Year's Best SF 11
David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, David Langford, Hannu Rajaniemi, Gardner Dozois, Daryl Gregory, Justina Robson, Ken MacLeod, Tobias S. Buckell, Vonda N. McIntyre, Neal Asher, Rudy Rucker, Peter F. Hamilton, Matthew Jarpe, Bruce Sterling, Lauren McLaughlin, Paul McAuley, Larissa Lai, James Patrick Kelly, Ted Chiang, Michael Swanwick, Stephen Baxter, Oliver Morton, Bud Sparhawk, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, R. Garcia y Robertson, Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, Joe Haldeman, Liz Williams, Cory Doctorow
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
3.83
· 6 ratings · 512 pages · Published: 07 May 2006
Once again, acclaimed editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have compiled an extraordinary collection featuring stunning works from modern masters as well as dazzling gems from brilliant new talents -- tales that carry the reader to the far corners of the galaxy and beyond, into hitherto unexplored regions. Get ready to take glorious flight on a journey to the miraculous.
Contents
xi • Introduction (Year's Best SF 11) • (2006) • essay by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
1 • New Hope for the Dead • (2005) • shortstory by David Langford
5 • Deus Ex Homine • (2005) • shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi
22 • When the Great Days Came • (2005) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois [as by Gardner R. Dozois ]
29 • Second Person, Present Tense • (2005) • novelette by Daryl Gregory
54 • Dreadnought • (2005) • shortstory by Justina Robson
58 • A Case of Consilience • (2005) • shortstory by Ken MacLeod
73 • Toy Planes • (2005) • shortstory by Tobias S. Buckell
77 • Mason's Rats • [Mason's Rats] • (1992) • shortstory by Neal Asher (variant of Mason's Rats I)
85 • A Modest Proposal • (2005) • shortstory by Vonda N. McIntyre
89 • Guadalupe and Hieronymus Bosch • (2005) • shortstory by Rudy Rucker
106 • The Forever Kitten • (2005) • shortstory by Peter F. Hamilton
111 • City of Reason • [Homesteader/Coordinator Group • 3] • (2005) • novelette by Matthew Jarpe
136 • Ivory Tower • (2005) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling
140 • Sheila • (2005) • shortstory by Lauren McLaughlin
156 • Rats of the System • (2005) • shortstory by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley ]
176 • I Love Liver: A Romance • (2005) • shortstory by Larissa Lai
180 • The Edge of Nowhere • (2005) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
207 • What's Expected of Us • (2005) • shortstory by Ted Chiang
211 • Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play • [Darger and Surplus] • (2005) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
241 • Lakes of Light • [Xeelee] • (2005) • novelette by Stephen Baxter
262 • The Albian Message • (2005) • shortstory by Oliver Morton
266 • Bright Red Star • (2005) • shortstory by Bud Sparhawk
281 • Third Day Lights • (2005) • novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson
305 • Ram Shift Phase 2 • (2005) • shortstory by Greg Bear
310 • On the Brane • (2004) • novelette by Gregory Benford
330 • Oxygen Rising • (2005) • novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
377 • And Future King . . . • (2005) • shortstory by Adam Roberts
387 • Beyond the Aquila Rift • (2005) • novelette by Alastair Reynolds
425 • Angel of Light • (2005) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman
435 • Ikiryoh • (2005) • shortstory by Liz Williams
448 • I, Robot • (2005) • novelette by Cory Doctorow