New Releases by GARDNER DOZOIS

Dangerous women is an anthology collection of short stories about strong and often violent women.

Here are the short story collaborations of legendary editor and multiple Nebula Award winning author Gardner Dozois with some of the greatest writers of modern science fiction. Each story is followed by an essay by the collaborator discussing Dozois and his influence on science fiction and beyond. Includes collaborative stories and appreciations by: Michael Bishop Pat Cadigan Michael Swanwick Jack Dann Jack C. Haldeman, II Susan Casper At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

For nearly three decades, Gardner Dozois has been presenting his weighty and eclectic annual selection of short science fiction that deserves to be better known to a wider audience. It has consistently been voted Year''s Best Anthology by the readers of Locus magazine, overwhelmingly more often than any other collection. Unfailingly, Dozois''s selection offers the very best stories of the year, showcasing outstanding new talents alongside acknowledged masters of the genre. This year''s collection is no exception, including the work of over 30 writers, including: Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley, Linda Nagata, Indrapreamit Das, Pat Cadigan, Andy Duncan, Brit Mandelo, Carrie Vaughn and many more. It includes, as ever, Dozois''s magisterial summation of 2012 in SF. Praise for previous editions: This annual compilation of the previous year''s best short stories and novellas, together with a comprehensive summation of the state of the genre and an extensive "honourable mentions" list, has become an institution over the past three decades. The Guardian. Quantity as well as quality . . . every piece is a treasure. The Times. For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois''s Mammoth Book of Best New SF has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall. Charles N. Brown, publsiher of Locus Magazine. New authors rub shoulders with old hands, and strong work from relative novices Hannu Rajaniemi and Lavie Tidhar suggest that SF''s future is as bright as ever. Financial Times.

Eighteen exotic tales of the seau0090s most seductive mystery. _The Prevalence of MermaidsÓ by Avram Davidson _Nothing in the RulesÓ by L. Sprague de Camp _She Sells Sea ShellsÓ by Paul Darcy Boles _The Soul CagesÓ by Thomas Crofton Croker _Sweetly the Waves Call to MeÓ by Pat Murphy _DriftglassÓ by Samuel R. Delany _Mrs. Pigafetta Swims WellÓ by Reginald Bretnor _The Nebraskan and the NereidÓ by Gene Wolfe _The Lady and the MeremanÓ by Jane Yolen _The Fishermanu0090s WifeÓ by Jane Yolen _Till Human Voices Wake UsÓ by Lewis Shiner _A Touch of StrangeÓ by Randall Garrett and Avram Davidson _The Crest of Thirty-sixÓ by Davis Grubb _The Shannon MerrowÓ by Cooper McLauglin _Fish StoryÓ by Leslie Charteris _In the IslandsÓ by Pat Murphy At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Twelve Dimension-shattering tales of travel across time... Twelve dimension-shattering tales of time travel, featuring John Varley, Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, Avram Davidson, Damon Knight, Nancy Kress, R.A. Lafferty, Jack McDevitt, Bridget McKenna, Richard McKenna, Charles Sheffield, and James Tiptree, Jr. These stories take readers from everyday reality into the infinite vistas of time and space -- as far as the man can reach. "The Man Who Walked Home" by James Tiptree, Jr. "Air Raid" by John Varley "The Hole on the Corner" by R. A. Lafferty "Trapalanda" by Charles Sheffield "Arachon" by Damon Knight "Hole-in-the-Wall" by Bridget McKenna "Time''s Arrow" by Jack McDevitt "Anniversary Project" by Joe Haldeman "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna "The Price of Oranges" by Nancy Kress "Full Chicken Richness" by Avram Davidson "Another Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic! An anthology of extraordinary stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic features works by Tanith Lee, T.H. White, Jane Yolen, and Gene Wolfe _The Man Who Painted the Dragon GriauleÓ by Lucius Shepard _Draco, DracoÓ by Tanith Lee _The Rule of NamesÓ by Ursula K. Le Guin _The Black HornÓ by Jack Dann _Walk Like a mountainÓ by Manly Wade Wellman _Treaty in TartessosÓ by Karen Anderson _The Woman Who Loved the Centaur PholusÓ by Gene Wolfe _The Sleep of TreesÓ by Jane Yolen _The Hardwood PileÓ by L. Sprague de Camp _The Blind MinotaurÓ by Michael Swanwick _Landscape with SphinxesÓ by Karen Anderson _Simpsonu0090s Lesser SphynxÓ by Esther M. Friesner _Godu0090s Hooks!Ó by Howard Waldrop _A Leg Full of RubiesÓ by Joan Aiken _The Valor of Cappen VarraÓ by Poul Anderson _The TrollÓ by T. H. White _Return of the GriffinsÓ by A. E. Sandeling _The Last of His BreedÓ by Rob Chilson At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

