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12/30/2008 12:43:40 PM
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gdozois
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I should be able to post the contents of my Best within a few days, certainly after the beginning of the new year.
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12/30/2008 9:30:53 PM
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Sam Wilson
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Ah, but will you? That's the question...
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12/31/2008 12:38:16 AM
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bluetyson
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I think I saw mentioned that Kosmatka's N-Words and Lake's Sky wrapping story would be, too. So there's a couple more.
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12/31/2008 12:36:35 PM
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Bill Moonroe
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You know, there's a story that seems to have been missed and might be worth stopping the presses over. Check this one out!
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12/31/2008 7:52:22 PM
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jason
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Bill: I haven't had time to read the story, but I did smile at the image of a prairie dog with flames coming out of its eyes.
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1/3/2009 2:00:06 PM
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gdozois
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Here's my book:
THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
Edited by Gardner Dozois
TURING’S APPLES, Stephen Baxter
FROM BABEL’S FALL’N GLORY WE FLED, Michael Swanwick
THE GAMBLER, Paolo Bacigalupi
BOOJUM, Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette
THE SIX DIRECTIONS OF SPACE, Alastair Reynolds
N-WORDS, Ted Kosmatka
AN ELIGIBLE BOY, Ian McDonald
SHINING ARMOUR, Dominic Green
THE HERO, Karl Schroeder
EVIL ROBOT MONKEY, Mary Robinette Kowal
FIVE THRILLERS, Robert Reed
THE SKY THAT WRAPS THE WORLD ROUND, PAST THE BLUE AND INTO THE BLACK, Jay Lake
INCOMERS, Paul McAuley
CRYSTAL NIGHTS, Greg Egan
THE EGG MAN, Mary Rosenblum
HIS MASTER’S VOICE, Hannu Rajaniemi
THE POLITICAL PRISONER, Charles Coleman Finlay
BALANCING ACCOUNTS, James L. Cambias
SPECIAL ECONOMICS, Maureen McHugh
DAYS OF WONDER, Geoff Ryman
CITY OF THE DEAD, Paul McAuley
THE VOYAGE OUT, Gwyneth Jones
THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF LORD GRIMM, Daryl Gregory
G-MEN, Kristine Kathryn Rusch
THE ERDMANN NEXUS, Nancy Kress
OLD FRIENDS, Garth Nix
THE RAY-GUN: A LOVE STORY, James Alan Gardner
LESTER YOUNG AND THE JUPITER’S MOONS’ BLUES, Gord Sellar
BUTTERFLY, FALLING AT DAWN, Aliete de Bodard
THE TEAR, Ian McDonald
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1/3/2009 4:39:30 PM
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EThomas
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I'm so behind in reading, that this is the first year where I just am looking at the authors and titles sans any familiarity with the contents. I'm sure these all will be great books.
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1/3/2009 7:54:09 PM
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bluetyson
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More McAuley, Baxter and McDonald is good.
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1/4/2009 2:19:46 PM
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dolphintornsea
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For those interested, I'm re-posting the contents of Gardner's 26th Best, with the sources:
TURING’S APPLES, Stephen Baxter (Eclipse 2, ed. Jonathan Strahan)
FROM BABEL’S FALL’N GLORY WE FLED, Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s, February 2008)
THE GAMBLER, Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders)
BOOJUM, Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette (Fast Ships, Black Sails, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer)
THE SIX DIRECTIONS OF SPACE, Alastair Reynolds (Galactic Empires, ed. Gardner Dozois)
N-WORDS, Ted Kosmatka (Seeds of Change, ed. John Joseph Adams)
AN ELIGIBLE BOY, Ian McDonald (Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders)
SHINING ARMOUR, Dominic Green (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 2, ed. George Mann)
THE HERO, Karl Schroeder (Eclipse 2, ed. Jonathan Strahan)
EVIL ROBOT MONKEY, Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 2, ed. George Mann)
FIVE THRILLERS, Robert Reed (F & SF, April 2008)
THE SKY THAT WRAPS THE WORLD ROUND, PAST THE BLUE AND INTO THE BLACK, Jay Lake (Clarkesworld, March 2008)
INCOMERS, Paul McAuley (The Starry Rift, ed. Jonathan Strahan)
CRYSTAL NIGHTS, Greg Egan (Interzone, April 2008)
THE EGG MAN, Mary Rosenblum (Asimov’s, February 2008)
HIS MASTER’S VOICE, Hannu Rajaniemi (Interzone, October 2008)
THE POLITICAL PRISONER, Charles Coleman Finlay (F & SF, August 2008)
