THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COLLECTION. Copyright © 2010 by Gardner Dozois. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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First Edition: July 2010

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