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Loading... The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collectionby Gardner DozoisSeries: Dozois Year's Best Science Fiction (23)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  sdobie | Jun 26, 2008 |  This is an above average quality Dozois Year's Best anthology, the average being 3.87. A few average stories, and several standouts, along with Bacigalupi's brilliant entry, 'The Calorie Man' go Reynolds, Gerrold, Swanwick and Asher. David 'Infiltrator' Moles seems to be trying to live up to his namesake with yet another planetary spying type mission story, but again a good one. Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Ian McDonald - The Little Goddess Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : The Calorie Man - Paolo Bacigalupi Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Beyond the Aquila Rift - Alastair Reynolds Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Second Person Present Tense - Daryl Gregory Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back from the Stars - Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Triceratops Summer - Michael Swanwick Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Camouflage - Robert Reed Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : A Case of Consilience - Ken MacLeod Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : The Blemmye's Strategem - Bruce Sterling Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Amba - William Sanders Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Search Engine - Mary Rosenblum Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Piccadillly Circus - Chris Beckett Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : In the Quake Zone - David Gerrold Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : La Malcontenta - Liz Williams Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : The Children of Time - Stephen Baxter Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Little Faces - Vonda N. McIntyre Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Comber - Gene Wolfe Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Audubon in Atlantis - Harry Turtledove Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Deus Ex Homine - Hannu Rajaniemi Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : The Great Caruso - Stephen Popkes Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck - Neal Asher Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Zima Blue - Alastair Reynolds Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Planet of the Amazon Women - David Moles Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : The Clockwork Atom Bomb - Dominic Green Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Gold Mountain - Chris Roberson Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : The Fulcrum - Gwyneth Jones Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Mayfly - Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Two Dreams on Trains - Elizabeth Bear Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Angel of Light - Joe Haldeman Year's Best Science Fiction 23 : Burn - James Patrick Kelly Aeai multi-skull skill Nepal getaway. 3.5 out of 5 Generipper murder massacre's unlikely Johnny Appleseed monopoly breaker. 5 out of 5 Lost In Space. "Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindboggingly big it is. 4.5 out of 5 Zen and the art of personality maintenance. 4 out of 5 Stardrives can take a long time to blow up, you know. 4 out of 5 Time loop holiday. 4.5 out of 5 Multiple marriage murder mystery mayhem. 4 out of 5 Genetic message. 3.5 out of 5 Alien assistant Crusade martyrdom. 3.5 out of 5 Global warming speedup tiger bait. 3 out of 5 Data debris discovery drug deal decimation detection drawdown drilling departure. 4.5 out of 5 Consensual withdrawal. 3 out of 5 Harvesting hire test. 4.5 out of 5 Shorn woman is torn between foxy pursuits. 3 out of 5 Prehistoric leftovers at the End of Time. 3 out of 5 Symbiote, shag, ship, sibling, seeya. 4 out of 5 Swiftly tilting city. 4 out of 5 Huge honking bird watching expedition. 3.5 out of 5 Baby deity a bother, makes me want to kill some. 4 out of 5 Smokin' singin' nanos. 3.5 out of 5 Wave bye-bye to the monster, now. 4.5 out of 5 Enhanced artist megastar is really Kreepy Krawly. 4 out of 5 Fever In the manly side Fever all caus-al like 4 out of 5 Mondo Bombo Congo Mundo Blammo Stoppo Checko. 4 out of 5 Lust for vertigo. 4 out of 5 Anti-information score dangerous. 3 out of 5 An experiment with an enhanced child doesn't go how its parents expect, an they are unaware of her surprising evolution. 4 out of 5 A hard-working mother despairs of her son putting his artistic talent to good use, instead he makes graffiti raids on ships in the spaceport. 3.5 out of 5 Thrilling Wonder Stories alien xmas deal. 4 out of 5 Local yokel pyro protest saviour secret. 4 out of 5 http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/02/years-best-science-fiction-23rd-annual.html (  ) bluetyson | Mar 17, 2008 | The latest in a series of excellent collections of science fiction stories. Fledgist | Jun 6, 2007 | http://nhw.livejournal.com/724852.htm... This is always the best value for money of the various best-sf-of-the-year collections, if also the most intimidating (I don't seem to have finished last year's). Plenty of stories that I had already read and enjoyed, and several that were new to me - note especially "The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back from the Stars" by Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold, "The Blemmye's Stratagem" by Bruce Sterling, "Audubon in Atlantis" by Harry Turtledove, "Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck" by Neal Asher, "Planet of the Amazon Women" by David Moles and "Gold Mountain" by Chris Roberson. (  ) nwhyte | Sep 16, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312353340, Paperback)In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace, genetics, the universe, and beyond, the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow. In The Year’s Best Science Fiction Twenty-third Annual Collection, our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as: “Beyond the Aquila Rift”: Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds takes readers to the edge of the universe, where no voyager has dared to travel before---or so we think. “Comber”: Our world is an ever-changing one, and award-winning author Gene Wolfe explores the darker side of our planet’s fluidity in his own beautiful and inimitable style. “Audubon in Atlantis”: In a world not quite like our own, bestselling author Harry Turtledove shows us that there are reasons some species have become extinct. The twenty-nine stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Chris Beckett, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, James Patrick Kelley, Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Vonda N. McIntyre, David Moles, Derryl Murphy, Steven Popkes, Hannu Rajaniemi, Alastair Reynolds, Robert Reed, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, William Sanders, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Peter Watts, Liz Williams, and Gene Wolfe. Supplementing the stories are the editor’s insightful summation of the year’s events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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"The Little Goddess" - Ian McDonald 4/5
A girl who grew up as a living goddess in South Asia becomes involved in AI smuggling.
