The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection

Presents 23 of the finest science-fiction works of 1995, including stories by such diverse writers as Michael Bishop, Terry Bisson, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Maureen F. McHugh, Mike Resnick, and others.

Contents

ix • Summation: 1996 • essay by Gardner Dozois

1 • Immersion • (1996) • novella by Gregory Benford

47 • The Dead • (1996) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick

56 • The Flowers of Aulit Prison • [Probability Universe] • (1996) • novelette by Nancy Kress

82 • A Dry, Quiet War • (1996) • novelette by Tony Daniel

99 • Thirteen Phantasms • (1996) • shortstory by James P. Blaylock

109 • Primrose and Thorn • [Primrose] • (1996) • novelette by Bud Sparhawk

142 • The Miracle of Ivar Avenue • (1996) • novelette by John Kessel

167 • The Last Homosexual • (1996) • shortstory by Paul Park

178 • Recording Angel • (1996) • shortstory by Ian McDonald

188 • Death Do Us Part • (1996) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg

203 • The Spade of Reason • (1996) • shortstory by Jim Cowan

218 • The Cost to Be Wise • (1996) • novelette by Maureen F. McHugh

254 • Bicycle Repairman • [Chattanooga] • (1996) • novelette by Bruce Sterling

279 • The Weighing of Ayre • (1996) • novelette by Gregory Feeley

311 • The Longer Voyage • (1996) • novelette by Michael Cassutt

330 • The Land of Nod • [Kirinyaga • 10] • (1996) • novelette by Mike Resnick

350 • Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland • (1996) • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones

362 • The Lady Vanishes • (1996) • shortstory by Charles Sheffield

373 • Chrysalis • (1996) • novelette by Robert Reed

407 • The Wind Over the World • [Silurian Tales] • (1996) • novelette by Steven Utley

430 • Changes • (1996) • shortstory by William Barton

445 • Counting Cats in Zanzibar • (1996) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe

457 • How We Got In Town and Out Again • (1996) • novelette by Jonathan Lethem

475 • Dr. Tilmann's Consultant: A Scientific Romance • (1996) • novelette by Cherry Wilder

492 • Schrödinger's Dog • (1996) • novelette by Damien Broderick

518 • Foreign Devils • [War of the Worlds] • (1996) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams

535 • In the MSOB • (1996) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter

539 • The Robot's Twilight Companion • (1996) • novella by Tony Daniel

590 • Honorable Mentions: 1996 • essay by Gardner Dozois

• Author
• Gardner Dozois, Robert Reed, Steven Utley, James P. Blaylock, Bud Sparhawk, Robert Silverberg, John Kessel, William Barton, Jim Cowan, Gene Wolfe, Paul Park, Jonathan Lethem, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Cherry Wilder, Bruce Sterling, Gregory Feeley, Damien Broderick, Gregory Benford, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Cassutt, Stephen Baxter, Mike Resnick, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Gwyneth Jones, Charles Sheffield, Tony Daniel

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 624

• Series
• The Year's Best Science Fiction

• Publisher
• St Martins Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-312-15702-9

• EAN
• 9780312157029

• Genres
• fiction, anthologies, collections

• Release date
• 1997