The Best science fiction and fantasy of the year. Vol. 6
2012
Book
"An ancient society of cartographer wasps create delicately inscribed maps; a bodyjacking parasite is faced with imminent extinction; an Al makes a desperate gambit to protect its child from a ravenous dragon; a professor of music struggles with the knowledge that murder is not too high a price for fame; living origami carries a mother's last words to her child; a steam girl conquers the realm of imagination; aliens attack Venus, ignoring an incredulous earth; a child is born on Mars ... The science fiction and fantasy fields continue to evolve, setting new marks with each passing year. For the sixth year in a row, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan has collected stories that captivate, entertain, and showcase the very best the genre has to offer. Critically acclaimed, and with a reputation for including award-winning speculative fiction, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year is the only major 'best of' anthology to collect both fantasy and science fiction under one cover."--p. [4] of cover.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781597803458 (pbk.)
- 1597803456 (pbk.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Description: 594 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
- Introduction / Jonathan Strahan
- the case of death and honey / Neil Gaiman
- the cartographer wasps and the anarchist bees / E. Lily Yu
- tidal forces / Caitlín R. Kiernan
- younger women / Karen Joy Fowler
- white lines on a green field / Catherynne M. Valente
- all that touches the air / An Owomoyela
- what we found / Geoff Ryman
- the server and the dragon / Hannu Rajaniemi
- the choice / Paul McAuley
- malak / Peter Watts
- old habits / Nalo Hopkinson
- a small price to pay for birdsong / K. J. Parker
- valley of the girls / Kelly Link
- the brave little toaster / Cory Doctorow
- the Dala horse / Michael Swanwick
- the corpse painter's masterpiece / M. Rickert
- the paper menagerie / Ken Liu
- steam girl / Dylan Horrocks
- after the apocalypse / Maureen F. McHugh
- underbridge / Peter S. Beagle
- relic / Jeffrey Ford
- the invasion of Venus / Stephen Baxter
- woman leaves room / Robert Reed
- restoration / Robert Shearman
- the onset of a paranormal romance / Bruce Sterling
- catastrophic disruption of the head / Margo Lanagan
- the last ride of the glory girls / Libba Bray
- the book of Phoenix (excerpted from the great book) / Nnedi Okorafor
- digging / Ian McDonald
- the man who bridged the mist / Kij Johnson
- goodnight moons / Ellen Klages.
Control Number: 855358
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Night Shade Books, c2012.