Gardner Dozois
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Gardner Raymond Dozois is an American
science fiction author and editor
. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction
magazine from 1984 to 2004. He has won multiple Hugo
and Nebula
awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.
From 1966 to '69 he served in the Army
as a journalist, after which he moved to New York City to work as an editor in the science fiction field.
Dozois has said that he turned to reading fiction partially as an escape from the provincialism of his home town.
He was badly injured in a taxi accident after returning from a Philadelphia Phillies
game in 2004 (causing him to miss Worldcon
for the first time in many years) but made a full recovery. On July 6, 2007, Dozois had surgery for a planned quintuple bypass operation
. A week later, he experienced complications which prompted additional surgery to implant a defibrillator
. He was later said to be recovering and preparing to return home from hospital.
He currently lives in Philadelphia
.
for best short story
twice: once for "The Peacemaker" in 1983, and again for "Morning Child" in 1984. His short fiction has been collected in The Visible Man (1977), Geodesic Dreams (a best-of collection), Slow Dancing through Time (1990, collaborations), and Strange Days (2001, another best-of collection). As a novelist, Dozois's oeuvre is significantly smaller. He is the author of one solo novel, Strangers
(1978), as well as a collaboration with George Alec Effinger
, Nightmare Blue (1977), and a collaboration with George R. R. Martin
and Daniel Abraham
for Hunter's Run (2008). After becoming editor of Asimov's, Dozois's fiction output dwindled, but he is now making a comeback, with his 2006 novelette "Counterfactual" winning the Sidewise Award for best alternate-history short story. Dozois has also agreed to write short fiction reviews for Locus
.
s for Best Professional Editor
(having won nearly every year between 1988 and his retirement from Asimov's in 2004). In addition to his work with Asimov's (which he also co-founded in 1976), he also worked in the 1970s with magazines such as Galaxy Science Fiction
, If
, Worlds of Fantasy, and Worlds of Tomorrow
.
Dozois is a well-known short fiction anthologist. After resigning from his Asimov's position, he remained the editor of the anthology series The Year's Best Science Fiction
, published annually since 1984. And, with Jack Dann
, he has edited a long series of themed anthologies, each with a self-explanatory title such as Cats, Dinosaurs, Seaserpents, or Hackers
.
Dozois has consistently expressed a particular interest in adventure SF and space opera
, which he collectively refers to as "center-core SF".
Michael Swanwick
, with whom Dozois has collaborated on fiction, published with Old Earth Books
a book-length interview with him in 2001. Titled Being Gardner Dozois, it covered each published piece of fiction Dozois ever wrote. In 2002 it was nominated in the category Hugo Award for Best Related Book It won the 2002 Locus Award
for Non-Fiction.
Dozois also edited volumes six through ten of the Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year series after Lester del Rey
edited the first five volumes. That series ended in 1981.
Other
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science fiction author and editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...
magazine from 1984 to 2004. He has won multiple Hugo
Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
and Nebula
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.
Biography
Dozois was born July 23, 1947 in Salem, MassachusettsSalem, Massachusetts
Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...
From 1966 to '69 he served in the Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
as a journalist, after which he moved to New York City to work as an editor in the science fiction field.
Dozois has said that he turned to reading fiction partially as an escape from the provincialism of his home town.
He was badly injured in a taxi accident after returning from a Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
game in 2004 (causing him to miss Worldcon
Worldcon
Worldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention held each year since 1939 . It is the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society...
for the first time in many years) but made a full recovery. On July 6, 2007, Dozois had surgery for a planned quintuple bypass operation
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease...
. A week later, he experienced complications which prompted additional surgery to implant a defibrillator
Defibrillation
Defibrillation is a common treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillation consists of delivering a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the affected heart with a device called a defibrillator...
. He was later said to be recovering and preparing to return home from hospital.
He currently lives in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
.
Fiction
As a writer, Dozois has mainly worked in shorter forms. He won the Nebula AwardNebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
for best short story
Nebula Award for Best Short Story
Winners of the '“Nebula Award for Best Short Story”'. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.-Winners and nominees:-External links:* *...
twice: once for "The Peacemaker" in 1983, and again for "Morning Child" in 1984. His short fiction has been collected in The Visible Man (1977), Geodesic Dreams (a best-of collection), Slow Dancing through Time (1990, collaborations), and Strange Days (2001, another best-of collection). As a novelist, Dozois's oeuvre is significantly smaller. He is the author of one solo novel, Strangers
Strangers (science fiction novel)
Strangers is a science fiction novel written by Gardner Dozois and published in 1978.The novel was expanded from its original form as a novella, which first appeared in New Dimensions IV in 1974...
