Science Fiction: The Best of 2001 (Science Fiction: The Best of ... (Quality))

The best stories of the year, as selected by the one of the world's most honoured science fiction authors and his long-time collaborator. Here in one affordable volume is the best short science fiction of the year as selected from magazines, anthologies and journals. It is the first in a prestigious new series from ibooks. Robert Silverberg, a multiple winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards as a writer, has complied a distinguished record as an anthologist over the past 35 years. Among the famous books he has edited are THE SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME, THE NEW DIMENSIONS, UNIVERSE and THE ALPHA SERIES. His long list of science fiction and fantasy novels include such titles as DYING INSIDE and THE ALIENS YEARS. Here in one affordable volume is the best short science fiction of the year as selected from magazines, anthologies and journals. It includes stories by Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Stephen Baxter and many more. It is the first in a prestigious new series from ibooks.

Robert Silverberg, a multiple winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards as a writer, has compiled a distinguished record as an anthologist over the past 35 years. Among the famous books he has edited are The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, the New Dimensions, Universe, and Alpha series, and the best-selling original collections, Legends and Far Horizons. His long list of well-known science fiction and fantasy novels includes such titles as Dying Inside, The Book of Skulls, Downward to the Earth, The Alien Years, and the six volumes of the Majipoor Cycle, which began with the classic Lord Valentine's Castle.

Karen Haber is the co-author of Science of the X-Men, editor of Meditations on Middle Earth and author of eight science fiction novels, including the four-volume Mutant Season series. With Robert Silverberg, she edited the Universe anthology series of original science fiction stories.

A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2002, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of science fiction's most respected editors. Continuing ibooks' series of popularly-priced, rack-sized "Best of the Year" books edited and designed to appeal to science fiction fans whose budgets may be taxed by more expensive "Best of the Year" collections.

• Editor Robert Silverberg is a five-time winner of the Nebula Award, and a four-time winner of the Hugo Award.

• Karen Haber is the bestselling co-author of Science of the X-Men, and is a contributing writer to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. She was also the editor of the essay collection Meditations on Middle Earth, recently nominated for the prestigious Hugo Award.

1 Tourist by Charles Stross 2 The long chase by Geoffrey A. Landis 3 Coelacanths by Robert Reed 4 Liking what you see : a documentary by Ted Chiang 5 The black abacus by Yoon Ha Lee 6 The discharge by Christopher Priest 7 Aboard the Beatitude by Brian W. Aldiss 8 Droplet by Benjamin Rosenbaum 9 The war of the worldviews by James Morrow 10 Breathmoss by Ian R. MacLeod 11 Angles by Orson Scott Card Here in one affordable volume are the best science fiction stories of the year as selected from magazines, anthologies, and journals by Robert Silverberg, one of the world's most honored fantasy authors. Includes stories by Christopher Priest, Ted Chiang, Geoffrey A. Landis and many more. Selected from magazines, journals, and anthologies, this collection of outstanding science fiction stories has been selected by one of the world's most acclaimed science fiction authors and his long-time collaborator. Original. A collection of the best science fiction stories written in 2002 taken from magazines, anthologies and journals, drawn up by one of the world's most honoured science fiction authors. A collection of the best science fiction stories of the year taken from magazines, anthologies and journals, drawn up by one of the world's most honoured science fiction authors. A well-known science fiction writer and his long-time collaborator offer a collection of science fiction stories selected from magazines, journals, and anthologies