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The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 1, 2021, 979-872595707-5, $19.99, 368pp, tp, an, cover: Waterlines by Maurizio Manzieri from Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2019)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com January 15 2020 37 · Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars · Mercurio D. Rivera · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2020 59 · 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know · Ken Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 65 · Time’s Own Gravity · Alexander Glass · ss Interzone #288, September/October 2020 77 · Test 4 Echo · Peter Watts · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2020 95 · Mediation · Cadwell Turnbull · ss Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 107 · Brother Rifle · Daryl Gregory · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2020 127 · You and Whose Army? · Greg Egan · nv Clarkesworld #169, October 2020 159 · A Mastery of German · Marian Denise Moore · nv Dominion ed. Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald & Zelda Knight, Aurelia Leo, 2020 181 · When God Sits in Your Lap · Ian Tregillis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2020 203 · Invisible People · Nancy Kress · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 227 · Eyes of the Forest · Ray Nayler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2020 243 · Bereft, I Come to a Nameless World [The Unraveling] · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 261 · Salvage · Andy Dudak · nv Interzone #285, January/February 2020 291 · Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County · Derek Künsken · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 6 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 17, 2022, $6.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Paley’s Watch · Anil Menon · ss The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Volume 2 ed. Tarun K. Saint, Hachette India, 2021 · Light Up the Clouds · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 · Little Animals · Nancy Kress · nv Clarkesworld #177, June 2021 · The Metric · David Moles · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 · Vaccine Season · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021 · Submergence · Arula Ratnakar · na Clarkesworld #174, March 2021 · The Egg Collectors · Lavie Tidhar · ss Interzone #290/291, 2021 · Aptitude · Cooper Shrivastava · nv Tor.com August 4 2021 · Striding the Blast · Gregory Feeley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 · Año Nuevo · Ray Nayler · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 · Flowers Like Needles [Needle] · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 · The Planetbreaker’s Son · Nick Mamatas · na The Planetbreaker’s Son Plus… by Nick Mamatas, PM Press, 2021

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 6, 2023, 978-1-884612-65-7, $19.99, 343pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 13 · The Difference Between Love and Time · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2022 39 · Maryon’s Gift [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 49 · Goldie · Sean Monaghan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2022 99 · The Wine-Dark Deep [Lena and the Octopus] · Sheila Finch · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022 127 · The Lichens · Nina Allan · ss Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2022 143 · Beneath the Surface, a Womb of Ice · Deborah L. Davitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2022 161 · The Ploughshare and the Storm · Gwyneth Jones · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 171 · Cloudchaser · Tom Jolly · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2022 209 · Critical Mass · Peter Watts · ss Lightspeed #146, July 2022 227 · Nonstandard Candles · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Sunday Morning Transport March 6 2022 235 · The Abacus and the Infinite Vessel · Vikram Ramakrishnan · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022 251 · Timekeepers’ Symphony · Ken Liu · ss Clarkesworld #192, September 2022 267 · I Give You the Moon · Justina Robson · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 287 · A Stone’s Throw [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022 291 · Communion · Jay Werkheiser & Frank Wu · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2022

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 8 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 4, 2024, 978-1-884612-57-2, $24.95, 477pp, tp, oa, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 13 · The Ghosts of Mars · Dominica Phetteplace · na Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2023 71 · The Enthnomusicology of the Last Dreadnaught · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Sunday Morning Transport February 5 2023 77 · Even if Such Ways Are Bad · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com February 8 2023 99 · Lemuria 7 Is Missing · Allen M. Steele · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2023 149 · Cloudskimmer · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 161 · OCASTA · Daniel H. Wilson · ss New Suns 2 ed. Nisi Shawl, Solaris, 2023 173 · The Tinker and the Timestream · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2023 217 · Six Incidents of Evolution Using Time Travel · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023 225 · Defective · Peter Watts · nv Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 249 · Clockwork Melting · James Maxey · ss Artifice & Craft ed. David B. Coe & Edmund R. Schubert, Zombies Need Brains, 2023 267 · The Elephant Maker · Alec Nevala-Lee · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2023 349 · The Unpastured Sea [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023 375 · Exiled to Gravity · Marissa Lingen · ss The Sunday Morning Transport February 12 2023 383 · The Last Cathedral of Earth, In Flight · Tobias S. Buckell · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 399 · The Many Different Kinds of Love · Geoff Ryman & David Jeffrey · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2023

