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Title:

The year's best science fiction : sixteenth annual collection / edited by Gardner Dozois.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

lix, 609 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Science fiction.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Dozois, Gardner R.

Contents:

Oceanic / G. Egan -- Approaching perimelasma / G. Landis -- Craphound / C. Doctorow -- Jedella ghost / T. Lee -- Taklamakan / B. Sterling -- The island of the immortals / U. Le Guin -- Sea change, with monsters / P. McAuley -- Divided by infinity / R. Wilson -- Us / H. Waldrop -- The days of Solomon Gursky / I. McDonald -- The cuckoo's boys / R. Reed -- The halfway house at the heart of darkness / W. Spencer -- The very pulse of the machine / M. Swanick -- Story of your life / T. Chiang -- Voivodoi / L. Williams -- Saddlepoint: roughneck / S. Baxter -- This side of independence / R. Chilson -- Unborn again / C. Lawson -- Grist / T. Daniel -- La cenerentola / G. Jones -- Down in the dark / W. Barton -- Free in Asveroth / J. Grimsley -- The dancing floor / C. Wilder -- The summer isles / I. MacLeod.

Summary:

Twenty-five stories with commentary by the editor. The subjects treated include alternate worlds, genetic engineering, new weapons, inter-galactic trade and the consequence of immortality.

ISBN:

9780312209636
0312209630

Locations:

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)