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Year's Best SF 9

Year's Best SF 9

DystopianScience Fiction
Pages
500
Published
2004
Language
English

Synopsis

The Future Boldly Imagined From Breathtaking New PerspectivesThe world as we will know it is far different from the future once predicted in simpler times. For this newest collection of the finest short form SF to appear in print over the preceding year, acclaimed editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have gathered remarkable works that reflect a new sensibility. Courageous and diverse stories from some of the finest authors in the field grace this amazing volume -- adventures and discoveries, parables and warnings, carrying those eager to fly to far ends of a vast, ever-shifting universe of alien worlds, strange cultures, and mind-bending technologies. Tomorrow has never been as spellbinding, terrifying, or transforming as it is here, today, in these extraordinary pages. Hang on!New tales from:Kage BakerGregory BenfordTerry BissonRick MoodyMichael SwanwickJohn Varleyand many more

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

AdventurousThought-ProvokingMysteriousIntellectual
First Contact

Genres

Dystopian Science Fiction Space Opera Short Stories

Authors

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Geoff Ryman

Geoff Ryman is an author known for his science fiction, including The Unconquered Country and contributions to Year's Best SF 9. He has also written novels such as 253, Crossing the Border, and The King's Last Song.

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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 won science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. He was awarded the SFWA Grand Master for career achievements. In 2012 he was inducted as a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Many of Haldeman's works, including his debut novel War Year and...

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Octavia E. Butler

An American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. [Comment by Tricia Sullivan, on The Guardian][1]: Octavia E Butler (1947–2006) > I was teaching in New York when I came across Octavia E Butler's Kindred in a secondary-school catalogue of novels recommended to support diversity. It caught my attention because Butler was described as a science-fiction writer. I thought I was familiar with science fiction, but I'd never heard of her...

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Tony Ballantyne

Tony Ballantyne writes science fiction, with stories appearing in collections like Year's Best SF 9. His novel Subterfuge is another excellent example of his work. He's a solid choice for readers who enjoy intelligent, direct sci-fi.

Characters

Kage BakerCameo
Gregory BenfordCameo
Terry BissonCameo
Rick MoodyCameo
Michael SwanwickCameo
All characters in Year's Best SF 9