Dazzling Dozois

Gardner Dozois has been my favorite SF&F editor for the past two decades. I especially look forward to his "The Year's Best Science Fiction" every year. Unfortunately, I only discovered this series in the mid-eighties when bookstores other than that one big chain started operations, so I'm missing the earlier books.

I can never remember what month the book for the year comes out. So last Sunday when we passed by the bookstore where I usually buy it, I left my name and number with instructions to call me when the book arrives. When we got home, I did a web search and it turns out that the 25th annual collection (2007 stories) will be published in July. Hee, I'm early. That's okay though—I want to make sure I get a copy. The market for SF here is still rather limited so the bookstores never buy a lot.

Here are the 32 stories in "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection" edited by Gardner Dozois. I can't wait for July.

• David Moles: "Finisterra"
• Ken MacLeod: "Lighting Out"
• John Barnes: "The Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away"
• Gwyneth Jones: "Saving Tiamaat"
• James Van Pelt: "Of Late I Dreamt of Venus"
• Ian McDonald: "Verthandi's Ring"
• Una McCormack: "Sea Change"
• Chris Roberson: "The Sky is Large and the Earth is Small"
• Greg Egan: "Glory"
• Robert Silverberg: "Against the Current"
• Neal Asher: "Alien Archeology"
• Ted Chiang: "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"
• Justin Stanchfield: "Beyond the Wall"
• Bruce Sterling: "Kiosk"
• Stephen Baxter: "Last Contact"
• Alastair Reynolds: "The Sledge-Maker's Daughter"
• Ian McDonald: "Sanjeev and Robotwallah"
• Michael Swanwick: "The Skysailor's Tale"
• Vandana Singh: "Of Love and Other Monsters"
• Greg Egan: "Steve Fever"
• Kage Baker: "Hellfire at Twilight"
• Brian Stableford: "The Immortals of Atlantis"
• Pat Cadigan: "Nothing Personal"
• Elizabeth Bear: "Tideline"
• Keith Brooke: "The Accord"
• Nancy Kress: "Laws of Survival"
• Tom Purdom: "The Mists of Time"
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch: "Craters"
• Ted Kosmatka: "The Prophet of Flores"
• Benjamin Rosenbaum & David Ackert: "Stray"
• Robert Reed: "Roxie"
• Gregory Benford: "Dark Heaven"