The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 1
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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 1
For the first time ever, award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has assembled the best science fiction and the best fantasy stories of the year in one volume. More than just two books for the price of one, this book brings together over 200,000 words of the best genre fiction anywhere. Strahan's critical eye and keen editorial instincts have served him well for earlier best For the first time ever, award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has assembled the best science fiction and the best fantasy stories of the year in one volume. More than just two books for the price of one, this book brings together over 200,000 words of the best genre fiction anywhere. Strahan's critical eye and keen editorial instincts have served him well for earlier best of the year round-ups in the Best Short Novels, Science Fiction: Best of and Fantasy: Best of series, and this is his most impressive effort yet. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors. ...more
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Bruce
I've been reading Gardner Dozois year's best SF collection for around 15 years, but over the last few I have begun to find Dozois's collection rather tiring. Too few really good stories, too many extremely depressing or just plain boring. I thought I'd try Strahan and now despite the impressive shelf in my library filled with a lovely sequence of Dozois's fat volumes I'm going to switch to Strahan. I enjoy the widening of the range to include fantasy, as much science fiction isn't anything like sc I've been reading Gardner Dozois year's best SF collection for around 15 years, but over the last few I have begun to find Dozois's collection rather tiring. Too few really good stories, too many extremely depressing or just plain boring. I thought I'd try Strahan and now despite the impressive shelf in my library filled with a lovely sequence of Dozois's fat volumes I'm going to switch to Strahan. I enjoy the widening of the range to include fantasy, as much science fiction isn't anything like scientific anyway. And why wouldn't you want, for example, a great Neil Gaiman story in your book? Much better a well written fantasy story than the latest dreadful homage to nuts, bolts, materialism and the heat death of the universe by some "hard SF" writer. And since much of the fantasy in Strahan's volumes is representative of the "new weird" by great authors like Kelly Link, etc., it's fantastic to be able to read the best of those stories as well. My one regret is that not every single one of my absolute favorite stories (sadly, only 2) from Dozois made it over into Strahan. So you can't have your cake and eat it too, I guess, but the hours spent wading through dreck in the Dozois volume weren't worth the one good story Strahan missed anyway.
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Kaethe
03 Jan 2009 10 Apr 2016 Oh, my. There are some excellent stories in here. I checked it out to read Willis' "D.A.", which I loved for her faced-paced hecticness. "How To Talk To Girls At Parties" is a re-read for me, but it is still might good. "In The House Of The Seven Librarians" is a story about feral librarians and is a perfect little fairy tale. "Halfway House" was just a bit too opaque for me, I never felt like I quite got it. "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)" was marvelous and satisf 03 Jan 2009 10 Apr 2016 Oh, my. There are some excellent stories in here. I checked it out to read Willis' "D.A.", which I loved for her faced-paced hecticness. "How To Talk To Girls At Parties" is a re-read for me, but it is still might good. "In The House Of The Seven Librarians" is a story about feral librarians and is a perfect little fairy tale. "Halfway House" was just a bit too opaque for me, I never felt like I quite got it. "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)" was marvelous and satisfying. I'm looking forward to the ones I haven't cracked yet. ***
Some good, some not so. A few I ended up skipping over.