors · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1998 291 · Unravelling the Thread · Jean-Claude Dunyach; translated by Ann Cale, Sheryl Curtis & Brian Stableford · ss Interzone #133, July 1998 translated from the French (“Déchiffrer la Trame”, Galaxies #4, April 1997). 303 · That Thing Over There · Dominic Green · ss Interzone #132, June 1998 323 · The Allies · Mark S. Geston · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1998 377 · My Pal Clunky · Ron Goulart · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 1998 397 · Life in the Extreme [Uplift] · David Brin · ss Popular Science August 1998 417 · Near Enough to Home · Michael Skeet · ss Arrowdreams ed. Mark Shainblum & John Dupuis, Nuage Editions, 1998 437 · A Game of Consequences · David Langford · ss Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 451 · State of Nature · Nancy Kress · ss Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel, Overlook Press, 1998 461 · Maneki Neko · Bruce Sterling · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1998 originally published in Japanese in Hayakawa’s Science Fiction Magazine.

Year’s Best SF 5 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2000, 0-06-102054-0, $6.99, xv+494pp, pb, an)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 25 stories from 1998, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Hartwell discusses the year in his introduction. xiii · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 1 · Everywhere · Geoff Ryman · ss Interzone #140, February 1999 14 · Evolution Never Sleeps · Elisabeth Malartre · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1999 36 · Sexual Dimorphism · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, 1999 57 · Game of the Century · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1999 94 · Secrets of the Alien Reliquary · Michael Bishop · pm Time Pieces by Michael Bishop, Edgewood Press, 1998 97 · Kinds of Strangers · Sarah Zettel · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 1999 124 · Visit the Sins · Cory Doctorow · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999 145 · Border Guards · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #148, October 1999 174 · macs · Terry Bisson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 186 · Written in Blood · Chris Lawson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999 204 · Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon? · Gene Wolfe · ss Moon Shots ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 222 · The Blue Planet · Robert J. Sawyer · ss Toronto Globe and Mail December 11 1999, as “Mars Reacts!” 229 · Lifework · Mary Soon Lee · ss Interzone #144, June 1999 238 · Rosetta Stone · Fred Lerner · ss Artemis #1, Spring 2000 255 · An Apollo Asteroid · Brian Aldiss · ss Moon Shots ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 271 · 100 Candles · Curt Wohleber · ss TransVersions #10, 1999 288 · Democritus’ Violin · G. David Nordley · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1999 311 · Fossil Games · Tom Purdom · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1999 362 · Valour · Chris Beckett · ss Interzone #141, March 1999 379 · Huddle [Manifold] · Stephen Baxter · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1999 404 · Ashes and Tombstones · Brian M. Stableford · ss Moon Shots ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 422 · Ancient Engines · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1999 433 · Freckled Figure · Hiroe Suga; translated by Dana Lewis & Stephen Baxter · nv Interzone #141, March 1999; dated 1992. 457 · Shiva · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Science Fiction Age May 1999 466 · The Queen of Erewhon · Lucy Sussex · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1999

Year’s Best SF 6 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2001, 0-06-102055-9, $7.50, xii+500pp, pb, an)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 27 stories from 2000, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Hartwell discusses the year in his introduction. ix · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 1 · Reef [Quiet War] · Paul J. McAuley · nv Skylife ed. Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski, Harcourt, 2000 35 · Reality Check · David Brin · vi Nature #6775, March 16 2000 39 · The Millennium Express · Robert Silverberg · ss Playboy January 2000 61 · Patient Zero · Tananarive Due · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2000 81 · The Oort Crowd · Ken MacLeod · vi Nature #6792, July 13 2000 85 · The Thing About Benny · M. Shayne Bell · ss Vanishing Acts ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2000 95 · The Last Supper · Brian Stableford · ss Science Fiction Age March 2000 113 · Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN · Joan Slonczewski · vi Nature #6790, June 29 2000 117 · Our Mortal Span · Howard Waldrop · ss Black Heart, Ivory Bones ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon, 2000 130 · Different Kinds of Darkness [Blit] · David Langford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2000 143 · New Ice Age, or Just Cold Feet? · Norman Spinrad · vi Nature #6787, June 8 2000 147 · The Devotee · Stephen Dedman · nv Eidolon Autumn 2000 189 · The Marriage of Sky and Sea · Chris Beckett · ss Interzone #153, March 2000 210 · In the Days of the Comet · John M. Ford · vi Nature #6789, June 22 2000 214 · The Birthday of the World [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2000 248 · Oracle · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2000 303 · To Cuddle Amy · Nancy Kress · vi Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2000 308 · Steppenpferd · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2000 322 · Sheena 5 [Manifold] · Stephen Baxter · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2000 343 · The Fire Eggs · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Interzone #153, March 2000 358 · The New Horla · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2000 372 · Madame Bovary, C’est Moi · Dan Simmons · vi Nature #6801, September 14 2000 377 · Grandma’s Jumpman · Robert Reed · ss Century #6, Spring 2000 398 · Bordeaux Mixture · Charles Dexter Ward · vi Nature #6776, March 23 2000 402 · The Dryad’s Wedding · Robert Charles Wilson · nv Star Colonies ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2000 427 · Built Upon the Sands of Time · Michael F. Flynn · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2000 445 · Seventy-two Letters · Ted Chiang · na Vanishing Acts ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2000