The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection [Anglais] [Broché]

Each year science fiction's premiere short fiction editor, Gardner Dozois, collects dozens of excellent stories in a chunky volume that is eagerly anticipated by readers and writers alike. The 15th annual collection includes 28 stories in all, culled from the pages of Dozois's magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, as well as from competing publications, anthologies, and even a few online fiction zines. The names read like a Who's Who of the sci-fi field: Robert Silverberg, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Peter F. Hamilton, Gregory Benford, Walter Jon Williams, and more. The stories are the best of the best, selected with Dozois's always keen eye for excellence. The anthology also includes an invaluable summation about the state of the science fiction publishing field, and a list of honorable mentions (think of them as almost-made-its) for 1997. --Craig Engler

There's little doubt that Dozois (Dying for It) is to the 1980s and 1990s what John W. Campbell Jr., was to the 1940s and 1950sAthe finest editor in the world of short SF. Asimov's, which he edits, routinely earns half or more of the short-fiction nominations for the Hugo and Nebula awards each year, and his anthologies are equally strong. This collection features nine clearly deserving stories from Asimov's, plus 19 other excellent pieces from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Analog, Science Fiction Age, Interzone and a variety of original anthologies and less well-known magazines. The stories range widely in type, from the highly literate work of John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly to the hard SF of G. David Nordley and Geoffrey A. Landis; from the alternate history of William Sanders and Howard Waldrop to the upscale space opera of Walter Jon Williams and Robert Reed. Among the best-known writers represented are Robert Silverberg, Nancy Kress and Gregory Benford. Of particular interest is the large number of non-American writers. Brits Paul J. McAuley, Stephen Baxter, Peter F. Hamilton, Gwyneth Jones, Ian McDonald and Brian Stableford, along with the hot Australian writer Greg Egan (represented by two stories), contribute nearly half the volume. Also included are Dozois's usual summation of the year in SF and his valuable list of honorable mentions. This anthology represents contemporary SF at its very best. (June) FYI: Dozois is a nine-time winner of the Hugo Award for best editor.
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When he launched it, Dozois' annual was the first of its kind in some time that was big enough to really represent a year's short sf output. It still is, although shorter sf is not flourishing as prolifically and, with the decline of the sf magazine, is harder to track. This year's helping includes hardy perennials such as Robert Silverberg and Nancy Kress, as well as Gregory Benford with new collaborator Stephen Baxter, and a host of other accomplished short-fictioneers with varying degrees of professional seniority, for Dozois casts his net across the whole range of shorter-length sf. The stories are, on the average, highly readable. Figure in the usual year-in-review sections, not available for review, and the lengthy list of honorably mentioned stories that Dozois didn't include, and you have yet another sturdy pillar of the sf collection. Roland Green --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Relié .

paper 0-312-19033-6 Another mind-bogglingly huge compendium of 28 stories that first appeared in 1997, sniffed out by editor Dozois, whose nose for a good yarn is as keen as ever. The contributors include: Robert Silverberg (conquering aliens); Paul J. McAuley (spies on a space habitat); Nancy Kress (a harassed future executive); two stories from the up-and-coming Greg Egan, both set in his native Australia; Stephen Baxter (alternate worlds); Gwyneth Jones (a tempestuous future Europe); a typically weird entry from Howard Waldrop; Michael Swanwick (far-future ``posthumans''); Walter Jon Williams (an explorer returns from the stars); Ian McDonald (a still troubled future Ireland); a realistic Mars mission from Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartrez; and others less famous but no less worthy. For anyone interested in sf short stories, this is the best--indeed, the only--place to start. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Relié .

"Essential reading for short-story fans." --Kirkus Reviews

"Capacious, conscientious, and cogent, the annual volume is eagerly awaited." --Washington Post Book World

"Provides something for every taste...An absolute must." --Booklist

"Dozois's lengthy and personally punctuated Summation of the Year is the rich icing on the fat cake." --Tangent

"For anyone who stopped reading sci-fi years ago because it seemed intelligent fare had been swept aside by novelizations and jokey kid stuff, this anthology is an eye-opener.' --Dallas Morning News

Gardner Dozois, science fiction's foremost editor, consistently selects the field's best work each year with this showcase anthology. This year's collection presents sterling work from veterans and newcomers alike, including Stephen Baxter, Alan Brennert, Carolyn Ives Gilman, James Patrick Kelly, Geoffrey A. Landis, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Reed, William Sanders, Howard Waldrop, and many others. Rounded out with Dozois's insightful Summation of the Year in SF and a long list of Honorable Mentions, this anthology is the book for every science fiction fan.

The definitive annual anthology in the science fiction field. In this mammoth book, Dozios has once again assembled a fine mixture of new talent and well-known writers, including Lucius Shepard, Robert Silverberg, Kim Stanley Robinson and more. --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Relié .

Gardner Dozois, is a longtime editor of Asimov's SF magazine, has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor nine times. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.