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Year’s Best

There are four current Year’s Best anthologists (Dozois, Strahan, Hartwell and Cramer, and Horton). Prior to this there have been several other series, going back to the 1950s. Use the sub-categories under Years Best in the right hand column to browse these.

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Year’s Best SF 16. (ed David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer. Harper Voyager, 2011.)

By Mark Watson ⋅ October 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

As ever, a good anthology full of strong SF from the big name SF magazines and online sources, and three of the most welll-received major anthologies amazon.com : book | kindle amazon.co.uk : book | kindle

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2011. (ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2011)

By Mark Watson ⋅ August 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Rich Horton’s take on the best from 2010. amazon.com | amazon.co.uk

The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 28th Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Press, 2011).

By Mark Watson ⋅ June 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Over 300,000 words of fiction as ever, although the volume is slimmer than usual…

The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 27th Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Press, 2010).

By Mark Watson ⋅ February 23, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Phew! Finished off the stories in Dozois’ take on the best of 2009, just in time to address the soon to be published year’s bests for 2010.

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume 5. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Nightshade Books, 2011)

By Mark Watson ⋅ January 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

First of the year’s Year’s Best anthologies to be delivered, mmm… amazon.com | amazon.co.uk

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2010. (ed Rich Horton). Prime Books 2010.

By Mark Watson ⋅ January 6, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

A handsome book, and Horton has cast his net very far and very wide, he certainly can’t be faulted for being conservative in the range of sources from which he chooses.

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume Four. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2010)

By Mark Watson ⋅ December 31, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

An excellent collection, with that part of the volume covering fantasy stories not leaving me too far adrift

Year’s Best SF 15. (eds Hartwell/Cramer, Eos Books, 2010).

By Mark Watson ⋅ October 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

As ever, a strong collection of stories, albeit fairly ‘safe’ in terms of a relatively narrow range of sources.

Rich Horton. The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009.

By Mark Watson ⋅ July 25, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

A late arrival on my doorstep, and it’s taken much longer to finish the review than I had hoped. Note to self : faster dude, faster!

Jonathan Strahan. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume 3.

By Mark Watson ⋅ May 2, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

A collection of excellent stories.

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