Year's Best SF 13 : Worlds and tomorrows re-imagined by Kage Baker, Karen Joy Fowler, Bruce Sterlling, Gene Wolfe and more

SUMMARY: The thirteenth annual collection of the previous year's finest short-form sf is at hand. Once again, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have gathered together a stunning array of science fiction that spans a veritable universe of astonishing visions and bold ideas. Hitherto unexplored galaxies of the mind are courageously traversed by some of the most exciting new talents in the field—while well-established masters rocket to remarkable new heights of artistry and originality. The stars are closer and more breathtaking than ever before—and a miraculous future now rests in your hands—within the pages of Year's Best SF 13. * Johanna Sinisalo: "Baby Doll" (Original English translation in The SFWA European Hall of Fame, 2007) * Tony Ballantyne: "Aristotle OS" (Originally in Fast Forward 1, 2007) * John Kessel: "The Last American" (Originally in Foundation 100, 2007) * Gene Wolfe: "Memorare" (Originally in F&SF, 2007) * Kage Baker: "Plotters and Shooters" (Originally in Fast Forward 1, 2007) * Peter Watts: "Repeating the Past" (Originally in Nature, 2007) * Stephen Baxter: "No More Stories" (Originally in Fast Forward 1, 2007) * Robyn Hitchcock: "They Came From the Future" (Originally in Fast Forward 1, 2007) * Gwyneth Jones: "The Tomb Wife" (Originally in F&SF, 2007) * Marc Laidlaw: "An Evening's Honest Peril" (Originally in Flurb #3, 2007) * Nancy Kress: "End Game" (Originally in Asimov's, 2007) * Greg Egan: "Induction" (Originally in Foundation 100, 2007) * Bernhard Ribbeck: "A Blue and Cloudless Sky" (Original English translation in The SFWA European Hall of Fame, 2007) * Gregory Benford: "Reasons Not to Publish" (Originally in Nature, 2007) * William Shunn: "Objective Impermeability in a Closed System" (Originally in An Alternate History of the 21st Century, 2007) * Karen Joy Fowler: "Always" (Originally in Asimov's, 2007) * Ken MacLeod: "Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" (Originally in The New Space Opera, 2007) * Tim Pratt: "Artifice and Intelligence" (Originally in Strange Horizons, 2007) * Terry Bisson: "Pirates of the Somali Coast" (Originally in Subterranean 7, 2007) * Ian McDonald: "Sanjeev and Robotwallah" (Originally in Fast Forward 1, 2007) * Tony Ballantyne: "Third Person" (Originally in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, 2007) * Kathleen Ann Goonan: "The Bridge" (Originally in Asimov's, 2007) * John G. Hemry: "As You Know, Bob" (Originally in Analog, 2007) * Bruce Sterling: "The Lustration" (Originally in Eclipse 1, 2007) * James Van Pelt: "How Music Begins" (Originally in Asimov's, 2007) The thirteenth annual collection of the previous year's finest short-form sf is at hand. Once again, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have gathered together a stunning array of science fiction that spans a veritable universe of astonishing visions and bold ideas. Hitherto unexplored galaxies of the mind are courageously traversed by some of the most exciting new talents in the field--while well-established masters rocket to remarkable new heights of artistry and originality. The stars are closer and more breathtaking than ever before--and a miraculous future now rests in your hands--within the pages of Year's Best SF 13. Contents xi Introduction (Year's Best SF 13) (2008) essay by Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell 1 Baby Doll (2007) novelette by Johanna Sinisalo (trans. of Baby Doll (in Finnish) 2002) 27 Aristotle OS (2007) shortstory by Tony Ballantyne 41 The Last American (2007) shortstory by John Kessel 60 Memorare (2007) novella by Gene Wolfe 143 Plotters and Shooters (2007) novelette by Kage Baker 164 Repeating the Past (2007) shortstory by Peter Watts 168 No More Stories (2007) shortstory by Stephen Baxter 185 They Came from the Future (2007) poem by Robyn Hitchcock 189 The Tomb Wife (2007) shortstory by Gwyneth Jones 207 An Evening's Honest Peril (2007) novelette by Marc Laidlaw 229 End Game (2007) shortstory by Nancy Kress 244 Induction (2007) shortstory by Greg Egan 261 A Blue and Cloudless Sky (2007) novelette by Bernhard Ribbeck (trans. of En bl og skyfri himmel 1996) 299 Reasons not to Publish (2007) shortstory by Gregory Benford 304 Objective Impermeability in a Closed System (2007) shortstory by William Shunn 319 Always (2007) shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler 334 Who's Afraid of Wolf 359? (2007) shortstory by Ken MacLeod 349 Artifice and Intelligence (2007) shortstory by Tim Pratt 359 Pirates of the Somali Coast (2007) shortstory by Terry Bisson 375 Sanjeev and Robotwallah [India 2047] (2007) shortstory by Ian McDonald 395 Third Person (2007) shortstory by Tony Ballantyne 413 The Bridge (2007) novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan 443 As You Know, Bob (2007) shortstory by John G. Hemry [as by John Hemry ] 453 The Lustration (2007) novelette by Bruce Sterling 474 How Music Begins (2007) novelette by James Van Pelt

the Thirteenth Annual Collection Of The Previous Year's Finest Short-form Sf Is At Hand. Once Again, Award-winning Editors And Anthologists David G. Hartwell And Kathryn Cramer Have Gathered Together A Stunning Array Of Science Fiction That Spans A Veritable Universe Of Astonishing Visions And Bold Ideas. Hitherto Unexplored Galaxies Of The Mind Are Courageously Traversed By Some Of The Most Exciting New Talents In The Field—while Well-established Masters Rocket To Remarkable New Heights Of Artistry And Originality. The Stars Are Closer And More Breathtaking Than Ever Before—and A Miraculous Future Now Rests In Your Hands—within The Pages Of year's Best Sf 13.

The short story is one of the vibrant and exciting areas in science fiction. It is where the new authors emerge and where the giants of the field continue to publish. This title presents a collection of the best stories of 2007 which provides visions of tomorrow and yesterday, of the strange and the familiar, of the unknown and the unknowable. The thirteenth annual collection of the previous year's finest short-form science fiction is at hand. Hitherto unexplored galaxies of the mind are courageously traversed by some of the most exciting new talents in the fieldĐwhile well-established masters rocket to remarkable new heights of artistry and originality Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 11, 2008).