(1978), as well as a collaboration with George Alec Effinger
George Alec Effinger
George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio.-Writing career:...
, Nightmare Blue (1977), and a collaboration with George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
and Daniel Abraham
Daniel Abraham (author)
Daniel Abraham is a prolific American science fiction / fantasy author who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. His novelette Flat Diane was nominated for the Nebula Award...
for Hunter's Run (2008). After becoming editor of Asimov's, Dozois's fiction output dwindled, but he is now making a comeback, with his 2006 novelette "Counterfactual" winning the Sidewise Award for best alternate-history short story. Dozois has also agreed to write short fiction reviews for Locus
Locus (magazine)
Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
.
Editorial work
Dozois is perhaps best known as an editor, winning a record 15 Hugo AwardHugo Award
The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...
s for Best Professional Editor
Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
(having won nearly every year between 1988 and his retirement from Asimov's in 2004). In addition to his work with Asimov's (which he also co-founded in 1976), he also worked in the 1970s with magazines such as Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
, If
If (magazine)
If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Quinn hired Paul W. Fairman to be the first editor, but early circulation figures were disappointing, and Quinn fired Fairman after only three issues. Quinn then took over the...
, Worlds of Fantasy, and Worlds of Tomorrow
Worlds of Tomorrow (magazine)
Worlds of Tomorrow was an American science fiction magazine published from 1963 to 1967, after it was merged into If. It briefly resumed publication in 1970 and 1971. The magazine was edited by Frederik Pohl in its first period of publication, and by Ejler Jakobsson in the second. It has published...
.
Dozois is a well-known short fiction anthologist. After resigning from his Asimov's position, he remained the editor of the anthology series The Year's Best Science Fiction
The Year's Best Science Fiction
The Year's Best Science Fiction books are a series of science fiction anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois. In 2005 Dozois produced a "Best of the Best" review with a foreword by Robert Silverberg. The series is published by St. Martin's Press ....
, published annually since 1984. And, with Jack Dann
Jack Dann
Jack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
, he has edited a long series of themed anthologies, each with a self-explanatory title such as Cats, Dinosaurs, Seaserpents, or Hackers
Hackers (short stories)
Hackers is an anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It contains stories by noted science fiction and cyberpunk writers of the late 1980s and early 1990s about hackers.-"Burning Chrome":...
.
Dozois has consistently expressed a particular interest in adventure SF and space opera
Space opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in outer space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing advanced technologies and abilities. The term has no relation to music and it is analogous to "soap...
, which he collectively refers to as "center-core SF".
Michael Swanwick
Michael Swanwick
Michael Swanwick is an American science fiction author. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began publishing in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
, with whom Dozois has collaborated on fiction, published with Old Earth Books
Old Earth Books
Old Earth Books is a specialty publisher which specializes in out-of-print and niche books, primarily in the science fiction genre. The name comes from the Cordwainer Smith Lords of the Instrumentality series. It is located in Baltimore, MD...
a book-length interview with him in 2001. Titled Being Gardner Dozois, it covered each published piece of fiction Dozois ever wrote. In 2002 it was nominated in the category Hugo Award for Best Related Book It won the 2002 Locus Award
Locus Award
The Locus Award is a literary award established in 1971 and presented to winners of Locus magazine's annual readers' poll. Currently, the Locus Awards are presented at an annual banquet...
for Non-Fiction.
Fiction of Gardner Dozois (partial list)
- "A Special Kind of Morning" (1971)
- "Chains of the Sea" (1971)
- "Machines of Loving Grace" (1972)
- A Day in the Life (1973, ISBN 978-0060803070)First Edition 1978 Library of Congress number 78-160655
- Nightmare Blue (with George Alec EffingerGeorge Alec EffingerGeorge Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio.-Writing career:...
