TOC: Science Fiction: The Best of the Year (2008 Edition) edited by Rich Horton
Rich Horton has finalized the table of contents for his annual science fiction anthology…
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year: 2008 Edition
- “Dark Integers” by Greg Egan
- “A Plain Tale From Our Hills” by Bruce Sterling
- “An Eye for an Eye” by Charles Coleman Finlay
- “Always” by Karen Joy Fowler
- “An Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away” by John Barnes
- “Virus Changes Skin” by Ekaterina Sedia
- “Wikiworld” by Paul Di Filippo
- “Artifice and Intelligence” by Tim Pratt
- “Jesus Christ, Reanimator” by Ken MacLeod
- “Night Calls” by Robert Reed
- “Everyone Bleeds Through” by Jack Skillingstead
- “Art of War” by Nancy Kress
- “Three Days of Rain” by Holly Phillips
- “Brain Raid” by Alexander Jablokov
- “For Solo Cello, Op. 12″ by Mary Robinette Kowal
- “Perfect Violet” by Will McIntosh
- “Vectoring” by Geoffrey Landis
- “The Skysailor’s Tale” by Michael Swanwick
This looks like a fine list with a nice mix of some very prominent authors (i.e. – ones that I recognize) as well as some less-famous ones.
Of all these stories the only one that I have read (so far) is “For Solo Cello, Op. 12″ by Mary Robinette Kowal. I agree that it is worthy of inclusion in a “Best of” anthology if for no other reason than it makes use of the highly controversial subject of what embryonic stem cells may be able to accomplish. A great story for thinking about things that may be. (You can read my own review of the story on my blog.)
Anyway, looks like a good list – can’t wait to pick it up and start working on each of the stories.
-Rusty