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The Best Science Fiction of the Year – Volume 1

Night Shade Books – June 7, 2016
ISBN-10: 1597808547
ISBN-13: 978-1597808545

The introductory volume in a new year’s best series. This book will feature science fiction short stories/novelettes/novellas originally published in 2015.

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Table of Contents (in no particular order)

  • “A Murmuration” by Alastair Reynolds (Interzone, March/April 2015)
  • “In Blue Lily’s Wake” by Aliette de Bodard (Meeting Infinity, edited by Jonathana Strahan)
  • “Outsider” by An Owomeyla (Meeting Infinity, edited by Jonathana Strahan)
  • “Another Word for World” by Ann Leckie (Future Visions, edited by Microsoft & Melcher Media)
  • “Iron Pegasus” by Brenda Cooper (Mission Tomorrow, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt)
  • “Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed, September 2015)
  • “Bannerless” by Carrie Vaughn (The End Has Come, edited by John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey)
  • “Gypsy” by Carter Scholz (PM Press)
  • “The Smog Society” by Chen Qiufan, translated by Ken Liu and Carmen Yiling Yan (Lightspeed, August 2015)
  • “The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss” by David Brin (Old Venus, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois)
  • “Damage” by David D. Levine (Tor.com, 1/21/2015)
  • “Capitalism in the 22nd Century” by Geoff Ryman (Stories for Chip, edited by Nisi Shawl and Bill Campbell)
  • “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (Uncanny, January/February 2015)
  • “Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan” by Ian McDonald (Old Venus, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois)
  • “Hold-Time Violations” by John Chu (Tor.com, 10/17/2015)
  • “Two-Year Man” by Kelly Robson (Asimov’s, August 2015)
  • “The Gods Have Not Died in Vain” by Ken Liu (The End Has Come, edited by John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey)
  • “Today I Am Paul” by Martin L. Shoemaker (Clarkesworld, August 2015)
  • “Cocoons” by Nancy Kress (Meeting Infinity, edited by Jonathana Strahan)
  • “Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, January 2015)
  • “So Much Cooking” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, November 2015)
  • “No Placeholder for You, My Love” by Nick Wolven (Asimov’s, August 2015)
  • “Wild Honey” by Paul McAuley (Asimov’s, August 2015)
  • “Meshed” by Rich Larson (Clarkesworld, February 2015)
  • “Empty” by Robert Reed (Asimov’s, December 2015)
  • “Calved” by Sam J. Miller (Asimov’s, September 2015)
  • “The Audience” by Sean McMullen (Analog, June 2015)
  • “Hello, Hello” by Seanan McGuire (Future Visions, edited by Microsoft & Melcher Media)
  • “Three Bodies at Mitanni” by Seth Dickinson (Analog, June 2015)
  • “Violation of the TrueNet Security Act” by Taiyo Fujii, Translated by Jim Hubbert (Lightspeed, July 2015)
  • “The Cold Inequalities” by Yoon Ha Lee (Meeting Infinity, edited by Jonathana Strahan)