) (1977, ISBN 978-0006146179) - The Visible Man (collection) (1977, ASIN B000GZU4C8)
- StrangersStrangers (science fiction novel)Strangers is a science fiction novel written by Gardner Dozois and published in 1978.The novel was expanded from its original form as a novella, which first appeared in New Dimensions IV in 1974...
(1978) - "A Traveler in an Antique Land" (1983)
- "The Peacemaker" (1983) (Nebula AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
winner) - "Morning ChildMorning Child"Morning Child" is a science fiction short story written by Gardner Dozois. It was reprinted in Best SF of the Year 14 , Nebula Awards 20 and in Dozois's own collection, Geodesic Dreams...
" (1984) (Nebula AwardNebula AwardThe Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
winner) - Slow Dancing Through Time (collection) (1990, 978-0942681031)
- Geodesic Dreams (collection) (1992, ISBN 978-0441000210)
- "A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" (1999)
- Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois (collection) (2001)
- "The Hanging Curve" (F&SF, April 2002)
- Morning Child and Other Stories (collection) (2004, ISBN 978-0743493185)
- "When the Great Days Came" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dec 2005)
- Shadow Twin (2005) (with George R. R. MartinGeorge R. R. MartinGeorge Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
and Daniel AbrahamDaniel Abraham (author)Daniel Abraham is a prolific American science fiction / fantasy author who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. His novelette Flat Diane was nominated for the Nebula Award...
) - "Counterfactual" (F&SF, June 2006)
- Hunter's Run (2008, ISBN 978-0061373299) (with George R. R. Martin and Daniel Abraham)
Nonfiction
- The Fiction of James Tiptree, Jr. (1977, ISBN 978-0916186043)
- Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy (1993, ISBN 978-0312089269) (co-edited with Stanley Schmidt and Sheila Williams)
Anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois (partial list)
- Future Power (1976, ASIN B000H75MWC) (co-edited with Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
) - Another World: Adventures in Otherness (1977, ISBN 978-0695406950)
- Ripper (1988, ISBN 978-0812517002) (co-edited with Susan Casper)
- Modern Classics of Science Fiction (1992, ISBN 978-0312072384)
- Future Earths: Under African Skies (1993, ISBN 978-0886775445) (co-edited with Mike ResnickMike ResnickMichael Diamond Resnick , better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is an American science fiction author. He was executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe.-Biography:...
) - Future Earths: Under South American Skies (1993, ISBN 978-0886775810) (co-edited with Mike ResnickMike ResnickMichael Diamond Resnick , better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is an American science fiction author. He was executive editor of Jim Baen's Universe.-Biography:...
) - Modern Classics: Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994, ISBN 978-0312105044)
- Mammoth Book of Contemporary SF Masters (1994, ISBN 978-1854872975)
- Killing Me Softly (1995, ASIN B000OEN80G)
- Dying for It (1997, ASIN B000H40WZC)
- Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997, ISBN 978-0312169312)
- Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History (1998, ISBN 978-0345421944) (co-edited with Stanley SchmidtStanley SchmidtStanley Albert Schmidt is an American science fiction author. Since 1978 he has been the editor of the SF magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact.-Biography:...
) - The Good Old Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition (1998, ISBN 978-0312192754)
- The Good New Stuff: Adventure in SF in the Grand Tradition (1999, ISBN 978-0312198909)
- Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000, ISBN 978-0312254629)
- The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future (2000, ISBN 978-0312263263)
- Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming (2001, ISBN 978-0312275709)
- Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future (2002, ISBN 978-0312275693)
- Galileo's Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition (2005, ISBN 978-1591023159)
- One Million A.D.One Million A.D.One Million A.D. is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005.-Contents:The book includes 6 novellas, all commissioned for this book and published here for the first time. The stories are all supposed to take place in the year One Million A.D...
(2005, ISBN 0739462733) - Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (2006, ISBN 978-0451460646)
- Escape From Earth: New Adventures in Space (2006, ISBN 1582882258) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2007, ISBN 978-0425215180) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- The New Space OperaThe New Space OperaThe 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, plus a brief introduction to each of the stories, and...
(2007, ISBN 978-0060846756) (co-edited with Jonathan StrahanJonathan StrahanJonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986....
) - Galactic Empires (2007)
- The New Space Opera 2 (2009, ISBN 978-0061562358) (co-edited with Jonathan StrahanJonathan StrahanJonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986....
