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Year's Best SF 4

Travel to the Farthest Reaches of the Imagination

Acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell is back with his fourth annual high-powered collection of the year's most inventive, entertaining, and awe-inspiring science fiction. In short, the best.

Here are stories from today's top name authors, plus exciting newcomers, all eager to land you on exotic planets, introduce you to strange new life forms, and show you scenes more amazing than anything you've imagined.So sit back and blast off for an amazing trip with

Stephen Baxter

Gregory Benford

David Brin

Nancy Kress

Bruce Sterling

Michael Swanwick

and many more...

Contents

ix • Introduction (Year's Best SF 4) • (1999) • essay by David G. Hartwell

1 • Market Report • (1998) • novelette by Alexander Jablokov

31 • A Dance to Strange Musics • (1998) • novelette by Gregory Benford

65 • The Year of the Mouse • (1998) • shortstory by Norman Spinrad

75 • The Day Before They Came • (1998) • shortstory by Mary Soon Lee

83 • This Side of Independence • (1998) • shortstory by Rob Chilson

103 • The Twelfth Album • (1998) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter

119 • Story of Your Life • (1998) • novella by Ted Chiang

183 • Whiptail • (1998) • shortstory by Robert Reed

209 • The Eye of God • (1998) • novelette by Mary Rosenblum

243 • Rules of Engagement • (1998) • novelette by Michael F. Flynn

269 • Radiant Doors • (1998) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick

291 • Unravelling the Thread • (1998) • shortstory by Jean-Claude Dunyach (variant of Déchiffrer la trame 1997)

303 • That Thing Over There • (1998) • shortstory by Dominic Green

323 • The Allies • (1998) • novelette by Mark S. Geston

377 • My Pal Clunky • (1998) • shortstory by Ron Goulart

397 • Life in the Extreme • [Uplift Universe] • (1998) • shortstory by David Brin

417 • Near Enough to Home • (1998) • shortstory by Michael Skeet

437 • A Game of Consequences • (1998) • shortstory by David Langford

451 • State of Nature • (1998) • shortstory by Nancy Kress

461 • Maneki Neko • (1998) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 496
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-06-105902-5
  • EAN
  • 9780061059025
  • Genres
  • anthologies, fiction
  • Release date
  • 1999