The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 3, 2012. It is the 29th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.
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| Editor | Gardner Dozois |
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| Cover artist | Shutterstock |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
Publication date | July 3, 2012 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback), eBook |
| Pages | 704 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-250-00354-6 |
| Preceded by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection |
| Followed by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection |
UK edition, cover art by Joe Roberts.
The anthology was also published in the UK as The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 25.[1]
Contents
The book includes 35 stories, all first published in 2011. The book also includes a summation by Dozois, a brief introduction to each story by Dozois and a referenced list of honorable mentions for the year. The stories are as follows:[2]
- Paul McAuley: "The Choice"
- David Moles: "A Soldier of the City"
- Damien Broderick: "The Beancounter's Cat"
- Elizabeth Bear: "Dolly"
- John Barnes: "Martian Heart"
- Ken MacLeod: "Earth Hour"
- Karl Schroeder: "Laika's Ghost"
- Michael Swanwick: "The Dala Horse"
- Peter S. Beagle: "The Way It Works Out and All"
- Carolyn Ives Gilman: "The Ice Owl"
- Paul Cornell: "The Copenhagen Interpretation"
- Stephen Baxter: "The Invasion of Venus"
- Ian McDonald: "Digging"
- Alastair Reynolds: "Ascension Day"
- Maureen McHugh: "After the Apocalypse"
- Catherynne M. Valente: "Silently and Very Fast"
- Jay Lake: "A Long Way Home"
- Dave Hutchinson: "The Incredible Exploding Man"
- Geoff Ryman: "What We Found"
- Tom Purdom: "A Response from EST17"
- Ian R. MacLeod: "The Cold Step Beyond"
- David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell: "A Militant Peace"
- Robert Reed: "The Ants of Flanders"
- Gwyneth Jones: "The Vicar of Mars"
- Lavie Tidhar: "The Smell of Orange Groves"
- Michael Flynn: "The Iron Shirts"
- Pat Cadigan: "Cody"
- Michael Swanwick: "For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I'll Not Be Back Again"
- Yoon Ha Lee: "Ghostweight"
- Jim Hawkins (writer): "Digital Rites"
- Alec Nevala-Lee: "The Boneless One"
- Peter M. Ball: "Dying Young"
- Chris Lawson: "Canterbury Hollow"
- Ken MacLeod: "The Vorkuta Event"
- Kij Johnson: "The Man Who Bridged the Mist"
Release details
References
External links
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Book review by Mark Watson, Best SF
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