''Year's Best SF 8'' is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell 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 2003. It is the eighth in the Year's Best SF series.

The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editors. * Bruce Sterling: "In Paradise" (Originally in ''

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

'', 2002) *

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 ...

: "Slow Life" (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 ...

'', 2002) *

Eleanor Arnason Eleanor Atwood Arnason (born December 28, 1942) is an American author American literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and in the colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition thus is pa ...

: "Knapsack Poems" (Originally in '' Asimov's'', 2002) * Geoffrey A. Landis: "At Dorado" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2002) *

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 ...

: "Coelacanths" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2002) * Ken Wharton: "Flight Correction" (Originally in ''Analog'', 2002) *

Robert Sheckley Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an American writer. First published in the science-fiction magazines of the 1950s, his many quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical. ...

: "Shoes" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2002) *

Charles Sheffield Charles Sheffield (25 June 1935 – 2 November 2002), an English-born mathematician, physicist and science-fiction writer, served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society. ...

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The Diamond Drill Charles Sheffield (25 June 1935 – 2 November 2002), an English-born mathematician, physicist and science-fiction writer, served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society. ...

" (Originally in ''Analog'', 2002) *

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...

: "The Seasons of the Ansarac" (Originally in '' The Infinite Matrix'', 2002) * Richard Chwedyk: "A Few Kind Words for A. E. Van Vogt" (Originally in '' Tales of the Unanticipated'', 2002) *

Charles Stross Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine '' ...

: "Halo" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2002) *

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), A ...

: "I Saw the Light" (Originally in ''

Sci Fiction ''Sci Fiction'' was an online magazine which ran from 2000 to 2005. At one time, it was the leading online science fiction magazine. Published by Syfy and edited by Ellen Datlow, the work won multiple awards before it was discontinued. History ...

'', 2002) *

A. M. Dellamonica Alyxandra Margaret "A. M." Dellamonica (born February 25, 1968) is a Canadian science fiction writer who has published over forty short stories in the field since the 1980s. Dellamonica writes in a number of subgenres including science fiction, f ...

: "A Slow Day at the Gallery" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2002) *

Paul Di Filippo Paul Di Filippo (born October 29, 1954) is an American science fiction writer. He is a regular reviewer for print magazines ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', '' Science Fiction Eye'', ''The New York R ...

: "Ailoura" (Originally in '' Once Upon a Galaxy'', 2002) * J. R. Dunn: "The Names of All the Spirits" (Originally in ''Sci Fiction'', 2002) *

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 ...

: "Grandma" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2002) *

Neal Asher Neal Asher (born 4 February 1961) is an English science fiction writer. He lives near Chelmsford. Career Both of Asher's parents are educators and science fiction fans. Although he began writing speculative fiction in secondary school, he did ...

: "Snow in the Desert" (Originally in ''

Spectrum SF Spectrum SF was a paperback format magazine that published short and serial length works of science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative an ...

'', 2002) *

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, ...

: "Singleton" (Originally in '' Interzone'', 2002) * Robert Onopa: "Geropods" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2002) *

Jack Williamson John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, often called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term '' gen ...

: "Afterlife" (Originally in ''F&SF'', 2002) *

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 ...

: "Shields of Mars" (Originally in '' Mars Probes'', 2002) *

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 ...

: "Patent Infringement" (Originally in ''Asimov's'', 2002) *

Michael Moorcock Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, best-known for science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has worke ...

: "Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel" (Originally in ''Mars Probes'', 2002)

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