The 11th volume in this much lauded series with incisive and genre-defining stories chosen my multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan.
The internationally-acclaimed Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year series moves into its second decade with the very best science fiction and fantasy from around the world. Hard science fiction, space opera, epic fantasy, dystopia, alternate history, swords and sorcery - you can find it all in the more than two dozen stories carefully chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan to give readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer.
Previous volumes have included stories from Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Cory Doctorow, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Joe Abercrombie, Paolo Bacigalupi, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Jeffrey Ford, Margo Lanagan, Bruce Sterling, Adam Robets, Ellen Klages, and many many more.
Praise for the series:
a must-read for fans of science fiction, fantasy, and short stories in general - Booklist
Best in this context is more than its constituent parts, it's a demonstration of all that can be found: diversity of voice, subject and form; balance between new and established voices; work from a good range of original sources... Books as good as this should be of interest to any admirer of short fiction, regardless of genre.' The Guardian
a provocative anthology that will satisfy readers looking for fresh, contemporary work that stretches both SF and fantasy boundaries Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Introduction, Jonathan Strahan
The Future is Blue, Catherynne M. Valente
Mika Model, Paolo Bacigalupi
Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik
Twos Company, Joe Abercrombie
You Make Pattaya, Rich Larson
Youll Surely Drown Here If You Stay, Alyssa Wong
A Salvaging of Ghosts, Aliette de Bodard
Even the Crumbs Were Delicious, Daryl Gregory
Number Nine Moon, Alex Irvine
Things with Beards, Sam J. Miller
Successor, Usurper, Replacement, Alice Sola Kim
Laws of Night and Silk, Seth Dickinson
Touring with the Alien, Carolyn Ives Gilman
The Great Detective, Delia Sherman
Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home, Genevieve Valentine
Those Shadows Laugh, Geoff Ryman
Seasons of Glass and Iron, Amal El-Mohtar
The Art of Space Travel, Nina Allan
Whisper Road (Murder Ballad No. 9), Caitlķn R. Kiernan
Red Dirt Witch, N. K. Jemisin
Red as Blood and White as Bone, Theodora Goss
Terminal, Lavie Tidhar
Foxfire, Foxfire, Yoon Ha Lee
Elves of Antarctica, Paul McAuley
The Witch of Orion Waste and the Boy Knight, E. Lily Yu
Seven Birthdays, Ken Liu
The Visitor from Taured, Ian R. MacLeod
Fable, Charles Yu
Honourable Mentions
Jonathan Strahan is a World Fantasy Award award-winning editor, anthologist, and podcaster. He has edited more than 70 books, is reviews editor for Locus, a consulting editor for Tor.com, and co-host and producer of the Hugo-nominated Coode Street Podcast.