BALANCING ACCOUNTS, James L. Cambias (F & SF, February 2008)
SPECIAL ECONOMICS, Maureen McHugh (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow)
DAYS OF WONDER, Geoff Ryman (F & SF, October/November 2008)
CITY OF THE DEAD, Paul McAuley (Postscripts # 15)
THE VOYAGE OUT, Gwyneth Jones (Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures, ed. Lynne Jamneck)
THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF LORD GRIMM, Daryl Gregory (Eclipse 2, ed. Jonathan Strahan)
G-MEN, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders)
THE ERDMANN NEXUS, Nancy Kress (Asimov’s, October/November 2008)
OLD FRIENDS, Garth Nix (Dreaming Again, ed. Jack Dann)
THE RAY-GUN: A LOVE STORY, James Alan Gardner (Asimov’s, February 2008)
LESTER YOUNG AND THE JUPITER’S MOONS’ BLUES, Gord Sellar (Asimov’s, July 2008)
BUTTERFLY, FALLING AT DAWN, Aliete de Bodard (Interzone, November 2008)
THE TEAR, Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires, ed. Gardner Dozois)
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1/10/2009 7:33:48 AM
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andres
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Gardner: I see only one story from 30 coming from the online markets.
Are you seeing some trend here, or is a manifesto in favor of the print markets?
Or maybe just coincidence.
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1/10/2009 8:42:27 PM
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gdozois
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I answered this before, but the reply seems to have vanished, along with the previous post from Bluetyson.
At any rate, there were a LOT of anthologies this year, most of them small-press, and the most prominent of them seem to have pulled many of the really first-rate stories away from the online markets.
And as Bluetyson had pointed out in his vanished post, the bulk of the material published in online markets is fantasy. Fantasy and slipstream are still the default settings for online markets, with a much smaller proportion of core SF appearing. If I'd been doing a fantasy Best instead, there'd have been a lot more stuff from online markets in it.
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1/10/2009 10:55:00 PM
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bluetyson
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You can of course find these online, too, in various forms
THE GAMBLER, Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders)
BOOJUM, Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette (Fast Ships, Black Sails, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer)
EVIL ROBOT MONKEY, Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 2, ed. George Mann)
THE SKY THAT WRAPS THE WORLD ROUND, PAST THE BLUE AND INTO THE BLACK, Jay Lake (Clarkesworld, March 2008)
CRYSTAL NIGHTS, Greg Egan (Interzone, April 2008)
THE VOYAGE OUT, Gwyneth Jones (Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures, ed. Lynne Jamneck)
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3/14/2009 5:13:04 PM
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dolphintornsea
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I love the cover image of Gardner's YBSF 26, which can now be seen at the amazon or Barnes & Noble sites. Pity it's such a low-res picture at the moment.
If anyone know where to find a better version of the cover image, please let us know.
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3/18/2009 3:21:37 PM
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dolphintornsea
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Kathryn Cramer has announced the TOC for Year's Best SF 14, edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer. This is the last of the four major "Year's Best" anthologies. The contents are:
Arkfall • Carolyn Ives Gilman
Orange • Neil Gaiman
Memory Dog • Kathleen Ann Goonan
Pump Six • Paulo Bacigalupi
Boojum • Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette
Exhalation • Ted Chiang
Traitor • M. Rickert
The Things that Make Me Weak and Stange Get Engineered Away • Cory Doctorow
Oblivion: A Journey • Vandana Singh
The House Left Empty • Robert Reed
The Scarecrow’s Boy • Michael Swanwick
N-Worlds • Ted Kosmatka
Fury • Alastair Reynolds
Cheats • Gwyneth Jones writing as Ann Halam
The Ships Like Clouds, Risen By Their Rain • Jason Sanford
The Egg Man • Mary Rosenblum
Glass • Daryl Gregory
Fixing Hanover • Jeff VanderMeer
Message Found in a Gravity Wave • Rudy Rucker
Mitigation • Tobias Buckell & Karl Schroeder
Spiders • Sue Burke
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3/18/2009 10:36:03 PM
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RandyBeck
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Congratulations to Jason Sanford and Sue Burke for entering the domain of the Bests.
I hadn't read that particular story of Jason's but he's been a poster here. Sue Burke isn't, but I think I have read that one.
Oh, and pardon my memory if I missed any other new Besties.
edited by RandyBeck on 3/18/2009
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