The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection

Each year science fiction's premiere short fiction editor, Gardner Dozois, collects dozens of excellent stories in a chunky volume that is eagerly anticipated by readers and writers alike. The anthology also includes an invaluable summation about the state of the science fiction publishing field, and a list of honorable mentions (think of them as almost-made-its) for 1997. This anthology is the book for every science fiction fan.Contents * Summation: 1997 • essay by Gardner Dozois * Beauty in the Night (1997) / novelette by Robert Silverberg * Second Skin (1997) / shortstory by Paul J. McAuley * Steamship Soldier on the Information Front (1997) / novelette by Nancy Kress * Reasons to Be Cheerful (1997) / novelette by Greg Egan * Moon Six (1997) / novelette by Stephen Baxter * We Will Drink a Fish Together . . . (1997) / novelette by Bill Johnson * Escape Route [Confederation Universe Stories] (1997) / novella by Peter F. Hamilton * Itsy Bitsy Spider (1997) / shortstory by James Patrick Kelly * A Spy in Europa [Revelation Space] (1997) / shortstory by Alastair Reynolds * The Undiscovered (1997) / novelette by William Sanders * Echoes (1997) / novelette by Alan Brennert * Getting to Know You [North American future] (1997) / novelette by David Marusek * Balinese Dancer (1997) / shortstory by Gwyneth Jones * Marrow [The Great Ship Universe] (1997) / novella by Robert Reed * Heart of Whitenesse (1997) / shortstory by Howard Waldrop * The Wisdom of Old Earth (1997) / shortstory by Michael Swanwick * The Pipes of Pan (1997) / novelette by Brian Stableford * Crossing Chao Meng Fu (1997) / novelette by G. David Nordley * Yeyuka (1997) / shortstory by Greg Egan * Frost Painting (1997) / shortstory by Carolyn Ives Gilman * Lethe (1997) / novelette by Walter Jon Williams * Winter Fire (1997) / shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis * Nevermore (1997) / novelette by Ian R. MacLeod * Open Veins (1997) / shortstory by Simon Ings * After Kerry (1997) / novelette by Ian McDonald * The Masque of Agamemnon [Troy Stories] (1997) / novelette by Sean Williams, Simon Brown * Gulliver at Home (1997) / novelette by John Kessel * A Cold Dry Cradle (1997) / novella by Elisabeth Malartre and Gregory Benford * Honorable Mentions: 1997 • essay by Gardner DozoisAlso published titled as: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection.