Year's Best SF 15
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Year's Best SF 15 is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell
and Kathryn Cramer
that was published in June 2010
. It is the fifteenth in the Year's Best SF
series.
David G. Hartwell
David Geddes Hartwell is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet , Berkley Putnam , Pocket , and Tor Books David Geddes Hartwell (b. July 10, 1941) is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He has worked for Signet (1971–1973), Berkley Putnam...
and Kathryn Cramer
Kathryn Cramer
Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer is an American science fiction author, editor, and literary critic.- Life :Cramer grew up in Seattle, and currently lives in Pleasantville, New York with her husband David G. Hartwell and their two children. She is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer...
that was published in June 2010
June 2010
June 2010 was the sixth month of that year. It began on a Tuesday and ended after 30 days on a Wednesday.- Portal:Current events :This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 2010.- See also :...
. It is the fifteenth in the Year's Best SF
Year's Best SF
Year's Best SF is a science fiction anthology series edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Hartwell started the series in 1996, and has been co-editing it with Cramer since 2002. It is published by HarperCollins under the Eos imprint...
series.
Contents
The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editors.- Vandana SinghVandana SinghVandana Singh is an Indian science fiction writer. She currently works at Framingham State College in Massachusetts.-Short Fiction:* The Woman Who Thought She Was A Planet and other stories includes two previously unpublished stories: "Conservation Laws" and "Infinities" * "The Room on the Roof"...
: "Infinities" (Originally in The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories, 2008) - Robert Charles WilsonRobert Charles WilsonRobert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.Wilson was born in the United States in California, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he...
: "This Peaceable Land; or, The Unbearable Vision of Harriet Beecher Stowe" (Originally in Other Rifts, 2009) - Yoon Ha Lee: "The Unstrung Zither" (Originally in F&SFThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest-size American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House and then by Fantasy House. Both were subsidiaries of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, which took over as publisher in 1958. Spilogale, Inc...
, 2009) - Bruce SterlingBruce SterlingMichael Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.-Writings:...
: "Black Swan" (Originally in InterzoneInterzone (magazine)Interzone is an award-winning British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, Interzone is the eighth longest-running science fiction magazine in history and the longest-running British SF magazine...
, 2009) - Nancy KressNancy KressNancy Kress 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 was later expanded into a novel with the same title...
: "Exegesis" (Originally in Asimov'sAsimov's Science FictionAsimov'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...
, 2009) - Ian Creasey: "Erosion" (Originally in Asimov's, 2009)
- Gwyneth JonesGwyneth Jones (novelist)Gwyneth Jones is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the name Ann Halam.-Biography and writing career:...
: "Collision" (Originally in When It Changed, 2009) - Gene WolfeGene WolfeGene Wolfe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying into the religion. He is a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the...
: "Donovan Sent Us" (Originally published online by Other Earths, 2009) - Marissa K. Lingen: "The Calculus Plague" (Originally in AnalogAnalog Science Fiction and FactAnalog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...
, 2009) - Peter Watts: "The Island" (Originally in The New Space Opera 2, 2009)
- Paul CornellPaul CornellPaul Cornell is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield....
: "One of Our Bastards Is Missing" (Originally in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three, 2009) - Sarah L. Edwards: "Lady of the White-Spired City" (Originally in Interzone, 2009)
- Brian StablefordBrian StablefordBrian Michael Stableford is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels. His earlier books were published as by Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford...
: "The Highway Code" (Originally in We Think, Therefore We Are, 2009) - Peter M. Ball: "On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War-Machines of the Merfolk" (Originally in Strange HorizonsStrange HorizonsStrange Horizons is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry in every issue....
, 2009) - Alastair ReynoldsAlastair ReynoldsAlastair Preston Reynolds is a British science fiction author. He specialises in dark hard science fiction and space opera. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle, where he read physics and astronomy. Afterwards, he earned a PhD from St Andrews, Scotland...
: "The Fixation" (Originally in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three, 2009) - Brenda CooperBrenda CooperBrenda Cooper is an author who resides in Kirkland, Washington, where she is the Chief Information Officer of the city of Kirkland. She has co-written various short stories with Larry Niven and has written four novels.-Solo work:...
: "In Their Garden" (Originally in Asimov's, 2009) - Geoff RymanGeoff RymanGeoffrey Charles Ryman is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and surrealistic or "slipstream" fiction.Ryman currently lectures in Creative Writing for University of Manchester's English Department. His most recent full-length novel, The King's Last Song, is set in Cambodia, both at the time of...
: "Blocked" (Originally in F&SF, 2009) - Michael CassuttMichael CassuttMichael Joseph Cassutt is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author. His notable TV work includes producing or writing, or both, for The Outer Limits, Eerie, Indiana, Beverly Hills, 90210, and The Twilight Zone...
: "The Last Apostle" (Originally in Asimov's, 2009) - Charles Oberndorf: "Another Life" (Originally in F&SF, 2009)
- Mary Robinette KowalMary Robinette KowalMary Robinette Kowal is an American author and puppeteer. She also served as art director for Shimmer Magazine and in 2010 was named art director for Weird Tales...
: "The Consciousness Problem" (Originally in Asimov's, 2009) - Stephen BaxterStephen BaxterStephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :...
: "Tempest 43" (Originally in We Think, Therefore We Are, 2009) - Genevieve Valentine: "Bespoke" (Originally in Strange Horizons, 2009)
- Eric James StoneEric James StoneEric James Stone is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. He won the 2004 Writers of the Future contest, and has published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and Jim Baen's Universe...
: "Attitude Adjustment" (Originally in Analog, 2009) - Chris RobersonChris Roberson (author)Chris Roberson is a science fiction author, tromboner, and publisher based in Austin, Texas, best known for alternate history novels and short stories.-Biography:Chris Roberson grew up near Dallas, Texas, and attended the University of Texas, Austin...
: "Edison's Frankenstein" (Originally in Edison's Frankenstein, 2009)