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The best stories of the year, as selected by the one of the world's most honoured science fiction authors and his long-time collaborator. Here in one affordable volume is the best short science fiction of the year as selected from magazines, anthologies and journals. It is the first in a prestigious new series from ibooks.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber
• Undone - (2001) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Know How, Can Do - (2001) - novelette by Michael Blumlein
• From Here You Can See the Sunquists - (2001) - novelette by Richard Wadholm
• Keepers of Earth - (2001) - novelette by Robin Wayne Bailey
• Anomalies - (2001) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• One of Her Paths - (2001) - novella by Ian Watson
• The Dog Said Bow-Wow - (2001) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• And No Such Things Grow Here - (2001) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• Sun-Cloud - (2001) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Into Greenwood - (2001) - novelette by Jim Grimsley
• On K2 with Kanakaredes - (2001) - novelette by Dan Simmons
• About the Authors - essay by uncredited

A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2002, by some the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of SF's most respected editors. Here in one affordable volume is the best short science fiction of the year as selected from magazines, anthologies and journals. It is the second in a prestigious new series from ibooks.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber
• Tourist - (2002) - novelette by Charles Stross
• The Long Chase - (2002) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Coelacanths - (2002) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Liking What You See: A Documentary - (2002) - novelette by Ted Chiang
• The Black Abacus - (2002) - shortstory by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Discharge - (2001) - shortstory by Christopher Priest
• Aboard the Beatitude - (2002) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• Droplet - (2002) - shortstory by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• The War of the Worldviews - (2002) - shortstory by James Morrow
• Breathmoss - (2002) - novella by Ian R. MacLeod
• Angles - (2001) - novelette by Orson Scott Card

A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2003, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of science fiction's most respected editors. Continuing ibooks' series of popularly-priced "Best of the Year" books edited and designed to appeal to science fiction fans whose budgets may be taxed by more expensive "Best of the Year" collections.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Karen Haber
• The Fluted Girl - (2003) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• A Study in Emerald - (2003) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Flowers from Alice - (2003) - novelette by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow
• The Tale of the Golden Eagle - (2003) - shortstory by David D. Levine
• Bernardo's House - (2003) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Confusions of Uñi - (2003) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Jon - (2003) - novelette by George Saunders
• The Cookie Monster - (2003) - novella by Vernor Vinge
• Legions in Time - (2003) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• The Chop Line - (2003) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• Calling Your Name - (2003) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• The Empire of Ice Cream - (2003) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• Bump Ship - (2003) - shortstory by Susan Mosser
• Only Partly Here - (2003) - novelette by Lucius Shepard

A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2004, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of SF's most respected editors.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
• The Best Christmas Ever - (2004) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• The Voluntary State - (2004) - novelette by Christopher Rowe
• The Lost Pilgrim - (2004) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• Memento Mori - (2004) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• PeriAndry's Quest - (2004) - novelette by Stephen Baxter
• Three Days in a Border Town - (2004) - novelette by Jeff VanderMeer
• Elector - (2004) - novella by Charles Stross
• Opal Ball - (2004) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• My Mother Dancing - (2004) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• The People of Sand and Slag - (2004) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Tourists - (2004) - shortstory by M. John Harrison
• All of Us Can Almost... - (2004) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid - (2004) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams