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, May 28, 2019, 978-1-09-698374-3, $16.99, 262pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from Interzone #109, July 1996)     Details taken from online listing. · Quality Time · Ken Liu · nv Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018 · The Blue Fairy’s Manifesto · Annalee Newitz · ss Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018 · The Buried Giant · Lavie Tidhar · nv Robots vs. Fairies ed. Navah Wolfe & Dominik Parisien, Saga Press, 2018 · Air Gap · Eric Cline · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2018 · Cold Blue Sky · J. E. Bates · ss Apex Magazine #108, May 2018 · Okay, Glory · Elizabeth Bear · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Wade Roush, The MIT Press, 2018 · Different Seas · Alastair Reynolds · ss Twelve Tomorrows ed. Wade Roush, The MIT Press, 2018 · Meat and Salt and Sparks · Rich Larson · ss Tor.com June 6 2018 · Grace’s Family · James Patrick Kelly · nv Tor.com May 16 2018 · S’elfie · Justina Robson · ss Mother of Invention ed. Rivqa Rafael & Tansy Rayner Roberts, Twelfth Planet Press, 2018 · When We Were Starless · Simone Heller · nv Clarkesworld #145, October 2018 · Hard Mary · Sofia Samatar · nv Lightspeed #100, September 2018

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 22, 2021, 979-849868011-8, $17.99, 310pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from Interzone #99, September 1995)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Nic and Viv’s Compulsory Courtship · Will McIntosh · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 55 · 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know · Ken Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 61 · A Guide for Working Breeds · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2020 81 · Father [Disintegration Loops] · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 99 · Metal Like Blood in the Dark · T. Kingfisher · ss Uncanny Magazine #36, September/October 2020 117 · Your Boyfriend Experience · James Patrick Kelly · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 145 · The Beast Adjoins · Ted Kosmatka · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 171 · Go. Now. Fix. · Timons Esaias · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2020 181 · The Ambient Intelligence · Todd McAulty · ss Lightspeed #125, October 2020 209 · Sparklybits · Nick Wolven · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 231 · Callme and Mink · Brenda Cooper · ss Clarkesworld #169, October 2020 243 · Rover · A. T. Sayre · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2020 257 · Come the Revolution [The Alchemy Wars] · Ian Tregillis · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2020

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Third Annual Collection ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 8, 2022, 979-8-3579-0763-9, $17.99, 283pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Room to Live · Marie Vibbert · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2021 19 · A Necessary Being · Indrapramit Das · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021 35 · Philly Killed His Car · Will McIntosh · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2021 57 · My Heart Is at Capacity · T. J. Berry · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 73 · Uploading Angela · Lettie Prell · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2021 131 · Bread and Circuits · Misha Lenau · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 143 · Mixology for Humanity’s Sake · D. A. Xiaolin Spires · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021 163 · An Hour to Ames · Dan Reade · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2021 175 · A Vast Silence · T. R. Napper · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2021 197 · Muallim · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 211 · Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma · R. S. A. Garcia · na Clarkesworld #172, January 2021

The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, October 11, 2023, 978-1-884612-61-9, $18.99, 286pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 11 · Schlafstunde [Geshem and Mili] · Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Magazine #132, 2022 31 · The Secret Strength of Things [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · ss Clarkesworld #193, October 2022 39 · Dollbot Cicily · Will McIntosh · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 83 · Bumblebot · Marie Vibbert · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022 91 · Once Upon a Future in the West · Daryl Gregory · nv Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 117 · Welcome Home · Jendayi Brooks-Flemister · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2022 129 · Nirvana or Bust · Michael Swanwick · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2022 137 · Hello from Tomorrow · E. C. Myers · ss The Sunday Morning Transport April 17 2022 149 · Mender of Sparrows [Istanbul Protectorate] · Ray Nayler · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 171 · The Still Small Voice · Louise Carey · ss Night, Rain, and Neon ed. Michael Cobley, NewCon Press, 2022 187 · Lily, the Immortal · Kylie Lee Baker · ss Uncanny Magazine #44, January/February 2022 203 · Maximum Efficiency · Holly Schofield · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2022 213 · The Secret of Silphium · Megha Spinel · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2022 249 · Cold Revolution Blues [Lightspeed] · Ken MacLeod · nv New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 written in conjunction with a student project of Newcastle University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape in 2016.

