The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22

This volume presents a collection of science fiction stories. It includes stories by the bright young talents of science fiction, as well as a host of established masters. The usual thorough summation of the year and recommended reading lists are also included.

xiii • Summation: 2008 • (2009) • essay by Gardner Dozois

1 • Turing's Apples • (2008) • short story by Stephen Baxter

18 • From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled • (2008) • short story by Michael Swanwick (variant of From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled ...)

36 • The Gambler • (2008) • novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi

57 • Boojum • [Boojum] • (2008) • short story by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette

73 • The Six Directions of Space • (2008) • novella by Alastair Reynolds

122 • N-Words • (2008) • short story by Ted Kosmatka

136 • An Eligible Boy • [India 2047] • (2008) • novelette by Ian McDonald

159 • Shining Armour • (2008) • short story by Dominic Green (variant of Shining Armor)

175 • The Hero • [Virga] • (2008) • novelette by Karl Schroeder

196 • Evil Robot Monkey • (2008) • short story by Mary Robinette Kowal

199 • Five Thrillers • (2008) • novelette by Robert Reed

236 • The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black • (2008) • short story by Jay Lake

245 • Incomers • [The Quiet War] • (2008) • short fiction by Paul J. McAuley

263 • Crystal Nights • (2008) • novelette by Greg Egan

284 • The Egg Man • (2008) • novelette by Mary Rosenblum

304 • His Master's Voice • (2008) • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi

315 • The Political Prisoner • (2008) • novella by Charles Coleman Finlay

369 • Balancing Accounts • (2008) • short story by James L. Cambias

385 • Special Economics • (2008) • novelette by Maureen F. McHugh

409 • Days of Wonder • (2008) • novelette by Geoff Ryman

441 • City of the Dead • [Jackaroo] • (2008) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]

464 • The Voyage Out • [Buonarotti Transit] • (2007) • short story by Gwyneth Jones

480 • The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm • (2008) • novelette by Daryl Gregory

498 • G-Men • [The Enemy Within] • (2008) • novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

529 • The Erdmann Nexus • (2008) • novella by Nancy Kress

588 • Old Friends • (2008) • short story by Garth Nix

595 • The Ray-Gun: A Love Story • (2008) • novelette by James Alan Gardner

614 • Lester Young and the Jupiter's Moons' Blues • (2008) • novelette by Gord Sellar

642 • Butterfly, Falling at Dawn • [Universe of Xuya] • (2008) • novelette by Aliette de Bodard

662 • The Tear • (2008) • novella by Ian McDonald

713 • Honorable Mentions: 2008 • (2009) • essay by Gardner Dozois