)
Cross-genre anthologies co-edited by Dozois and Martin
- Songs of the Dying EarthSongs of the Dying EarthSongs of the Dying Earth is an all-new fiction tribute anthology to Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois; it was first published in hardcover in 2009 by Subterranean Press. The book's Introduction "Thank You, Mr. Vance" was written by Dean R. Koontz...
, a tribute anthology to Jack VanceJack VanceJohn Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
´s seminal Dying Earth series, published by Subterranean PressSubterranean PressSubterranean Press is a small press publisher in Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction...
(co-edited with George R. R. MartinGeorge R. R. MartinGeorge Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
) (2009) - WarriorsWarriors (anthology)Warriors is a cross-genre, all-original fiction anthology featuring stories on the subjects of war and warriors; it was edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. The book's Introduction, "Stories from the Spinner Rack," was written by Martin...
, a massive, cross-genre anthology featuring stories about war and warriors (co-edited with George R. R. MartinGeorge R. R. MartinGeorge Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
) (2010) - Songs of Love and Death, a cross-genre anthology featuring stories of romance in fantasy and science-fiction settings (co-edited with George R. R. MartinGeorge R. R. MartinGeorge Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
) (2010) - Down these Strange Streets, a cross-genre anthology featuring stories of private-eye detectives in fantasy and science fiction settings (co-edited with George R. R. MartinGeorge R. R. MartinGeorge Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...
) (forthcoming)
Themed anthology series co-edited by Dozois and Dann
Formerly known as "Magic Tales Anthology Series" until 1995; all released under the Ace imprint until Wizards in 2007.- Unicorns! (1982, ASIN B000LW2UHI) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Bestiary! (1986, ISBN 978-0441055081) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Mermaids! (1986, ISBN 978-0441525676) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Sorcerers! (1986, ISBN 978-0441775323) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Demons! (1987, ISBN 978-0441142644) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Magicats! (1987, ISBN 978-0441515325) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dogtales! (1988, ISBN 978-0441157600) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Seaserpents! (1989, ISBN 978-0441756827) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dinosaurs! (1990, ISBN 978-0441148837) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Little People! (1990, ISBN 978-0441503919) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Magicats II (1991, ISBN 978-0441515332) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Unicorns II (1992, ISBN 978-0441845644) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dragons! (1993, ISBN 978-0441166312) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Invaders! (1993, ISBN 978-0441015191) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Horses! (1994, ISBN 978-0441000579) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Angels! (1995, ISBN 978-0441002207) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Dinosaurs II (1995, ISBN 978-0441002856) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Hackers (1996, ISBN 978-0441003754) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- TimegatesTimegatesTimegates is an 1997 anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois.- Contents :*Air Raid by John Varley*The Man Who Walked Home by James Tiptree, Jr.*Another Story by Ursula K...
(1997, ISBN 978-0441004287) (co-edited with Jack Dann) - Clones (1998, ISBN 978-0441005222) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- ImmortalsImmortals (anthology)Immortals is an 1998 anthology of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois.- Contents :*Learning to Be Me by Greg Egan*Grotto of the Dancing Deer by Clifford D. Simak*Child of All Ages by P. J. Plauger...
(1998, ISBN 978-0441005390) (co-edited with Jack Dann) - Nanotech (1998, ISBN 978-0441005857) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Armageddons (1999, ISBN 978-0441006755) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Future War (1999, ISBN 978-0441006396) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Aliens Among Us (2000, ISBN 978-0441007042) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Genometry (2001, ISBN 978-0441007974) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Space Soldiers (2001, ISBN 978-0441008240) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Future Sports (2002, ISBN 978-0441009619) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Beyond Flesh (2002, ISBN 978-0441009992) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- Future Crimes (2003, ISBN 978-0441011186) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- A.I.s (2004, ISBN 978-0441012169) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
- RobotsRobots (anthology)Robots is a science fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was published in 2005, and includes stories on the theme of "robots" that were originally published from 1985 to 2003, though mostly from the last few years of that range...
(2005, ISBN 0441013210) (co-edited with Jack Dann) - Beyond SingularityBeyond SingularityBeyond Singularity is a science fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was published in 2005, and includes stories on the theme of "beyond singularity" that were originally published from 1960 to 2004, though mostly from the last few years of that range...
