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The Year's best science fiction

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe' What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident' The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world through their short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre. The multiple Locus Award-winning annual compilation of the year's best science fiction stories.

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  • "In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe' What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident' The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world through their short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre. The multiple Locus Award-winning annual compilation of the year's best science fiction stories."@en
  • "To read is to journey, and to read science fiction is to venture into a myriad of imaginative and delightful worlds, such as: -Robert Reed's fabulous galaxy-circling starship and its fascinating inhabitants, "The Remoras"--The planet Mercury, where there is more than meets the eye in Stephen Baxter's "Cilia-of-Gold" -Two very different Hainish worlds--with very different customs--in two knockout novellas by Ursula K. Le Guin -A junkyard in Brooklyn that won't stay put in "The Hole in the Hole" by Terry Bisson In all, this volume presents twenty-three of the finest works of speculative fiction published in the past year, including stories by such diverse and fantastic talents as Michael Bishop, Pat Cadigan, Greg Egan, Eliot Fintushel, Michael F. Flynn, Lisa Goldstein, Joe Haldeman, Katharine Kerr, Nancy Kress, Maureen F. McHugh, Mike Resnick, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, William Sanders, Brian Stableford, George Turner, Howard Waldrop, Walter Jon Williams. Rounded out with Gardner Dozois's insightful overview of the year in science fiction and a long list of recommended reading, this volume is the starting point for dozens of delightful ventures into the marvels of human imagination."@en
  • "Collects short stories exploring themes of time and space travel, self-discovery, and science and technology."@en
  • "Collects short stories exploring themes of time and space travel, self-discovery, and science and technology."
  • "Griffin's egg / Michael Swanwick -- Even the queen / Connie Willis -- The round-eyed barbarians / L. Sprague de Camp -- Dust / Greg Egan -- Two guys from the future / Terry Bisson -- The mountain to Mohammed / Nancy Kress -- The coming of the vertumnus / Ian Watson -- A long night's vigil at the temple / Robert Silverberg -- The hammer of God / Arthur C. Clarke -- Grownups / Ian R. MacLeod -- Graves / Joe Haldeman -- The glowing cloud / Steven Utley -- Gravity's angel / Tom Maddox -- Protection / Maureen F. McHugh -- The last cardinal bird in Tennessee / Neal Barrett, Jr. -- Birth day / Robert Reed -- Naming names / Pat Cadigan -- The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa / Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger -- The territory / Bradley Denton -- The best and the rest of James Joyce / Ian McDonald -- Naming the flowers / Kate Wilhelm -- Snodgrass / Ian R. MacLeod -- By the mirror of my youth / Kathe Koja -- Outnumbering the dead / Frederik Pohl."@en
  • "A collection of the best science fiction stories of 1999 features the work of Tanith Lee, Ben Bova, Greg Egan, Robert Silverberg, Charles Sheffield, and Kim Stanley Robinson."@en
  • "More than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction."@en
  • "This anthology marks the 27th edition of the award-winning annual compilationof the year's best science fiction stories."
  • "This anthology marks the 27th edition of the award-winning annual compilationof the year's best science fiction stories."@en
  • "Twenty-eight stories feature in this 15th annual collection. In Walter Jon Williams' Lethe, people can choose their bodies and their memories, in Steamship Soldier on the Information Front, Nancy Kress imagines future information aids, while Geoffrey A. Landis' Winter War, is an ethnic-cleansing war in Europe through the eyes of a Japanese girl."@en
  • "Annual collection of outstanding science fiction stories, showcasing the highest levels of creativity and craft in the genre."@en

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  • "Short stories, English"@en
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  • "Science fiction"
  • "Fantasy fiction"
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  • "Science fiction, American"@en
  • "Vědecko-fantastické povídky"
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  • "Meiguo zui jia ke huan xiao shuo xuan"
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  • "To nejlepší ze science fiction : druhá reprezentativní ročenka"
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  • "美国最佳科幻小说选"
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