Year's Best Science Fiction

Widely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year's Best Science Fiction (Winner of the 2002 Locus Award for Best Anthology) continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories representing the previous year's best SF writing. This year's volume includes Ian R. MacLeod, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Paul McAuley, Michael Swanwick, Robert Silverberg, Charles Stross, John Kessel, Gregory Benford and many other talented authors of SF, as well as thorough summations of the year and a recommended reading list.
Frequently Bought Together

Stalwart sf fans will most likely find Dozois' twentieth stout annual anthology as satisfying as any of its predecessors. The authors represented in it range from multiple-award winners Gregory Benford, Nancy Kress, and John Kessel to skilled newcomers Molly Gloss and Chris Beckett. In-betweeners in terms of prize winning and output include Ian MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Bruce Sterling, and Eleanor Arnason, who should write much more. Dozois has again cast his net widely, drawing Geoff Ryman's entry from a chapbook and Walter Jon Williams' from the electronic media. As usual, sf magazines are leading resources, with Asimov's and Fantasy and Science Fiction leading the pack in total contributions and Inter zone coming in third. Selections from original anthologies are fewer this year, though. As long as the short story remains an important form for sf, Dozois' anthologies will be required reading for the genre's fans. Roland Green

Stories in this collection:

01) Summation: 2002 by Gardner Dozois
02) Breathmoss by Ian R. MacLeod
03) The Most Famous Little Girl in the World by Nancy Kress
04) The Passenger by Paul J. McAuley
05) The Political Officer by Charles Coleman Finlay
06) Lambing Season by Molly Gloss
07) Coelacanths by Robert Reed
08) Presence by Maureen F. McHugh
09) Halo by Charles Stross
10) In Paradise by Bruce Sterling
11) The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars by Ian McDonald
12) Stories for Men by John Kessel
13) To Become a Warrior by Chris Beckett
14) The Clear Blue Seas of Luna by Gregory Benford
15) V.A.O. by Geoff Ryman
16) Winters Are Hard by Steven Popkes
17) At the Money by Richard Wadholm
18) Agent Provocateur by Alexander C. Irvine
19) Singleton by Greg Egan
20) Slow Life by Michael Swanwick
21) A Flock of Birds by James Van Pelt
22) The Potter of Bones by Eleanor Arnason
23) The Whisper of Disks by John Meaney
24) The Hotel at Harlan's Landing by Kage Baker
25) The Millennium Party by Walter Jon Williams
26) Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
27) Honorable Mentions: 2002 by Gardner Dozois