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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection

Each year science fiction's premiere short fiction editor, Gardner Dozois, collects dozens of excellent stories in a chunky volume that is eagerly anticipated by readers and writers alike. The anthology also includes an invaluable summation about the state of the science fiction publishing field, and a list of honorable mentions (think of them as almost-made-its) for 1997.

Contents

xi • Summation: 1997 • essay by Gardner Dozois

1 • Beauty in the Night • (1997) • novelette by Robert Silverberg

30 • Second Skin • (1997) • shortstory by Paul J. McAuley

49 • Steamship Soldier on the Information Front • (1997) • novelette by Nancy Kress

69 • Reasons to Be Cheerful • (1997) • novelette by Greg Egan

95 • Moon Six • (1997) • novelette by Stephen Baxter

122 • We Will Drink a Fish Together ... • (1997) • novelette by Bill Johnson

155 • Escape Route • [Confederation Universe Stories] • (1997) • novella by Peter F. Hamilton

197 • Itsy Bitsy Spider • (1997) • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly

207 • A Spy in Europa • [Revelation Space] • (1997) • shortstory by Alastair Reynolds

224 • The Undiscovered • (1997) • novelette by William Sanders

245 • Echoes • (1997) • novelette by Alan Brennert

267 • Getting to Know You • [North American future] • (1997) • novelette by David Marusek

288 • Balinese Dancer • (1997) • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones

306 • Marrow • [The Great Ship Universe] • (1997) • novella by Robert Reed

348 • Heart of Whitenesse • (1997) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop

364 • The Wisdom of Old Earth • (1997) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick

373 • The Pipes of Pan • (1997) • novelette by Brian Stableford

391 • Crossing Chao Meng Fu • (1997) • novelette by G. David Nordley

418 • Yeyuka • (1997) • shortstory by Greg Egan

432 • Frost Painting • (1997) • shortstory by Carolyn Ives Gilman

447 • Lethe • (1997) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams

474 • Winter Fire • (1997) • shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis

488 • Nevermore • (1997) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod

505 • Open Veins • (1997) • shortstory by Simon Ings

520 • After Kerry • (1997) • novelette by Ian McDonald

543 • The Masque of Agamemnon • [Troy Stories] • (1997) • novelette by Sean Williams and Simon Brown

565 • Gulliver at Home • (1997) • novelette by John Kessel

576 • A Cold Dry Cradle • (1997) • novella by Elisabeth Malartre and Gregory Benford

617 • Honorable Mentions: 1997 • essay by Gardner Dozois

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 623
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-312-18779-8
  • EAN
  • 9780312187798
  • Genres
  • anthologies, fiction, collections
  • Release date
  • 1998