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The best science fiction of the year. Volume 5 / edited by Neil Clarke.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Night Shade Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: xxiii, 599 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781949102222
  • 194910222X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The painter of trees / Suzanne Palmer --Emergency skin /N.K. Jemisin --In the stillness between the stars /Mercurio D. Rivera --Sympathizer /Karin Lowachee --Knit three, save four / Marie Vibbert --Moonlight /Cixin Liu --By the warmth of their calculus /Tobias S. Buckell --Deriving life /Elizabeth Bear --The little shepherdess /Gweneth Jones --Such thoughts are unproductive /Rebecca Campbell --The river of blood and wine /Kali Wallace --One thousand beetles in a jumpsuit /Dominica Phetteplace -- Permafrost /Alastair Reynolds --The work of wolves /Tegan Moore --Song xiuyun /A Que --Mother ocean /Vandana Singh --Cratered /Karen Osborne --The justified /Ann Leckie --Old media /Annalee Newitz --At the fall /Alec Nevala-Lee -The ocean between the leaves /Ray Nayler --Rescue party /Aliette de Bodard --Close enough for jazz /John Chu --On the shores of Ligiea /Carolyn Ives Gilman --The empty gun /Yoon H Lee --Kali_Na /Indrapramit -- Painless /Rich Larson --Give the family my love /A.T. Greenblatt.
Summary: "The latest volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, a yearly anthology compiled by Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers. The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence." --Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy CLARKE, NEIL Available 33111010419550
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From Hugo Award-Winning Editor Neil Clarke, the Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Collected in a Single Paperback Volume

Keeping up-to-date with the most buzzworthy and cutting-edge science fiction requires sifting through countless magazines, e-zines, websites, blogs, original anthologies, single-author collections, and more--a task that can be accomplished by only the most determined and voracious readers. For everyone else, Night Shade Books is proud to present the latest volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year , a yearly anthology compiled by Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers.

The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence. Clarke, publisher and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed and award-winning magazine Clarkesworld , has selected the short science fiction (and only science fiction) best representing the previous year's writing, showcasing the talent, variety, and awesome "sensawunda" that the genre has to offer.

"The latest volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, a yearly anthology compiled by Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers. The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence." --Provided by publisher.

The painter of trees / Suzanne Palmer --Emergency skin /N.K. Jemisin --In the stillness between the stars /Mercurio D. Rivera --Sympathizer /Karin Lowachee --Knit three, save four / Marie Vibbert --Moonlight /Cixin Liu --By the warmth of their calculus /Tobias S. Buckell --Deriving life /Elizabeth Bear --The little shepherdess /Gweneth Jones --Such thoughts are unproductive /Rebecca Campbell --The river of blood and wine /Kali Wallace --One thousand beetles in a jumpsuit /Dominica Phetteplace -- Permafrost /Alastair Reynolds --The work of wolves /Tegan Moore --Song xiuyun /A Que --Mother ocean /Vandana Singh --Cratered /Karen Osborne --The justified /Ann Leckie --Old media /Annalee Newitz --At the fall /Alec Nevala-Lee -The ocean between the leaves /Ray Nayler --Rescue party /Aliette de Bodard --Close enough for jazz /John Chu --On the shores of Ligiea /Carolyn Ives Gilman --The empty gun /Yoon H Lee --Kali_Na /Indrapramit -- Painless /Rich Larson --Give the family my love /A.T. Greenblatt.

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