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 10, 2011, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Return to Titan [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · na Godlike Machines ed. Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010 · Jackie’s-Boy · Steven Popkes · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2010 · The Sultan of the Clouds · Geoffrey A. Landis · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2010 · Seven Cities of Gold · David Moles · nv PS Publishing, May 2010 · A History of Terraforming · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2010 · Several Items of Interest · Rick Wilber · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2010 · Troika · Alastair Reynolds · na Godlike Machines ed. Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 8, 2012, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · The Ice Owl [The Twenty Planets] · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011 · Angel of Europa · Allen Steele · na Subterranean Press, September 2011 · The Ants of Flanders · Robert Reed · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2011 · The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary · Ken Liu · na Panverse Three ed. Dario Ciriello, Panverse Publishing, 2011 · Kiss Me Twice · Mary Robinette Kowal · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2011 · The Man Who Bridged the Mist · Kij Johnson · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2011

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 3 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, October 23, 2013, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · The Stars Do Not Lie · Jay Lake · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2012 · In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns [Sub-Inspector Ferron] · Elizabeth Bear · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2012 · The Boolean Gate · Walter Jon Williams · na Subterranean Press, November 2012 · The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future [Sunspin] · Jay Lake · na Subterranean (online) Spring 2012 · Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected · Steven Popkes · na Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2012 · Eater-of-Bone [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Eater-of-Bone and Other Novellas by Robert Reed, PS Publishing, 2012

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 4 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, December 28, 2014, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Precious Mental [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2013 · Success · Michael Blumlein · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2013 · The Weight of the Sunrise · Vylar Kaftan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2013 · Feral Moon · Alexander Jablokov · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2013 · Murder on the Aldrin Express [Captain Nick Aames] · Martin L. Shoemaker · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2013 · Earth I [Flood] · Stephen Baxter · nv Universes by Stephen Baxter, PS Publishing, 2013 · One · Nancy Kress · na Tor.com July 17 2013

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 5 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, December 9, 2015, $5.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Claudius Rex · John P. Murphy · na Alembical 3 ed. Lawrence M. Schoen & Arthur Dorrance, Paper Golem, 2014 · Each in His Prison, Thinking of the Key [Old Man] · William Preston · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2014 · The Last Log of the Lachrimosa [Revelation Space] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Subterranean (online) Summer 2014 · Of All Possible Worlds · Jay O’Connell · na Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2014 · The Regular · Ken Liu · na Upgraded ed. Neil Clarke, Wyrm Publishing, 2014 · The Man Who Sold the Moon · Cory Doctorow · na Hieroglyph ed. Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Morrow, 2014

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 6 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, December 19, 2016, 978-1-5408-3789-9, $18.99, 366pp, tp, an, cover: The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Maurizio Manzieri from Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2015)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Inhuman Garbage [Miles Flint (Retrieval Artist)] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2015 69 · What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear · Bao Shu; translated by Ken Liu · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2015 translated from the Chinese (“Dà shídài”). 135 · The New Mother · Eugene Fischer · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2015 189 · Gypsy · Carter Scholz · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2015 263 · The Citadel of Weeping Pearls [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2015

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 7 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, January 17, 2018, 978-1-983653-26-1, $18.99, 374pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · The Vanishing Kind · Lavie Tidhar · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2016 59 · Lazy Dog Out · Suzanne Palmer · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2016 115 · Wyatt Earp 2.0 · Wil McCarthy · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2016 173 · The Charge and the Storm · An Owomoyela · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2016 215 · Einstein’s Shadow · Allen M. Steele · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2016 261 · The Metal Demimonde · Nick Wolven · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2016 301 · The Iron Tactician [Merlin] · Alastair Reynolds · na NewCon Press, 2016

The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 8 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, February 1, 2019, 978-1-79432-068-0, $18.99, 339pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · How Sere Picked Up Her Laundry [Sere Glagolit] · Alexander Jablokov · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2017 55 · The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse · Kathleen Ann Goonan · na Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 107 · The Proving Ground · Alec Nevala-Lee · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2017 147 · Proof of Concept · Gwyneth Jones · na Tor.com, April 11 2017 213 · The Speed of Belief [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2017 265 · The Martian Job · Jaine Fenn · na NewCon Press, December 19 2017