(2005, ISBN 978-0441013630) (co-edited with Jack Dann) - Futures PastFutures PastFutures Past Futures Past Futures Past ((2006, ISBN 978-0441014545) is a science fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was published in 2006, and includes stories on the theme of "futures past" that were originally published from 1956 to 2004...
(2006, ISBN 978-0441014545) (co-edited with Jack Dann) - Dangerous GamesDangerous Games (anthology)Dangerous Games Dangerous Games Dangerous Games ((2007, ISBN 978-0441014903) is a science fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was published in 2007, and includes stories on the theme of "dangerous games" that were originally published from 1958 to 2005...
(2007, ISBN 978-0441014903) (co-edited with Jack Dann) - WizardsWizards (anthology)Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy is an anthology of fantasy short fiction edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was published in 2007 by Berkley Books and in 2008 by Ace Books ....
(2007) (co-edited with Jack Dann) - The Dragon Book (2009) (co-edited with Jack Dann)
"Isaac Asimov's" Series
- Transcendental Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1989, ISBN 978-0898657623)
- Time Travelers from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1989, ISBN 978-0441809356)
- Isaac Asimov's Robots (1991, ISBN 978-0441373765) (co-edited with Sheila WilliamsSheila Williams-Biography:Sheila grew up in a family of five in western Massachusetts. Her mother had a master's degree in microbiology. Ms. Williams’ interest in science fiction came from her father who read Edgar Rice Burroughs books to her as a child. Later Ms...
) - Isaac Asimov's Aliens (1991, ISBN 978-0441016723)
- Isaac Asimov's Mars (1991, ISBN 978-0441373758)
- Isaac Asimov's Earth (1992, ISBN 978-0441373772) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's War (1993, ISBN 978-0441373932)
- Isaac Asimov's SF Lite (1993, ISBN 978-0441373895)
- Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (1994, ASIN B000HWNC5Q)
- Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995, ISBN 978-0441001903) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (1995, ISBN 978-0441002542) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Vampires (1996, ISBN 978-0441003877) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Moons (1997, ISBN 978-0441004539) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Christmas (1997, ISBN 978-0441004911) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Detectives (1998, ISBN 978-0441005451) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998, ISBN 978-0441005277) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999, ISBN 978-0441006984) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (1999, ISBN 978-0441006618) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Valentines (1999, ISBN 978-0441006021) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Halloween (1999, ISBN 978-0441008544) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Utopias (2000, ISBN 978-0441007844) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day (2000, ISBN 978-0441007219) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
- Isaac Asimov's Father's Day (2001, ISBN 978-0441008742) (co-edited with Sheila Williams)
Year's Best Science Fiction Series
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1984...
(1984) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1985...
(1985) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection (1987)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection (1988)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1989...
(1989) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1990...
(1990) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1992...
(1992) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection (1994)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1995...
(1995) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection is a 1996 science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the 13th in the Year's Best Science Fiction series.-Contents:...
(1996) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1997...
(1997) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1999...
(1998) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1999...
(1999) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology which was compiled by Gardner Dozois and published in 2000.-Contents:...
(2000) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2001...
(2001) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2002...
(2002) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection (2003)
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2004...
(2004) - Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science FictionBest of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science FictionBest of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005...
(2005) (Anthology from previous Year's Best Science Fiction editions) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005...
(2005) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2006...
(2006) - Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction NovelsBest of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction NovelsBest of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2007...
(2007) (Anthology from previous Year's Best Science Fiction editions) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2007...
(2007) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008...
(2008) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008. It is the 26th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.-Contents:...
(2009) - The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 6, 2010. It is the 27th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.-Contents:...
(2010)
Dozois also edited volumes six through ten of the Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year series after Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey was the author of many of the Winston Science Fiction juvenile SF series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.-Birth...
edited the first five volumes. That series ended in 1981.
External links
InterviewsOther
- Profile of Gardner Dozois, Philcon 97 Program Book, copy at Michael Swanwick Online
- Gardner Dozois at Asimovs.com
- Gardner Dozois's Recommended Reading List, SFWA Recommended Reading Lists, no date, copy at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
—"devised to direct younger readers to older stuff"