Table of Contents: THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL COLLECTION Edited by Gardner Dozois

UPDATE: Free fiction links added, thanks to Sense of Wonder.

Gardner Dozois has posted the impressive table of contents for his upcoming anthology The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection:

First, the book description:
[UPDATED to remove names from the description that are not in the final TOC]

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual compilation of the year’s best science fiction stories

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, [and] Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

Here’s the table of contents…

1. “The Discovered Country” by Ian R. MacLeod
2. “The Book Seller” by Lavie Tidhar
3. “Pathways” by Nancy Kress
4. “A Heap of Broken Images” by Sunny Moraine
5. “Rock of Ages” by Jay Lake
6. “Rosary and Goldenstar” by Geoff Ryman
7. “Gray Wings” by Karl Bunker
8. “The Best We Can” by Carrie Vaughn
9. “Transitional Forms” by Paul McAuley
10. “Precious Mental” by Robert Reed
11. “Martian Blood” by Allen M. Steele
12. “Zero For Conduct” by Greg Egan
13. “The Waiting Stars” by Aliette de Bodard
14. “A Map of Mercury” by Alastair Reynolds
15. “One” by Nancy Kress
16. “Murder on the Aldrin Express” by Martin L. Shoemaker
17. “Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince” by Jake Kerr
18. “The Plague” by Ken Liu
19. “Fleet” by Sandra McDonald
20. “The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin” by Michael Swanwick
21. “Bad Day on Boscobel” by Alexander Jablokov
22. “The Irish Astronaut” by Val Nolan
23. “The Other Gun” by Neal Asher
24. “Only Human” by Lavie Tidhar
25. “Entangled” by Ian R. MacLeod
26. “Earth 1” by Stephen Baxter
27. “Technarion” by Sean McMullen
28. “Finders” by Melissa Scott
29. “The Queen of Night’s Aria” by Ian McDonald
30. “Hard Stars” by Brendan DuBois
31. “The Promise of Space” by James Patrick Kelly
32. “Quicken” by Damien Broderick

Book info as per Amazon US:

• Series: Year’s Best Science Fiction
• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (July 15, 2014)
• ISBN-10: 1250046203 (Paperback: 1250046211)
• ISBN-13: 978-1250046208 (Paperback: 978-1250046215)

Also: There’s a larger version of the cover posted yesterday.