''Year's Best SF 12'' is a science fiction anthology edited by

David G. Hartwell David Geddes Hartwell (July 10, 1941 – January 20, 2016) was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also no ...

and

Kathryn Cramer Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer (born April 16, 1962) is an American science fiction writer, editor, and literary critic. Early years Kathryn Cramer is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer. She grew up in Seattle and graduated from Columbia Univ ...

that was published in 2007. It is the twelfth in the

Year's Best SF ''Year's Best SF'' was a science fiction anthology series edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Hartwell started the series in 1996, and co-edited it with Cramer from 2002 until the final volume in 2013. It was published by HarperCollin ...

series.

The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editors. *

Nancy Kress Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning 1991 novella ''Beggars in Spain'', which became a ...

: "Nano Comes to Clifford Falls" (Originally in ''

Asimov's ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publication ...

'', 2006) *

Terry Bisson Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence or Terrier (masculine). People Male * Terry Albritton (1955–2005), Am ...

: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Originally in ''Golden Age SF: Tales of a Bygone Future'', 2006) *

Cory Doctorow Cory Efram Doctorow (; born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog ''Boing Boing''. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of ...

: "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" (Originally in ''

Flurb ''Flurb'' was an American science fiction webzine, edited by author Rudy Rucker and launched in August 2006. In addition to short stories, ''Flurb'' featured paintings and photography by Rucker. It was released biannually. The author of an acce ...

'', 2006) * Heather Lindsley: "Just Do It!" (Originally in ''

F&SF ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy fiction magazine, fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence E. Spivak, Lawrence Spiva ...

'', 2006) * Gardner R. Dozois: "Counterfactual" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2006) * Edd Vick: "Moon Does Run" (Originally in ''

Electric Velocipede ''Electric Velocipede'' was a small press speculative fiction fan magazine edited by John Klima. Published from 2001 to 2013, ''Electric Velocipede'' won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 2009. History In 2000 editor John Klima was inspired to ...

'', 2006) *

Mary Rosenblum Mary Rosenblum (born Mary Freeman; June 27, 1952 – March 11, 2018) was an American science fiction and mystery author. Biography Rosenblum was born in Levittown, New York and grew up in Allison Park, Pennsylvania. She earned a biology deg ...

: "Home Movies" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) *

Rudy Rucker Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (; born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known f ...

: "Chu and the Nants" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) * Ian Creasey: "Silence in Florence" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) * Kameron Hurley: "The Women of Our Occupation" (Originally in ''

Strange Horizons ''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables. History and profile It was launched in September 2000, and ...

'', 2006) *

Claude Lalumière Claude Lalumière (born 1966) is an author, book reviewer and has edited numerous anthologies. A resident of Montreal, Quebec, he writes the ''Montreal Gazette's'' Fantastic Fiction column. He also owned and operated two independent book stores ...

: "This Is the Ice Age" (Originally in ''Mythspring'', 2006) *

Eileen Gunn Eileen Gunn (born June 23, 1945, Dorchester, Massachusetts) is a science fiction author and editor based in Seattle, Washington, who began publishing in 1978. Her story "Coming to Terms", inspired, in part, by a friendship with Avram Davidson, wo ...

: "Speak, Geek" (Originally in ''

Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physics, physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomenon, phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. ...

'', 2006) *

Joe Haldeman Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel ''The Forever War'' (1974). That novel and other works, including ''The Hemingway Hoax'' (1991) and '' Forever Peace'' (1997), have wo ...

: "Expedition, with Recipes" (Originally in ''Elemental'', 2006) *

Liz Williams Liz Williams (born 1965) is a British science fiction writer, historian and occultist. ''The Ghost Sister,'' her first novel, was published in 2001. Both this novel and her next, ''Empire of Bones'' (2002) were nominated for the Philip K. Dick ...

: "The Age of Ice" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) *

Michael Flynn Michael Thomas Flynn (born December 24, 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and conspiracy theorist who was the 24th U.S. National Security Advisor for the first 22 days of the Trump administration. He resigned in light of ...

: "Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) *

Gregory Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...

: "Applied Mathematical Theology" (Originally in ''Nature'', 2006) *

Carol Emshwiller Carol Emshwiller (April 12, 1921 – February 2, 2019) was an American writer of avant garde short stories and science fiction who has won prizes ranging from the Nebula Award to the Philip K. Dick Award. Ursula K. Le Guin has called her "a ma ...

: "Quill" (Originally in ''Firebirds Rising'', 2006) *

Alastair Reynolds Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a Welsh science fiction author. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle University, where he s ...

: "Tiger, Burning" (Originally in '' Forbidden Planets'', 2006) *

Paul J. McAuley Paul J. McAuley (born 23 April 1955) is a British botanist and science fiction author. A biologist by training, McAuley writes mostly hard science fiction. His novels dealing with themes such as biotechnology, alternative history/alternative re ...

: "Dead Men Walking" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) * Daryl Gregory: "Damascus" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2006) *

Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick (born 18 November 1950) is an American fantasy and science fiction author who began publishing in the early 1980s. Writing career Swanwick's fiction writing began with short stories, starting in 1980 when he published "Ginungagap ...

: "Tin Marsh" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) *

Ian R. MacLeod Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956) is a British science fiction and fantasy writer. He was born in Solihull near Birmingham. He studied law and worked as a civil servant before going freelance in early 1990s soon after he started publishing stories, att ...

: "Taking Good Care of Myself" (Originally in ''Nature'', 2006) * Stephen Baxter: "The Lowland Expedition" (Originally in ''

Analog Analog or analogue may refer to: Computing and electronics * Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable ** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals *** Analog electronics, circuits which use analog ...

'', 2006) *

Wil McCarthy Wil () is the capital of the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged ...

: "Heisenberg Elementary" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) *

Robert Reed Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as the ...

: "Rwanda" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2006) * Charlie Rosenkrantz: "Preemption" (Originally in ''Analog'', 2006)

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