| Description |
xl, 663 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Contents |
Summation: 2014 -- The fifth dragon / Ian McDonald -- The rider / Jérôme Cigut -- The days of the war, as red as blood, as dark as bile / Aliette de Bodard -- The burial of Sir John Mawe at Cassini / Chaz Brenchley -- The regular / Ken Liu -- The woman from the ocean / Karl Bunker -- Shooting the apocalypse / Paolo Bacigalupi -- Weather / Susan Palwick -- The hand is quicker / Elizabeth Bear -- The man who sold the moon / Cory Doctorow -- Vladimir Chong chooses to die / Lavie Tidhar -- Beside the damned river / D. J. Cockburn -- The colonel / Peter Watts -- Entaglement / Vandana Singh -- White curtain / Pavel Amnuel, translated by Anatoly Belilovsky -- Slipping / Lauren Beukes -- Passage of earth / Michael Swanwick -- Amicae aeternum / Ellen Klages -- In Babelsburg / Alastair Reynolds -- Sadness / Timons Esaias -- West to east / Jay Lake -- Grand jeté (The great leap) / Rachel Swirsky -- Covenant / Elizabeth Bear -- Jubilee / Karl Schroeder -- Los piratas del mar de plastico (Pirates of the plastic ocean) / Paul Graham Raven -- Red lights, and rain / Gareth L. Powell -- Coma kings / Jessica Barber -- The prodigal son / Allen M. Steele -- God decay / Rich Larson -- Blood wedding / Robert Reed -- The long haul, from The annals of transportation, the Pacific monthly, May 2009 / Ken Liu -- Shadow flock / Greg Egan -- Thing and sick / Adam Roberts -- Communion / Mary Ann Mohanraj -- Someday / James Patrick Kelly -- Yesterday's kin / Nancy Kress -- Honorable mentions: 2014. |
| Summary |
In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Ken Liu, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Amnuel and Nancy Kress. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre. |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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Fantasy fiction, American.
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| Genre |
Science fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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| Added Author |
Dozois, Gardner R., editor.
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| Added Title |
Year's best science fiction, 32nd annual collection |
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Year's best science fiction. 32 |
| ISBN |
9781250064417 |
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1250064414 |
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