Books like The Year's Best Science Fiction #28

FIFTEEN-TIME WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR YEAR'S BEST ANTHOLOGYThe thirty-three stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are works by masters of the form and by bright new talents, including: Nina Allan, Eleanor Arnason, Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Chris Beckett, Aliette de Bodard, Damien Broderick, Pat Cadigan, Brenda Cooper, Cory Doctorow, Joe Haldeman, Jim Hawkins, Alexander Jablokov, Ted Kosmatka, Jay Lake, Geoffrey A. Landis, Yoon Ha Lee, Ian R. MacLeod, David Moles, Naomi Novik, Steven Popkes, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Ken Scholes, Allen M. Steele, Michael Swanwick, Rachel Swirsky, Lavi Tidhar, Carrie Vaughn, Peter Watts, and Tad Williams.Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.Description from back coverContents xiii • Summation: 2010 • (2011) • essay by Gardner Dozois1 • A History of Terraforming • (2010) • novella by Robert Reed39 • The Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String • (2010) • shortstory by Lavie Tidhar43 • The Emperor of Mars • [Near Space] • (2010) • shortstory by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele ]58 • The Things • (2010) • shortstory by Peter Watts72 • The Sultan of the Clouds • (2010) • novella by Geoffrey A. Landis108 • The Books • (2010) • shortstory by Kage Baker119 • Re-Crossing the Styx • (2010) • shortstory by Ian R. MacLeod (aka Recrossing the Styx)132 • And Ministers of Grace • (2010) • novelette by Tad Williams154 • Mammoths of the Great Plains • (2010) • novella by Eleanor Arnason191 • Sleeping Dogs • (2010) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman204 • Jackie's Boy • (2010) • novella by Steven Popkes (aka Jackie's-Boy)246 • Flying in the Face of God • (2010) • shortstory by Nina Allan262 • Chicken Little • (2010) • novella by Cory Doctorow298 • Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain • (2010) • shortstory by Yoon Ha Lee304 • Return to Titan • (2010) • novella by Stephen Baxter354 • Under the Moons of Venus • (2010) • shortstory by Damien Broderick370 • Seven Years from Home • (2010) • novelette by Naomi Novik392 • The Peacock Cloak • (2010) • shortstory by Chris Beckett405 • Amaryllis • (2010) • shortstory by Carrie Vaughn416 • Seven Cities of Gold • (2010) • novella by David Moles452 • Again and Again and Again • (2010) • shortstory by Rachel Swirsky455 • Elegy for a Young Elk • (2010) • shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi468 • Libertarian Russia • (2010) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick477 • The Night Train • (2010) • shortstory by Lavie Tidhar488 • My Father's Singularity • (2010) • shortstory by Brenda Cooper493 • The Starship Mechanic • (2010) • shortstory by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes499 • Sleepover • (2010) • novelette by Alastair Reynolds531 • The Taste of Night • (2010) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan541 • Blind Cat Dance • (2010) • novelette by Alexander Jablokov563 • The Shipmaker • [Universe of Xuya] • (2010) • shortstory by Aliette de Bodard574 • In-Fall • (2010) • shortstory by Ted Kosmatka582 • Chimbwi • (2010) • shortstory by Jim Hawkins599 • Dead Man's Run • (2010) • novella by Robert Reed653 • Honorable Mentions: 2010 • (2011) • essay by Gardner Dozois