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Year's Best SF 6

Year's Best SF 6

Ken MacLeod
3.7/5 ( ratings)
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The Barnes & Noble Review

Science fiction as short fiction is perhaps my favorite form of the literary genre, and David G. Hartwell's Year's Best series is a collection -- full of humor, drama, style, and surprises -- that never disappoints. Here are just some of the high points in the Sixth Edition.

Contents

ix • Introduction • essay by David G. Hartwell
1 • Reef • • novelette by Paul J. McAuley
35 • Reality Check • • shortstory by David Brin
39 • The Millennium Express • • shortstory by Robert Silverberg
61 • Patient Zero • • shortstory by Tananarive Due
81 • The Oort Crowd • • shortstory by Ken MacLeod
85 • The Thing About Benny • • shortstory by M. Shayne Bell
95 • The Last Supper • • shortstory by Brian Stableford
113 • Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN • • shortstory by Joan Slonczewski
117 • Our Mortal Span • • shortstory by Howard Waldrop
130 • Different Kinds of Darkness • [Blit] • • shortstory by David Langford
143 • New Ice Age, or Just Cold Feet? • • shortfiction by Norman Spinrad
147 • The Devotee • • novelette by Stephen Dedman
189 • The Marriage of Sky & Sea • • shortstory by Chris Beckett
210 • In the Days of the Comet • • shortstory by John M. Ford
214 • The Birthday of the World • • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
248 • Oracle • • novella by Greg Egan
303 • To Cuddle Amy • • shortstory by Nancy Kress
308 • Steppenpferd • • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
322 • Sheena 5 • [Manifold] • • shortstory by Stephen Baxter
343 • The Fire Eggs • • shortstory by Darrell Schweitzer
358 • The New Horla • • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
372 • Madame Bovary, C'est Moi • • shortstory by Dan Simmons
377 • Grandma's Jumpman • • shortstory by Robert Reed
398 • Bordeaux Mixture • • shortfiction by Henry Gee [as by Charles Dexter Ward ]
402 • The Dryad's Wedding • • novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
427 • Built Upon the Sands of Time • • shortstory by Michael F. Flynn
445 • Seventy-Two Letters • • novella by Ted Chiang
Language
English
Pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Eos (HarperCollins)
Release
May 29, 2001
ISBN
0061020559
ISBN 13
9780061020551

Year's Best SF 6

Ken MacLeod
3.7/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
The Barnes & Noble Review

Science fiction as short fiction is perhaps my favorite form of the literary genre, and David G. Hartwell's Year's Best series is a collection -- full of humor, drama, style, and surprises -- that never disappoints. Here are just some of the high points in the Sixth Edition.

Contents

ix • Introduction • essay by David G. Hartwell
1 • Reef • • novelette by Paul J. McAuley
35 • Reality Check • • shortstory by David Brin
39 • The Millennium Express • • shortstory by Robert Silverberg
61 • Patient Zero • • shortstory by Tananarive Due
81 • The Oort Crowd • • shortstory by Ken MacLeod
85 • The Thing About Benny • • shortstory by M. Shayne Bell
95 • The Last Supper • • shortstory by Brian Stableford
113 • Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN • • shortstory by Joan Slonczewski
117 • Our Mortal Span • • shortstory by Howard Waldrop
130 • Different Kinds of Darkness • [Blit] • • shortstory by David Langford
143 • New Ice Age, or Just Cold Feet? • • shortfiction by Norman Spinrad
147 • The Devotee • • novelette by Stephen Dedman
189 • The Marriage of Sky & Sea • • shortstory by Chris Beckett
210 • In the Days of the Comet • • shortstory by John M. Ford
214 • The Birthday of the World • • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
248 • Oracle • • novella by Greg Egan
303 • To Cuddle Amy • • shortstory by Nancy Kress
308 • Steppenpferd • • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
322 • Sheena 5 • [Manifold] • • shortstory by Stephen Baxter
343 • The Fire Eggs • • shortstory by Darrell Schweitzer
358 • The New Horla • • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
372 • Madame Bovary, C'est Moi • • shortstory by Dan Simmons
377 • Grandma's Jumpman • • shortstory by Robert Reed
398 • Bordeaux Mixture • • shortfiction by Henry Gee [as by Charles Dexter Ward ]
402 • The Dryad's Wedding • • novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
427 • Built Upon the Sands of Time • • shortstory by Michael F. Flynn
445 • Seventy-Two Letters • • novella by Ted Chiang
Language
English
Pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Eos (HarperCollins)
Release
May 29, 2001
ISBN
0061020559
ISBN 13
9780061020551

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