The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection

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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 Twenty-Fifth 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, Ian McDonald, Stephen Baxter, Michael Swanwick, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kage Baker, Walter Jon Williams, Alastair Reynolds, and Charles Stross . 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.

Contents
xiii • Summation: 2007 • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • Finisterra • • novelette by David Moles
26 • Lighting Out • • shortstory by Ken MacLeod
41 • An Ocean Is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away • • novelette by John Barnes
62 • Saving Tiamaat • • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
76 • Of Late I Dreamt of Venus • • shortfiction by James Van Pelt
90 • Verthandi's Ring • • shortstory by Ian McDonald
101 • Sea Change • • shortstory by Una McCormack
110 • The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small • [Celestial Empire] • • novelette by Chris Roberson
130 • Glory • • novelette by Greg Egan
150 • Against the Current • • shortstory by Robert Silverberg
164 • Alien Archeology • [Polity Universe] • • novella by Neal Asher
202 • The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate • • novelette by Ted Chiang
221 • Beyond the Wall • • shortfiction by Justin Stanchfield
237 • Kiosk • • novelette by Bruce Sterling
270 • Last Contact • • shortstory by Stephen Baxter
280 • The Sledge-Maker's Daughter • • shortstory by Alastair Reynolds
297 • Sanjeev and Robotwallah • [India 2047] • • shortstory by Ian McDonald
309 • The Skysailor's Tale • • novelette by Michael Swanwick
332 • Of Love and Other Monsters • • novella by Vandana Singh
367 • Steve Fever • • shortstory by Greg Egan
379 • Hellfire at Twilight • [Company] • • novelette by Kage Baker
411 • The Immortals of Atlantis • • shortstory by Brian Stableford
420 • Nothing Personal • • novella by Pat Cadigan
452 • Tideline • • shortstory by Elizabeth Bear
461 • The Accord • • novelette by Keith Brooke
480 • Laws of Survival • • novelette by Nancy Kress
505 • The Mists of Time • • novelette by Tom Purdom
533 • Craters • • shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
548 • The Prophet of Flores • • novelette by Ted Kosmatka
570 • Stray • • shortstory by David Ackert and Benjamin Rosenbaum
579 • Roxie • • shortstory by Robert Reed
595 • Dark Heaven • • novella by Gregory Benford
643 • Honorable Mentions: 2007 • essay by Gardner Dozois