''Year's Best SF 13'' 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 2008. It is the thirteenth 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.
Contents
The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short
introduction by the editors.
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Johanna Sinisalo
Aila Johanna Sinisalo is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer. She studied comparative literature and drama, amongst other subjects, at the University of Tampere. Professionally she worked in the advertising business, rising to the leve ...
: "Baby Doll" (Original English translation in ''The SFWA European Hall of Fame'', 2007)
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Tony Ballantyne: "Aristotle OS" (Originally in ''Fast Forward 1'', 2007)
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John Kessel
John Joseph Vincent Kessel (born September 24, 1950) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, '' Good News From Outer Space'' (1989), ''Corrupting Dr. Nice'' ( ...
: "The Last American" (Originally in ''Foundation 100'', 2007)
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Gene Wolfe
Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and nove ...
: "Memorare" (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 ...
'', 2007)
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: "Plotters and Shooters" (Originally in ''Fast Forward 1'', 2007)
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Peter Watts: "Repeating the Past" (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. ...
'', 2007)
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Stephen Baxter: "No More Stories" (Originally in ''Fast Forward 1'', 2007)
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Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the ...
: "They Came From the Future" (Originally in ''Fast Forward 1'', 2007)
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Gwyneth Jones: "The Tomb Wife" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2007)
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Marc Laidlaw
Marc Laidlaw (born August 3, 1960) is an American writer of science fiction and horror, musician, and a former writer for the video game company Valve. He is most famous for working on Valve's ''Half-Life'' series.
Biography
Laidlaw was b ...
: "An Evening's Honest Peril" (Originally in ''
Flurb #3'', 2007)
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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 ...
: "End Game" (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 ...
'', 2007)
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Greg Egan
Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, an ...
: "Induction" (Originally in ''Foundation 100'', 2007)
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Bernhard Ribbeck: "A Blue and Cloudless Sky" (Original English translation in ''The SFWA European Hall of Fame'', 2007)
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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 ...
: "Reasons Not to Publish" (Originally in ''Nature'', 2007)
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William Shunn: "Objective Impermeability in a Closed System" (Originally in ''An Alternate History of the 21st Century'', 2007)
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Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and alienation.
She is best known as the author of the best-selling novel ''The Jan ...
: "Always" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2007)
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Ken MacLeod
Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels ''The Sky Road'' and ''The Night Sessions'' won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, an ...
: "
Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" (Originally in ''
The New Space Opera
''The New Space Opera'' is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. It was published in 2007, and includes all original stories selected to represent the genre of space opera. It includes a five-page introduction ...
'', 2007)
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Tim Pratt
Tim Pratt (born December 12, 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. He won a Hugo Award in 2007 for his short story " Impossible Dreams". He has written over 20 books, including the Marla Mason series and several Path ...
: "Artifice and Intelligence" (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 ...
'', 2007)
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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 ...
: "Pirates of the Somali Coast" (Originally in ''Subterranean 7'', 2007)
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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)
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: "The Bridge" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2007)
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John G. Hemry
John G. Hemry (LCDR, USN ret.; born April 14, 1956), is an American author of military science fiction novels. Drawing on his experience as a retired United States Navy officer, he has written the ''Stark's War'' and ''Paul Sinclair'' series. U ...
: "As You Know, Bob" (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 ...
'', 2007)
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Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre.
Sterling's first ...
: "The Lustration" (Originally in ''Eclipse 1'', 2007)
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James Van Pelt: "How Music Begins" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2007)
External links
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2008 anthologies
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2000s science fiction works