A herd of dinosaurs wander the fields of rural Vermont; a young girl discovers what happens when you're no longer a goddess in near-future India; Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics are put to the test as a family is split apart and then redefined; the last man in the universe, stranded on Mars, searches for meaning with a pop song; and an artificially intelligent turtle questions Intelligent Design and evolution. These are just some of the fourteen award-nominated stories that acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan has assembled in his third annual survey of the best new science fiction stories of the year. Jonathan Strahan has edited eleven anthologies, including The Locus Awards and assorted year's best annuals, and is currently working on several new anthology projects. He has won the Ditmar, William J Atheling Jr, and Peter McNamara Awards for his editing, and is the Reviews Editor for Locus, the magazine of the science fiction and fantasy fields. He lives in Perth, Western Australia with his wife and two daughters.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Jonathan Strahan
• Triceratops Summer - (2005) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Little Faces - (2005) - novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre
• The Second Coming of Charles Darwin - (2005) - shortfiction by James Morrow
• Is There Life After Rehab? - (2005) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Understanding Space and Time - (2005) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• The Fulcrum - (2005) - novelette by Gwyneth Jones
• The Blemmye's Stratagem - (2005) - shortfiction by Bruce Sterling
• They Will Raise You in a Box - (2005) - shortstory by Wil McCarthy
• Finished - (2005) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• The King of Where-I-Go - (2005) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• The Calorie Man - (2005) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• The Fate of Mice - (2005) - shortstory by Susan Palwick
• I, Robot - (2005) - shortfiction by Cory Doctorow
• The Little Goddess - (2005) - novella by Ian McDonald

Table of Contents:

• The Year in Science Fiction - (2006) - essay by Rich Horton
• Triceratops Summer - (2005) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Bank Run - (2005) - novella by Tom Purdom
• A Coffee Cup/Alien Invasion Story - (2005) - shortstory by Douglas Lain
• The Edge of Nowhere - (2005) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Heartwired - (2005) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• The Fate of Mice - (2005) - shortstory by Susan Palwick
• The King of Where-I-Go - (2005) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• The Policeman's Daughter - (2005) - novella by Wil McCarthy
• Bliss - (2004) - shortstory by Leah Bobet
• Finished - (2005) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• The Inn at Mount Either - (2005) - shortstory by James Van Pelt
• Search Engine - (2005) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• You (as by Anonymous) - (2005) - shortstory by Stephen Leigh
• The Jenna Set - (2005) - shortstory by Daniel Kaysen
• Understanding Space and Time - (2005) - novelette by Alastair Reynolds

Table of Contents:

• The Year in Science Fiction, 2006 - essay by Rich Horton
• Another Word for Map is Faith - (2006) - shortstory by Christopher Rowe
• Okanoggan Falls - (2006) - novelette by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• Saving For a Sunny Day, or, the Benefits of Reincarnation - (2006) - shortstory by Ian Watson
• The Cartesian Theater - (2006) - novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
• Hesperia and Glory - (2006) - shortstory by Ann Leckie
• Incarnation Day - (2006) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• Exit Without Saving - (2006) - shortstory by Ruth Nestvold
• Inclination - (2006) - novella by William Shunn
• Life on the Preservation - (2006) - shortstory by Jack Skillingstead
• Me-Topia - (2006) - novelette by Adam Roberts
• The House Beyond Your Sky - (2006) - shortstory by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• A Billion Eves - (2006) - novella by Robert Reed
• Contributors
• Publication History

Table of Contents:

• The Year in Science Fiction, 2007 - essay by Rich Horton
• Dark Integers - (2007) - novelette by Greg Egan
• A Plain Tale from Our Hills - (2007) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• An Eye for an Eye - (2007) - novelette by Charles Coleman Finlay
• Always - (2007) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away - (2007) - novelette by John Barnes
• Virus Changes Skin - (2007) - shortstory by Ekaterina Sedia
• Wikiworld - (2007) - novelette by Paul Di Filippo
• Artifice and Intelligence - (2007) - shortstory by Tim Pratt
• Jesus Christ, Reanimator - (2007) - shortstory by Ken MacLeod
• Night Calls - (2007) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Everyone Bleeds Through - (2007) - shortstory by Jack Skillingstead
• Art of War - (2007) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Three Days of Rain - (2007) - shortstory by Holly Phillips
• Brain Raid - (2007) - novelette by Alexander Jablokov
• For Solo Cello, op.12 - (2007) - shortstory by Mary Robinette Kowal
• Perfect Violet - (2007) - shortstory by Will McIntosh
• Vectoring - (2007) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• The Skysailor's Tale - (2007) - novelette by Michael Swanwick