The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection

Summary

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois, the thirty-fifth volume in a series. It was first published in hardcover, trade paperback and ebook by St. Martin's Griffin in July 2018.[1] This is the last book in the series due to the editor's death.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection
Cover of paperback edition
EditorGardner Dozois
Cover artistJim Burns
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Year's Best Science Fiction
GenreScience fiction
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
Publication date
July 2018
Media typePrint (hardcover & trade paperback)
Pagesxxxvi & 679
ISBN9781250164629
Preceded byThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection 

Summary edit

The book collects 38 novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introductory summation of the year, notes and concluding bibliography by the editor. The stories were previously published in 2017 in various science fiction and other magazines.

Contents edit

  1. THE MOON IS NOT A BATTLEFIELD, Indrapramit Das
  2. MY ENGLISH NAME, R.S. Benedict
  3. AN EVENING WITH SEVERYN GRIMES, Rich Larson
  4. VANGUARD 2.0, Carter Scholz
  5. STARLIGHT EXPRESS, Michael Swanwick
  6. THE MARTIAN OBELISK, Linda Nagata
  7. WE WHO LIVE IN THE HEART, Kelly Robson
  8. WINTER TIMESHARE, Ray Nayler
  9. DEAR SARAH, Nancy Kress
  10. NIGHT PASSAGE, Alastair Reynolds
  11. THE DRAGON THAT FLEW OUT OF THE SUN, Aliette de Bodard
  12. WAITING OUT THE END OF THE WORLD IN PATTY’S PLACE CAFE, Naomi Krtizer
  13. THE HUNGER AFTER YOU’RE FED, James S.A. Corey
  14. ASSASSINS, Jack Skillingstead & Burt Courtier
  15. THE MARTIAN JOB, Jaine Fenn
  16. THE ROAD TO THE SEA, Lavie Tidhar
  17. UNCANNY VALLEY, Greg Egan
  18. THE WORDLESS, Indrapramit Das
  19. PAN HUMANISM: HOPE AND PRAGMATICS, Jessica Barber and Sara Saab
  20. ZIGEUNER, Harry Turtledove
  21. THE PROVING GROUND, Alec Nevala-Lee
  22. ZEN AND THE ART OF SPACESHIP MAINTENANCE, Tobias Buckell
  23. THE INFLUENCE MACHINE, Sean McMullen
  24. CANOE, Nancy Kress
  25. THE HISTORY OF THE INVASION TOLD IN FIVE DOGS, Kelly Jennings
  26. PRIME MEREDIAN, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  27. TRICERATOPS, Ian McHugh
  28. MINES, Eleanor Arnason
  29. THERE USED TO BE OLIVE TREES, Rich Larson
  30. WHENDING MY WAY BACK HOME, Bill Johnson
  31. DEATH ON MARS, Madeline Ashby
  32. ELEPHANT ON TABLE, Bruce Sterling
  33. NUMBER 39 SKINK, Suzanne Palmer
  34. A SERIES OF STEAKS, Vina Jie-Min Prased
  35. THE LAST BOAT-BUILDER IN BALLYVOLOON, Finbarr O'Reilley
  36. THE RESIDUE OF FIRE, Robert Reed
  37. SIDEWALKS, Maureen F. McHugh
  38. NEXUS, Michael F. Flynn

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database