The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection

In The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois produces another volume in the series that Locus calls 'the field's real anthology-of-record.' With a unique combination of foresight and perspective, Dozois continues to collect outstanding work by newcomers and established authors alike, reflecting the present state of the genre while suggesting its future directions. With the editor's annual summary of the year in the field, and his appendix of recommended reading, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in contemporary science fiction.

Contents

xiii • Summation: 1991 • essay by Gardner Dozois

1 • Beggars in Spain • [Sleepless] • (1991) • novella by Nancy Kress

63 • Living Will • (1991) • novelette by Alexander Jablokov

79 • A Just and Lasting Peace • (1991) • shortstory by Lois Tilton

90 • Skinner's Room • (1991) • shortstory by William Gibson

98 • Prayers on the Wind • (1991) • novella by Walter Jon Williams

134 • Blood Sisters • (1991) • shortstory by Greg Egan

149 • The Dark • (1991) • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler

163 • Marnie • (1991) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod

185 • A Tip on a Turtle • (1991) • novelette by Robert Silverberg

204 • Übermensch! • (1991) • shortstory by Kim Newman

215 • Dispatches from the Revolution • (1991) • novelette by Pat Cadigan

231 • Pipes • (1991) • shortstory by Robert Reed

243 • Matter's End • (1989) • novella by Gregory Benford

276 • A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations • (1991) • novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson

302 • Gene Wars • (1991) • shortstory by Paul J. McAuley

308 • The Gallery of His Dreams • (1991) • novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

346 • A Walk in the Sun • (1991) • shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis

360 • Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria • (1991) • novelette by Ian McDonald

382 • Angels in Love • (1991) • shortstory by Kathe Koja

388 • Eyewall • (1991) • novelette by Rick Shelley

422 • Pogrom • [Home Front] • (1991) • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly

436 • The Moat • (1991) • shortstory by Greg Egan

446 • Voices • (1991) • shortstory by Jack Dann

454 • FOAM • (1991) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss

471 • Jack • (1991) • novella by Connie Willis

511 • La Macchina • (1991) • shortstory by Chris Beckett

520 • One Perfect Morning, with Jackals • [Kirinyaga • 1] • (1991) • shortstory by Mike Resnick

527 • Desert Rain • (1991) • novella by Mark L. Van Name and Pat Murphy

571 • Honorable Mentions: 1991 • essay by Gardner Dozois

• Author
• Gardner Dozois, Kathe Koja, Rick Shelley, Walter Jon Williams, Greg Egan, Kim Newman, Karen Joy Fowler, James Patrick Kelly, Pat Cadigan, Ian R. MacLeod, Jack Dann, Robert Silverberg, Robert Reed, Brian W. Aldiss, Gregory Benford, Kim Stanley Robinson, Connie Willis, Nancy Kress, Chris Beckett, Paul McAuley, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Alexander Jablokov, Lois Tilton, Geoffrey A. Landis, Mark L. Van Name, William Gibson, Pat Murphy, Ian McDonald

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 575

• Series
• The Year's Best Science Fiction

• Publisher
• St. Martin's Griffin

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-312-07891-1

• EAN
• 9780312078911

• Genres
• fiction, anthologies, collections

• Release date
• 1992