[The Year's Best Science Fiction 25] • Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection by Dozois, Gardner -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Finisterra - DAVID MOLES

1. ENCANTADA 2. THE FLYING ARCHIPELAGO 3. THE STEEL BIRD 4. THE KILLING GROUND 5. THE AERONAUTS 6. THE CITY OF THE DEAD 7. THE FACE IN THE MIRROR 8. THE PROFESSIONALS 9. FINISTERRA

Lighting Out - KEN MACLEOD An Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away - JOHN BARNES Saving Tiamaat - GWYNETH JONES Of Late I Dreamt of Venus - JAMES VAN PELT Verthandi’s Ring - IAN MCDONALD Sea Change - UNA MCCORMACK The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small - CHRIS ROBERSON

Glory - GREG EGAN

1 2 3 5 6 7 8

Against the Current - ROBERT SILVERBERG Alien Archeology - NEAL ASHER The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate - TED CHIANG

THE TALE OF THE FORTUNATE ROPE-MAKER THE TALE OF THE WEAVER WHO STOLE FROM HIMSELF THE TALE OF THE WIFE AND HER LOVER

Beyond the Wall - JUSTIN STANCHFIELD Kiosk - BRUCE STERLING

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

Last Contact - STEPHEN BAXTER

MARCH 15 JUNE 5 OCTOBER 14

The Sledge-Maker’s Daughter - ALASTAIR REYNOLDS Sanjeev and Robotwallah - IAN MCDONALD The Skysailor’s Tale - MICHAEL SWANWICK Of Love and Other Monsters - VANDANA SINGH Steve Fever - GREG EGAN

1 2 3 4 5

Hellfire at Twilight - KAGE BAKER The Immortals of Atlantis - BRIAN STABLEFORD Nothing Personal - PAT CADIGAN Tideline - ELIZABETH BEAR The Accord - KEITH BROOKE

1. TISH GOLDENHAWK 2. ER-JIAN-DIE 3. TISH GOLDENHAWK 4. ER-JIAN-DIE 5. TISH GOLDENHAWK

Laws of Survival - NANCY KRESS The Mists of Time - TOM PURDOM Craters - KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCH The Prophet of Flores - TED KOSMATKA Stray - BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DAVID ACKERT Roxie - ROBERT REED Dark Heaven - GREGORY BENFORD Summation: 2007 Acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint the following materials: ALSO BY GARDNER DOZOIS Honorable Mentions: 2007 Copyright Page