The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection
Gardner Dozois, Greg Egan, Ian McDonald, Robert Reed, William Browning Spencer, Michael Swanwick, Ted Chiang, Liz Williams, Stephen Baxter, Rob Chilson, Chris Lawson, Gwyneth Jones, Geoffrey A. Landis, William Barton, Jim Grimsley, Cherry Wilder, Ian R. MacLeod, Cory Doctorow, Tanith Lee, Bruce Sterling, Ursula K. Le Guin, Paul McAuley, Robert Charles Wilson, Howard Waldrop
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
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· 6 ratings · 672 pages · Published: 01 Jun 1999
William Barton * Rob Chilson * Tony Daniel * Cory Doctorow * Jim Grimsley * Gwyneth Jones * Chris Lawson * Ian McDonald * Robert Reed * William Browning Spencer * Allen Steele * Michael Swanwick * Howard Waldrop * Cherry Wilder * Liz Williams
A useful list of honorable mentions and Dozois's insightful summation of the year in sf round out this anthology, making it indispensable for anyone interested in SF today.
Contents
xi • Summation: 1998 • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • Oceanic • (1998) • novella by Greg Egan
37 • Approaching Perimelasma • (1998) • novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
56 • Craphound • (1998) • shortstory by Cory Doctorow
72 • Jedella Ghost • (1998) • shortstory by Tanith Lee
87 • Taklamakan • [Chattanooga] • (1998) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
118 • The Island of the Immortals • (1998) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
126 • Sea Change, with Monsters • (1998) • novella by Paul J. McAuley
161 • Divided by Infinity • (1998) • novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
181 • US • (1998) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop
191 • The Days of Solomon Gursky • (1998) • novella by Ian McDonald
234 • The Cuckoo's Boys • (1998) • novella by Robert Reed
277 • The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness • (1998) • shortstory by William Browning Spencer
289 • The Very Pulse of the Machine • (1998) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
304 • Story of Your Life • (1998) • novella by Ted Chiang
339 • Voivodoi • (1998) • shortstory by Liz Williams
349 • Saddlepoint: Roughneck • [Saddle Point • 4] • (1998) • novella by Stephen Baxter
393 • This Side of Independence • (1998) • shortstory by Rob Chilson
404 • Unborn Again • (1998) • shortstory by Chris Lawson
416 • Grist • (1998) • novella by Tony Daniel
462 • La Cenerentola • (1998) • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
476 • Down in the Dark • (1998) • novelette by William Barton
510 • Free in Asveroth • (1998) • shortstory by Jim Grimsley
524 • The Dancing Floor • (1998) • novelette by Cherry Wilder
544 • The Summer Isles • (1998) • novella by Ian R. MacLeod
603 • Honorable Mentions: 1998 • essay by Gardner Dozois