The Year's Best Science Fiction - 9780312608972

"This is a worthy addition to a venerable series."---Publishers Weekly

"For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's The Year's Best Science Fiction has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall."---Charles N. Brown, Publisher of Locus Magazine

Fifteen-Time Winner of the Locus Award for year's Best Anthology

In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace, genetics, the universe, and beyond, the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow. In The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as

"Utriusque Cosmi": Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson tells the story of a young woman faced with the most significant choice she will ever make in her life---after which nothing will ever be the same.

"Butterfly Bomb": British writer Dominic Green takes us to a world where nobody and nothing turn out to be even remotely what they seem.

"Before My Last Breath": Prolific author Robert Reed unravels a fascinating archaeological mystery with roots that stretch back for millions of years.

The thirty-two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.