The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993)

Book Description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bluejay, 1993. Soft Cover. VG-/---. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tenth Annual Collection 1st/1st

A story average of 3.5 is not that amazing for something like this, but no doubt taht overall it is a good collection. Dozois's Yearly Summation of 30-40 pages is worth bonus points, though, as far as rating the whole book goes.

Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Griffin's Egg - Michael Swanwick
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Even the Queen - Connie Willis
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Round-Eyed Barbarians - L. Sprague de Camp
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Dust - Greg Egan
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Two Guys from the Future - Terry Bisson
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Mountain to Mohammed - Nancy Kress
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Coming of Vertumnus - Ian Watson
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple - Robert Silverberg
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Hammer of God - Arthur C. Clarke
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Grownups - Ian R. MacLeod
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Graves - Joe Haldeman
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Glowing Cloud - Steven Utley
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Gravity's Angel - Tom Maddox
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Protection - Maureen F. McHugh
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee - Neal Barrett Jr.
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Birth Day - Robert Reed
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Naming Names - Pat Cadigan
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa - Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Territory - Bradley Denton
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : The Best and the Rest of James Joyce - Ian McDonald
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Naming the Flowers - Kate Wilhelm
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Snodgrass - Ian R. MacLeod
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : By the Mirror of My Youth - Kathe Koja
Year's Best Science Fiction 10 : Outnumbering the Dead - Frederik Pohl

Terran nuclear nightmare, moon mental mimetic mayhem amidst crisis predicted canoodling.

3.5 out of 5

The bleeding right to live how you like, mate.

4 out of 5

Woman goes for the big guns.

3 out of 5

A man is running an experiment in the ability to change times and geography for a simulated personality to see if it will cohere. At least that is what he thinks.

5 out of 5

Art nicker from next era is pleased with removal of knickers, so is ex-wearer of same.

4 out of 5

Emergency medicine restrictions.

3.5 out of 5

Vegie porn art magic investigation.

3.5 out of 5

Alien execution archaeology.

3.5 out of 5

Big space rock boom us without imparting a beating boof.

3.5 out of 5

Avuncular man baby.

3.5 out of 5

Creepy crawly chopped corpse dreams.

3 out of 5

Time travel chase needs fast result to avoid lava laving.

3.5 out of 5

Collision experiment singularity.

4 out of 5

Concentration camp changes.

4.5 out of 5

Captive creatures.

2 out of 5

Mysterious AI occasionally generous.

4 out of 5

Powers need care.

3.5 out of 5

Cross-cultural showbiz.

2.5 out of 5

Dream motivation, as Twain meet in war.

3 out of 5

Muso author dreaming.

3 out of 5

Fast growing kidnap.

3 out of 5

Lennon's just a bloke.

3.5 out of 5

Try the newer model.

4 out of 5

Famous actor guy unluckily gotta die through space will fly.

3.5 out of 5

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/06/years-best-science-fiction-10th-annual.htm... ( )

Many of these stories rang familiar, perhaps because I'd checked this out of a library before (this copy, I borrowed from a friend). Pretty good stuff, in any case. ( )