"The Calorie Man" - Paolo Bacigalupi 4/5
Espionage in a future America where most energy comes from genetically engineered plants and animals.
"Beyond the Aquila Rift" - Alastair Reynolds 4/5
A hyperspace jump goes wrong and leaves a ship captain stranded on a distant station.
"Second Person, Present Tense" - Daryl Gregory 4/5
A drug raises questions about the nature of consciousness and identity.
"The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back from the Stars" - Jay Lake 4/5
FTL travel has some unexpected consequences.
"Triceratops Summer" - Michael Swanwick 4/5
A time loop causes dinosaurs to roam through a small town for several months.
"Camouflage" - Robert Reed 4/5
A former captain of the Ship takes on the job of protecting a woman whose husbands are being murdered and discovers many levels of deception.
"A Case of Consilience" - Ken MacLeod 4/5
A missionary attempts to preach to a fungal life form.
"The Blemmye's Strategem" - Bruce Sterling 2/5
In the Middle Ages, an alien manipulates history for it's own purposes. Didn't work for me.
"Amba" - William Sanders 3/5
An American expatriate in a climate-changed Russia learns some disturbing news about the future. Interesting but not great.
"Search Engine" - Mary Rosenblum 3/5
A future PI uses internet search technology that can reveal almost any detail about people's lives and get involved in more than he bargained for.
"Picadilly Circus" - Chris Beckett 3/5
A few actual humans cling to physical existence in a future where most people live in a virtual world superimposed over reality
"In the Quake Zone" - David Gerrold 5/5
Los Angeles is struck by timequakes which move portions of the city several years back or forward in time. An investigator who uses the time shifts to hunt down criminals is assigned to hunt down an apparent killer of young, gay men in the 1960's and becomes personally involved in the case. A very strong story.
"La Malcontenta" - Liz Williams 2/5
Festival-time in a society where the needs for males has been removed.
"The Children of Time" - Stephen Baxter 4/5
The human race persists across the next billion years. A good deep time story.
"Little Faces" - Vonda N. McIntyre 4/5
Political maneuvering in a far future society where males have been engineered into beings that live inside female bodies.
"Comber" - Gene Wolfe 2/5
Towns float on fragments of drifting land. Had no ending.
"Audubon in Atlantis" - Harry Turtledove 3/5
John Audubon hunts for a rare bird in an alternate history where the large island of Atlantis sits in the North Atlantic. Interesting concept, but not much happens.
"Deus Ex Hominae" - Hannu Rajaniemi 4/5
A posthuman attempts to adjust to being a normal human again.
"The Great Caruso" - Steven Popkes 3/5
A nanotechnology accident gives an old woman a beautiful singing voice and terminal cancer.
"Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck" - Neal Asher 4/5
A hunting trip on an alien world goes awry. Good action-adventure story.
"Zima Blue" - Alastair Reynolds 4/5
An artist known for grand artworks incorporating a special shade of blue reveals his reason for using the color at his final event.
"Planet of the Amazon Women" - David Moles 2/5
An agent is sent to a planet where a space-time anomaly has eliminated the need for men.
"The Clockwork Atom Bomb" - Dominic Green 4/5
A UN inspector deals with black hole weapons in near future Africa. A fun story.
"Gold Mountain" - Chris Roberson 4/5
Workers are recruited from America to build a Chinese space elevator. Good alternate history.
"The Fulcrum" - Gwyneth Jones 3/5
"Mayfly" - Peter Watts and Daryl Murphy 4/5
A child's brain is run on a computer and develops at a much higher rate than her body. Good hard SF.
"Two Dreams on Trains" - Elizabeth Bear 3/5
A woman in a class-stratified future dreams of improving the life of her son.
"Angel of Light" - Joe Haldeman 3/5
A follower of "Crislam" finds an ancient SF magazine.
"Burn" - James Patrick Kelly 3/5
Settlers on a planet try to build a culture based on Thoreau's principles, but end up battling the original settlers who fight by setting forest fires. Interesting, but I didn't really buy into the premise. (