The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Six
- Publication
- March 2012
About the Book
Edited by Jonathan Strahan.
An ancient society of cartographer wasps create delicately inscribed maps; a bodyjacking parasite is faced with imminent extinction; an AI makes a desperate gambit to protect its child from a ravenous dragon; a professor of music struggles with the knowledge that murder is not too high a price for fame; living origami carries a mother's last words to her child; a steam girl conquers the realm of imagination; Aliens attack Venus, ignoring an incredulous earth; a child is born on Mars...
The science fiction and fantasy fiction fields continue to evolve, setting new marks with each passing year. For the sixth year in a row, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan has collected stories that captivate, entertain, and showcase the very best the genre has to offer. Critically acclaimed, and with a reputation for including award-winning speculative fiction, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year is the only major "best of" anthology to collect both fantasy and science fiction under one cover.
Contents:
- Neil Gaiman - The Case of Death and Honey
- E. Lily Yu - The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees
- Caitlin R Kiernan - Tidal Forces
- Karen Joy Fowler - Younger Women
- Geoff Ryman - What We Found
- Catherynne M. Valente - White Lines on a Green Field
- An Owomoyela - All That Touches The Air
- Hannu Rajaniemi - The Server and the Dragon
- Paul McAuley- The Choice
- Peter Watts - Malak
- Nalo Hopkinson - Old Habits
- K. J. Parker - A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong
- Kelly Link - Valley of the Girls
- Cory Doctorow - Brave Little Toaster
- Michael Swanwick - The Dala Horse
- M. Rickert - The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece
- Ken Liu - The Paper Menagerie
- Dylan Horrocks - Steam Girl
- Maureen F. McHugh - After the Apocalypse
- Peter S. Beagle - Underbridge
- Jeffrey Ford - Relic
- Stephen Baxter - The Invasion of Venus
- Robert Reed - Woman Leaves Room
- Robert Shearman - Restoration
- Bruce Sterling - The Onset of a Paranormal Romance
- Margo Lanagan - Catastrophic Disruption of the Head
- Libba Bray - The Last Ride of the Glory Girls
- Nnedi Okorafor - The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book)
- Ian McDonald - Digging
- Kij Johnson - The Man Who Bridged the Mist
- Ellen Klages - Goodnight Moon
