The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New SF

For years, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after twenty-one annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies, The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, in which legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the very best short stories for this landmark collection. Contributors include: * Stephen Baxter * Greg Bear * William Gibson * Terry Bisson * Pat Cadigan * Ted Chiang * John Crowley * Tony Daniel * Greg Egan * Molly Gloss * Eileen Gunn * Joe Haldeman * James Patrick Kelly * John Kessel * Nancy Kress * Ursula K. Le Guin * Ian R. MacLeod * David Marusek * Paul McAuley * Ian McDonald * Maureen F. McHugh * Robert Reed * Mike Resnick * Geoff Ryman * William Sander * Lucius Shepard * Robert Silverberg * Brian Stableford * Bruce Sterling * Charles Stross * Michael Swanwick * Steven Utley * Howard Waldrop * Walter Jon Williams * Connie Willis * Gene Wolfe

With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best stands as one of the ultimate science fiction anthologies ever published.

Contents

xi • Foreword (The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction) • essay by Robert Silverberg

xvii • Preface (The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction) • essay by Gardner Dozois

1 • Blood Music • (1983) • novelette by Greg Bear

19 • A Cabin on the Coast • (1984) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe

28 • Salvador • (1984) • shortstory by Lucius Shepard

42 • Trinity • (1984) • novella by Nancy Kress

78 • Flying Saucer Rock and Roll • (1985) • novelette by Howard Waldrop (aka Flying Saucer Rock & Roll)

93 • Dinner in Audoghast • (1985) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling

103 • Roadside Rescue • (1985) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan

109 • Snow • (1985) • shortstory by John Crowley

121 • The Winter Market • (1985) • novelette by William Gibson

137 • The Pure Product • (1986) • novelette by John Kessel

152 • Stable Strategies for Middle Management • (1988) • shortstory by Eileen Gunn

162 • Kirinyaga • [Kirinyaga • 2] • (1988) • novelette by Mike Resnick

177 • Tales from the Venia Woods • [Roma Eterna] • (1989) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg

191 • Bears Discover Fire • (1990) • shortstory by Terry Bisson

199 • Even the Queen • (1992) • shortstory by Connie Willis

213 • Guest of Honor • (1993) • novelette by Robert Reed

238 • None So Blind • (1994) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman

246 • Mortimer Gray's History of Death • (1995) • novella by Brian Stableford (aka Mortimer Gray's "History of Death")

293 • The Lincoln Train • (1995) • shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh

303 • Wang's Carpets • (1995) • novelette by Greg Egan

328 • Coming of Age in Karhide • [Hainish] • (1995) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin

342 • The Dead • (1996) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick

352 • Recording Angel • (1996) • shortstory by Ian McDonald

363 • A Dry, Quiet War • (1996) • novelette by Tony Daniel

380 • The Undiscovered • (1997) • novelette by William Sanders

400 • Second Skin • (1997) • shortstory by Paul J. McAuley

418 • Story of Your Life • (1998) • novella by Ted Chiang

454 • People Came from Earth • (1999) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter

464 • The Wedding Album • [Cathy] • (1999) • novella by David Marusek

502 • 10 to 16 to 1 • (1999) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly (aka 1016 to 1)

520 • Daddy's World • (1999) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams

541 • The Real World • [Silurian Tales] • (2000) • shortstory by Steven Utley

561 • Have Not Have • (2001) • novelette by Geoff Ryman

577 • Lobsters • [Macx Family] • (2001) • novelette by Charles Stross

597 • Breathmoss • (2002) • novella by Ian R. MacLeod

647 • Lambing Season • (2002) • shortstory by Molly Gloss