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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312324782 ISBN 13: 9780312324780

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2004

Synopsis

The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow. This book is a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

About this title

About the Author:

Gardner Dozois has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor twelve times and has won the Locus Award for best anthology multiple times (including this year for the 19th edition). The editor of Asimov's SF magazine since 1985, he lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

From Publishers Weekly:

With stories that run the gamut from alternate history to strange admixtures of SF and fantasy to bizarrely inexplicable worlds, and with authors ranging from big names to first-timers, Hugo-winner Dozois shows off the dazzling range of the genre in his annual compendium. Several authors deal with the loneliness of humans in the galaxy. In William Barton's "Off on a Starship," young Wally accidentally leaves Earth on an automated spaceship, only to discover that there are no other people out there—and when he finally comes home, it's not as a boy but as a god. Walter Jon Williams's bittersweet "The Green Leopard Plague" explores the economic and social consequences of conquering world hunger. Geoff Ryman's timely "Birth Days" follows a gay researcher as he finds a way to "cure" homosexuality, with unexpected results. Other standout stories include Kage Baker's rollicking "Welcome to Olympus, Mr. Hearst," where the Company takes on Hearst, and loses; and Michael Swanwick's fantastic "King Dragon," where the dragon's lackey strikes back. This hefty tome has enough content for a summer of reading, and the range of stories indicates that SF still doesn't know the meaning of the word "boundaries."
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About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0312324782
• ISBN 13: 9780312324780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 704
• Editor: Dozois Gardner