An annual collection of the finest science fiction short stories in a single volume.
With Year's Best SF 18, acclaimed, award-winning editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell demonstrates the amazing depth and power of contemporary speculative fiction, showcasing astonishing short stories from some of science fiction's most respected names.
In this anthology, prepare to travel light years from the ordinary into a tomorrow at once breathtaking, frightening, and possible with some of the greatest tales of wonder.
Featuring stories by Eleanor Arnason * Tony Ballantyne * John Barnes * Gregory Benford * Pat Cadigan * Paul Cornell * Indrapramit Das * Aliette de Bodard * Andy Duncan * C. S. Friedman * Kathleen Ann Goonan * Gwyneth Jones * Naomi Kritzer * Yoon Ha Lee * Megan Lindholm * Ken Liu * Paul McAuley * Sean McMullen * Linda Nagata * Nikki J. North * Joe Pitkin * Robert Reed * Catherine H. Shaffer * Lewis Shiner * Bruce Sterling * Michael Swanwick * Deborah Walker * Gene Wolfe
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David G. Hartwell
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Once again, the finest SF short stories of the year have been collected in a single volume. With Year's Best SF 18, acclaimed, award-winning editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell demonstrates the amazing depth and power of contemporary speculative fiction, showcasing astonishing short stories from some of science fiction's most respected names as well as exciting new writers to watch. In this anthology, prepare to travel light years from the ordinary into a tomorrow at once breathtaking, frightening, and possible with some of the greatest tales of wonder published in 2012. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Introduction
"Old Paint" by Megan Lindholm
"The Ghosts of Christmas" by Paul Cornell
"Prayer" by Robert Reed
"The Battle of Candle Arc" by Yoon Ha Lee
"Dormanna" by Gene Wolfe
"Holmes Sherlock: A Hwarhath Mystery" by Eleanor Arnason
"Electrica" by Sean McMullen
"Perfect Day" by C. S. Friedman
"Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh" by John Barnes
"Liberty's Daughter" by Naomi Kritzer
"Weep for Day" by Indrapramit Das
"In Plain Sight" by Pat Cadigan
"Application" by Lewis Shiner
"A Love Supreme" by Kathleen Ann Goonan
"Close Encounters" by Andy Duncan
"Two Sisters in Exile" by Aliette de Bodard
"Waves" by Ken Liu
"The North Revena Ladies Literary Society" by Catherine H. Shaffer
"Antarctica Starts Here" by Paul McAuley
"Bricks, Sticks, Straw" by Gwyneth Jones
"The Sigma Structure Symphony" by Gregory Benford
"Glass Future" by Deborah Walker
"If Only" by Tony Ballantyne
"The Woman Who Shook the World Tree" by Michael Swanwick
"Nahiku West" by Linda Nagata
"House f lies" by Joe Pitkin
"Branches on My Back, Sparrows in My Ear" by Nikki J. North
"The Peak of Eternal Light" by Bruce Sterling