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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0876208
EAN: 9780312378608
ISBN: 0312378602
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: July 08, 2008
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: July 08, 2008
Sales Rank: 6848
Studio: St. Martin's Griffin

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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.

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- The best of the best ofs
If you buy only one SF book this year, that should be that one. Gardner Dozois selects a wide range of stories among all those published in magazines and anthologies. there's something for everybody here.
Enjoy Greg Egan's return to writing with "Glory" and "Steve Fever", one of the most powerful stories of the year, Hugo winner "Tideline" by new star Elisabeth Bear, Hugo and nebula winner "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by the too rare Ted Chiang, along with confirmed big names (Reed, Sterling, Baker, Kress, Baker, Benford, baxter, Reynolds) and exciting newcomers: Roberson (his story set in an alternate China is a pure delight), Stanchfield, McCormack, Singh.
Space Operas, Alternate Histories, Techno-thrillers, Philosophical Tales, Social Changes, the whole range of SF is here.

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- another year, another winner
As always, Mr. Dozois keeps the excellent level of his choices for best SF shorts of the year.A fat volume, not a word wasted.

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- Worth the price of admission
I have several of Dozois' collections, and this one is--as reviewer Brad Schorr also said--above average. I didn't love every one of its thirty-two stories, and I couldn't even bring myself to finish two of them, but that's par for the course. In my experience, about 25 percent of a decent edited volume is really enjoyable, 25 percent is a chore to read, and the middle fifty percent falls between "blah" and "not bad." In this collection, I'd say that only the two aforementioned stories were really a chore to read, and though several stories were "blah," most fell between "not bad" and "pretty good". That's not too shabby if you subscribe to Sturgeon's Law ("Ninety percent of everything is crap").

I'm not going to run down all of the stories since Brad Schorr's done that for us already, but I do want to point out that there's plenty of room for disagreement with his take on them. Two stories that Schorr ... Read More

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- Check out the library copy before buying!
I was excited to be the first one to check out this large tome from our local library. However, the book continually disappoints as the pages are turned. This is a poor selection of s/f stories. Borrowed stories from F&SF and another collector series entitled "Space Operas" left only 1/2 of the book to read and the technical jargon and easy confusion as to who is speaking makes the stories a tedious chore to read. Recommend checking out the book from your local library and reviewing several of the stories before making this purchase.

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