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Year’s Best Fantasy 6 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tachyon Publications, September 2006, 1-892391-37-6, $14.95, x+355pp, 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. This is the sixth volume in the series previously published by Eos. Authors include Bruce Sterling, Neil Gaiman, Jeff VanderMeer, and Connie Willis. vii · Introduction · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in 1 · Eating Hearts · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2005 5 · The Denial · Bruce Sterling · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2005 20 · The Fraud · Esther M. Friesner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2005 42 · Sunbird · Neil Gaiman · nv Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs ed. Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz, McSweeney's Books, 2005 58 · Shard of Glass · Alaya Dawn Johnson · na Strange Horizons February 14 2005 (+1) 78 · The Farmer’s Cat · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Polyphony, Volume 5 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005 84 · Crab Apple · Patrick Samphire · ss Realms of Fantasy February 2005 96 · Comber · Gene Wolfe · ss Postscripts #3, Spring 2005 105 · Walpurgis Afternoon · Delia Sherman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2005 125 · Monster · Kelly Link · nv Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs ed. Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz, McSweeney's Books, 2005 146 · Robots and Falling Hearts · Tim Pratt & Greg van Eekhout · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2005 154 · Still Life with Boobs · Anne Harris · ss Talebones #30, Summer 2005 170 · Heads Down, Thumbs Up · Gavin J. Grant · ss Sci Fiction April 27 2005 181 · Mom and Mother Theresa · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Tesseracts Nine ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Geoff Ryman, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005 187 · Newbie Wrangler · Timothy J. Anderson · ss Tesseracts Nine ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Geoff Ryman, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005 194 · Being Here · Claude Lalumière · ss Tesseracts Nine ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Geoff Ryman, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005 202 · The Imago Sequence · Laird Barron · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2005 246 · Magic in a Certain Slant of Light · Deborah Coates · ss Strange Horizons March 21 2005 256 · Single White Farmhouse · Heather Shaw · ss Polyphony, Volume 5 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005 266 · Read It in the Headlines! · Garth Nix · ss Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales ed. Robin Pen & Robert Hood, Agog! Press, 2005 271 · Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane · Jonathon Sullivan · na Strange Horizons July 18 2005 (+1) 288 · Mortegarde · Liz Williams · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2005 300 · Inside Job · Connie Willis · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2005

Year’s Best Fantasy 7 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tachyon Publications, June 2007, 978-1-892391-50-6, $14.95, 372pp, tp, an, cover by David M. Bowers)     Best-of-the-year anthology with 20 stories of genre fantasy, with a summation of the year by the editors. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Peter S. Beagle, Diana Wynne Jones, and Michael Moorcock. Details taken from online listing. 3 · Build-a-Bear · Gene Wolfe · ss Jim Baen’s Universe June 2006 15 · Pimpf [The Laundry] · Charles Stross · nv Jim Baen’s Universe June 2006 36 · Four Fables · Peter S. Beagle · gp The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2006 _ · The Fable of the Moth · Peter S. Beagle · vi Love 196? _ · The Fable of the Tyrannosaurus Rex · Peter S. Beagle · vi The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2006 _ · The Fable of the Ostrich · Peter S. Beagle · vi The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2006 _ · The Fable of the Octopus · Peter S. Beagle · vi The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2006 49 · The Potter’s Daughter [Ile-Rien] · Martha Wells · nv Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology ed. Steve Savile & Alethea Kontis, Tor, 2006 66 · Thin, on the Ground · Howard Waldrop · ss Cross Plains Universe ed. Scott A. Cupp & Joe R. Lansdale, MonkeyBrain Books/FACT, 2006 73 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 105 · The Osteomancer’s Son · Greg van Eekhout · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006 119 · Yours, Etc. · Gavin J. Grant · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 132 · Sea Air · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology ed. Steve Savile & Alethea Kontis, Tor, 2006 163 · I’ll Give You My Word · Diana Wynne Jones · nv Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006 184 · Bea and Her Bird Brother · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006 191 · The Bonny Boy [The Aether Universe] · Ian R. MacLeod · ss Past Magic by Ian R. MacLeod, PS Publishing, 2006 200 · Ghost Mission · L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · ss Slipstreams ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2006 211 · The Christmas Witch · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2006 242 · The Roaming Forest · Michael Moorcock · nv Cross Plains Universe ed. Scott A. Cupp & Joe R. Lansdale, MonkeyBrain Books/FACT, 2006 260 · Show Me Yours · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006 268 · The Lepidopterist · Lucius Shepard · ss Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 281 · The Double-Edged Sword · Sharon Shinn · nv Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology ed. Steve Savile & Alethea Kontis, Tor, 2006 304 · Hallucigenia · Laird Barron · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2006 362 · An Episode of Stardust [Iron Dragon’s Daughter] · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2006

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 [Cthulhu] · 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 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.