The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection
by Gardner R. Dozois (Editor)
Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction (7), Dozois Year's Best Science Fiction (10)
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Griffin's egg / Michael Swanwick -- Even the queen / Connie Willis -- The round-eyed barbarians / L. Sprague de Camp -- Dust / Greg Egan -- Two guys from the future / Terry Bisson -- The mountain to Mohammed / Nancy Kress -- The coming of the vertumnus / Ian Watson -- A long night's vigil at the temple / Robert Silverberg -- The hammer of God / Arthur C. Clarke -- Grownups / Ian R. MacLeod -- Graves / Joe Haldeman -- The glowing cloud / Steven Utley -- Gravity's angel / Tom Maddox -- show more Protection / Maureen F. McHugh -- The last cardinal bird in Tennessee / Neal Barrett, Jr. -- Birth day / Robert Reed -- Naming names / Pat Cadigan -- The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa / Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger -- The territory / Bradley Denton -- The best and the rest of James Joyce / Ian McDonald -- Naming the flowers / Kate Wilhelm -- Snodgrass / Ian R. MacLeod -- By the mirror of my youth / Kathe Koja -- Outnumbering the dead / Frederik Pohl. show lessTags
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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.
if this was the years best science fiction I would hate to read the worst
The usual wonderfully curated selection of science fiction.
St. Martin (1993)
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Griffins Egg
Even the Queen
Round Eyed Barbarians
Dust (From the Twilight Zone)
2 Guys from the future
Mountain to Mohammed
Coming of Vestunes
Long Nights Vigil at the temple
Hammer of God
Grownups
Graves Angel
Last Cardinal Bird in TN
Birth Day
Naming Names
Elves National Theater of Okinawa
Territory
Best & the Rest of Jessie James
Naming the Flowers
Snodgrass
By the Mirror of My Youth
Outnumbering the Duad
Honorable Mention...
031209428x
Hardcover
#1213
Science Fiction
Plotshow more ↓
Griffins Egg
Even the Queen
Round Eyed Barbarians
Dust (From the Twilight Zone)
2 Guys from the future
Mountain to Mohammed
Coming of Vestunes
Long Nights Vigil at the temple
Hammer of God
Grownups
Graves Angel
Last Cardinal Bird in TN
Birth Day
Naming Names
Elves National Theater of Okinawa
Territory
Best & the Rest of Jessie James
Naming the Flowers
Snodgrass
By the Mirror of My Youth
Outnumbering the Duad
Honorable Mention...
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
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Gardner Dozois was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 23, 1947. After working as an Army journalist, he became a science fiction and fantasy editor and author. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies and editor of Asimov's from 1984 until 2004. His work as an editor received more than 40 Hugo Awards, 40 Nebula show more Awards, and 30 Locus Awards. He received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor 15 times between 1988 and his retirement from Asimov's in 2004. He wrote books including Strangers and short stories including The Peacemaker and Morning Child, which won the Nebula Award for Short Story in 1983 and 1984, respectively. He also collaborated with George R. R. Martin on a series of themed anthologies including Songs of the Dying Earth, Old Mars, Dangerous Women, and Rogues. In 2011, Dozois was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He died on May 27, 2018 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection
- Original title
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection
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- 1993
- Disambiguation notice
- This is a different series from Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (also by Dozois)
Reprinted as Best New SF 7 in the UK.
This book has the title of the Dozois Tenth Year's Best, but the ISBN of the Eleventh Year's Best, so it is not clear which it is.
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- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
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- 813.0876208 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction Science fiction Collections and anthologies Anthologies
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- PS648 .S3 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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