The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by American writer Gardner Dozois, published in 2004. It is the 21st in The Year's Best Science Fiction series. The anthology was published in the UK as The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 17.[1]
Editor | Gardner Dozois |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | 2004 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 665 pp |
ISBN | 9780312324780 (hardcover) ISBN 9780312324797 (trade paperback) |
OCLC | 55801735 |
Preceded by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection |
Followed by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection |
The book includes a 28-page summation by Dozois; 29 stories, all that first appeared in 2003, and each with a two-paragraph introduction by Dozois; and an eleven-page referenced list of honorable mentions for the year. The stories are as follows:[2]