For the first time in a decade, a compilation of the very best in science fiction, from a world authority on the genre.
For decades, the Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after thirty-five annual collections. comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies. In The Very Best of the Best, legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the finest short stories for this landmark collection.
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For the first time in a decade, a compilation of the very best in science fiction, from a world authority on the genre.
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Where the Golden Apples Grow |
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The Sledge-Maker's Daughter |
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The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm |
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Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance |
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Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain |
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The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi |
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The Long Haul, From the Annals of Transportation, the Pacific Monthly, May 2009 |
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Three Cups of Grief, By Starlight |
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Kit: Some Assembly Required |
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Gardner Dozois, one of the most acclaimed editors in science-fiction, has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor 15 times. He was the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine for 20 years. He is the editor of the Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies and co-editor of the Warrior anthologies, Songs of the Dying Earth, and many others. As a writer, Dozois twice won the Nebula Award for best short story. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
