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# Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection Paperback – July 15, 2014

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    A Long Month of Dozois
  

*by J***D on Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014*

This collection contains thirty-two science fiction stories published in 2013 and selected as the best by editor Gardner Dozois.  It begins with the usual well-crafted Summation of the significant events and influences of the past year.  The Honorable Mentions section at the end of the book is also valuable, giving readers a sense of what other significant fiction saw the light of day in 2013.The stories are the main thing, though.  Here are seven that stood out from the rest:Paul McAuley's "Transitional Forms" introduces Ray Roberts, who guards the perimeter of a desert "hot zone" that contains mutated--and mutating--organisms.  It is crucial that these organisms not be allowed to contaminate the surrounding ecosystem.  Roy's job is complicated by organizations who want to obtain a sample and commercialize the mutant forms.  One day Roy meets Janine and they end up having some beer.In Allen Steele's "Martian Blood" a researcher arrives on Mars and arranges to meet some of the natives.  He has some theories he has about Martian culture he wants to discuss with the Martians themselves.  It makes sense to hire a local guide to help approach the proud and violent Martian tribesmen.  Fortunately he finds a guide who grasps the unique nature of his mission.In Aliette de Bodard's "The Waiting Stars" we join a deep space mission to recover a lost warship and, perhaps, its crew.  Mission success is complicated by how embedded one of the warship's crew has become in the culture of her captors.Nancy Kress's "One" is one of those "inner space" stories.  Following his recovery from a serious accident, Zack discovers that he has an unusual mental ability.  As the story unfolds, he strives to understand and control it.  This makes him somewhat difficult to live with.Melissa Scott's "Finders" is about a salvage operation in a remote region of our solar system.  The Carabossa's crew speculates that a recently-located high-tech artifact has been undervalued by those who discovered it.  They take a chance to recover enough advanced technology from it to get them out of debt and allow them to stake out a better future.  The odds are good.  In the beginning, that is.Brendan DuBois's "Hard Stars" follows a squad of American security personnel as they seek a safe haven from swarms of lethal drones.  Their customary tools are unavailable because of the drones' abilities to detect and destroy any kind of electronic activity.  The human element becomes the key to success.James Patrick Kelly's "The Promise of Space" is my favorite story in this year's collection.  It is built from transcripts of an ongoing conversation between a hospital patient and his visitor.  It becomes clear that they have a certain shared history.This is one of those good-but-not-great collections.  I doubt this is due to any lessening of the Dozois editorial talent, so I'll conclude that 2013 must have been a thinner-than-usual year for short SF.  I'm looking forward to the possibility that 2014 will turn out a little better.

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    Many worlds
  

*by W***Y on Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016*

Four-and-a-half stars would be perfect.  Of course, I liked some stories better than others. I read the book (all 693 pages) from front to back.  It kept me interested.  Like all good SF, these stories frequently made me admire the rich imagination of the authors.  I wondered why some stories were included - tiresomely didactic structures with teachers and obstinate students who explain things to each other at great length), while others enchanted me.  If you want a kaleidoscope of images, ideas, and alternative worlds, I can recommend this collection highly.

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    An Ass-Kicking Anthology From a Man Who Knows His Science Fiction
  

*by N***G on Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2014*

This anthology kicks ass.  Gardner Dozois has a keen eye for science fiction, and most of the stories in this collection will transport you in time and space to more exciting landscapes than our little Earth.  A few of the stories struck me as not too imaginative, or not very exciting, but most were excellent.  In addition, Dozois does a report in the beginning of the book on the state of science fiction in America over the last year, which is always an interesting read.  He covers books, short stories and movies and touches on fantasy as well as science fiction.  Now, I am mostly a fantasy fan, but this collection is so good that I read it every year just to get my fill of science fiction.  I figure if I recommend specific stories you won't like them, and you'll take to other stories instead.  Read this anthology, and find the ones you like best, for yourself.  The cover art is also quite good, and I have spent a fair amount of time studying this image over and over again, finding new details to enjoy.  Right now I'm on the last story, and when I'm done I will give the book to a friend of mine to enjoy.  There is a wide variety of stories in this collection, covering a lot of different subjects, and you're sure to find a dozen stories you really like.  There are a whopping 32 stories in this book, enough for a month's reading at one story a day.  Get this book now, and enjoy!

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