Comments on: REVIEW: The Year’s Best Science Fiction #28 Edited by Gardner Dozois

By: John DeNardo

John DeNardo — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:20:57 +0000

Thanks for the tip!

Yeah, Way back when I had set up an Amazon alert for one of the older books (Volume 2 I think) with a price of $75…just to see how it worked. Years later, I get an email that it was being shipped. That’s the most I ever paid for a book…and it was halfway accidental. That said, I totally own it!

By: Peter Nel

Peter Nel — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:14:24 +0000

I actually forked out big bucks for a copy of Volume 1, but the big read-thru from the beginning of the series hasn’t started yet.

I was surprised, recently, to see that ebooks.com now offer Volumes 1 and 2 as e-books. Alas, as a non-USA reader I’m not allowed to order them, but it may be a good option for you, John, since a paper copy of Volume 1 is quite expensive.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:29:19 +0000

Back in December, I spent part of my vacation using Dozois’ Year Best anthologies to catch up on important stories I’d missed in the 80s and 90s. It was a lot of fun. Some good stuff too. I used to think that Hartwell’s picks were more my style, but Garnder’s picks have grown on me.

And John, I agree with you on “Emperor of Mars”, “Again and Again and Again”, and “My Father’s Singularity.”

By: Paul Weimer

Paul Weimer — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:01:47 +0000

That would a be a ton of stories to work through, but would ultimately be an interesting project.

Until I started reading novels more, I used to read the Dozois anthologies every year.

By: John DeNardo

John DeNardo — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:47:16 +0000

Yep, Both volumes. For those who don’t know, Gardner picked the best stories from each of his yearly anthologies to create an uber-anthology. My thinking was that, if I worked through all the individual volumes, I would have those stories covered. That was before life intruded on my grand plan to read the current year’s edition *and* start reading volumes 1 – 18 which I haven’t read (but own…except for vol 1 and maybe…3?)

By: tam

tam — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:37:15 +0000

Ever read Dozois’s ‘Best of the Best’? (No it’s not about Tae Kwon Do.)

By: John DeNardo

John DeNardo — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:15:20 +0000

Thanks, Jetse. You are correct. That should be “Flying in the Face of God” by Nina Allan in the standout list. Will fix.

By: Jetse

Jetse — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:45:27 +0000

John–

I think you made a typo or something equivalent. You mention Yoon Ha Lee’s “Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” as one of the seven stand-out stories in the beginning of your post, while giving the story only three stars in the review section.

FYI.