The future isnu0090t through with you yet. Featuring stellar contributions from some of today''s most masterful practitioners of speculative fiction, Beyond Singularity presents fourteen visions of a tomorrow where rapid technological and genetic breakthroughs have rendered humanity obsolete. _Old HundredthÓ by Brian W. Aldiss _Rogue FarmÓ by Charles Stross _NaturalsÓ by Gregory Benford _Osmund ConsidersÓ by Timons Esaias _CoelacanthsÓ by Robert Reed _The Dog Said Bow-WowÓ by Michael Swanwick _Barry Westphall Crashes the SingularityÓ by James Patrick Kelly _Flowers from AliceÓ by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross _TrackerÓ by Mary Rosenblum _Steps Along the WayÓ by Eric Brown _The Millennium PartyÓ by Walter Jon Williams _The Voluntary StateÓ by Christopher Rowe At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Are you ready to rumble? Enter a world of weird sportsmanship in this unique sci-fi anthology of stories by such great visionaries as: Arthur C. Clarke, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Swanwick, Howard Waldrop, Jonathan Lethem, Alastair Reynolds, Ian McDonald, Robert Reed _The Wind from the SunÓ by Arthur C. Clarke _Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to MarsÓ by Kim Stanley Robinson _Man-Mountain GentianÓ by Howard Waldrop _WinningÓ by Ian McDonald _The DeadÓ by Michael Swanwick _Game of the CenturyÓ by Robert Reed _StreakÓ by Andrew Weiner _The Holy Stomper vs. the Alien Barrel of DeathÓ by R. Neube _StroboscopicÓ by Alastair Reynolds _Vanilla DunkÓ by Jonathan Lethem At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

New tales of genetic engineering and its impact on tomorrowã Long before there was Dolly the sheep, there were brilliant science fiction authors speculating on the power and potential, the temptations and the terrors, of cloning. Join them as they explore the ideas, the implications, and the thrilling dramatic possibilities in this collection of nine stories by Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Greg Egan, Damon Knight, Ian R. MacLeod, Kate Wilhelm, Pamela Sargent, and Charles Sheffield. _The ExtraÓ by Greg Egan _The Phantom of KansasÓ by John Varley _Nine LivesÓ by Ursula K. Le Guin _Past MagicÓ by Ian R. MacLeod _Where Late the Sweet Birds SangÓ by Kate Wilhelm _Out of CopyrightÓ by Charles Sheffield _MaryÓ by Damon Knight _Clone SisterÓ by Pamela Sargent _Blood SistersÓ by Joe Haldeman At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Sixteen magical tales about the most wondrous of all creatures. A collection of tales of fantasy featuring the legendary unicorn. "The Spoor of the Unicorn" by Avram Davidson "The Silken-Swift" by Theodore Sturgeon "Eudoric''s Unicorn" by L. Sprague de Camp "The Flight of the Horse" by Larry Niven "On the Downhill Side" by Harlan Ellison "The Night of the Unicorn" by Thomas Burnett Swann "Mythological Beast" by Stephen R. Donaldson "The Final Quarry" by Eric Norden "Elfleda" by Vonda N. McIntyre "The White Donkey" by Ursula K. Le Guin "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny "The Sacrifice" by Gardner Dozois "The Unicorn" by Frank Owen "The Woman the Unicorn Loved" by Gene Wolfe "The Forsaken" by Beverly Evans "The Unicorn" by T. H. White At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Ten mind-blowing tales from the cutting edge of technologyã Imagine a technology that can change the structure and function of your own body...or that can devour an entire country. This is nanotechnology--the creation of self-replicating machines with the capability to build or alter almost any structure, including the human form, by manipulating atoms or molecules--and it has captured the imaginations of science fiction writers and readers everywhere. Now these ten short tales will capture you... "Blood Music" by Greg Bear "Margin of Error" by Nancy Kress "Axiomatic" by Greg Egan "Remember''d Kisses" by Michael F. Flynn "Recording Angel" by Ian McDonald "Sunflowers" by Kathleen Ann Goonan "The Logic Pool" by Stephen Baxter "Any Major Dude" by Paul Di Filippo "We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy" by David Marusek "Willy in the Nano-Lab" by Geoffrey A. Landis At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

More fun-filled feline fantasies! These graceful creatures have long been admired . . . and feared. Their eyes seem full of a knowledge beyond that of man; their steps, stealthy and silent, bring them to unknown places. Now Dann and Dozois present the mysterious world of the cat with stories by Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. _Kreativity for KatsÓ by Fritz Leiber _Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous CatsÓ by Michael Bishop _Bright Burning TigerÓ by Tanith Lee _I Love Little PussyÓ by Isaac Asimov _The Boy Who Spoke CatÓ by Ward Moore _The Jaguar HunterÓ by Lucius Shepard _he Sin of Madame PhloiÓ by Lilian Jackson Braun _The Mountain CageÓ by Pamela Sargent _Mayu0090s LionÓ by Ursula K. Le Guin _The Color of Grass, the Color of BloodÓ by R. V. Barnham _A Word to the WiseÓ by John Collier _Duke Pasqualeu0090s RingÓ by Avram Davidson At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Look closely. Theyu0090re here. In this thought-provoking collection of short stories, some of the most ingenious talents in science fiction explore the secret lives of the aliens who walk among us... "The Other Celia" by Theodore Sturgeon "Residuals" by Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman "Eight O''Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson "Expendable" by Philip K. Dick "The Reality Trip" by Robert Silverberg "Decency" by Robert Reed "The Mindworm" by C. M. Kornbluth "Popeye and Pops Watch the Evening World Report" by Eliot Fintushel "The Autopsy" by Michael Shea "Or All the Seas with Oysters" by Avram Davidson "Angel" by Pat Cadigan _Among the Hairy Earthmen" by R. A. Lafferty "I''m Too Big But I Love To Play" by James Tiptree Jr. "The Hero as Werwolf" by Gene Wolfe "Motherhood, Etc." by L. Timmel Duchamp At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Consider the possibilities when the mind and body are things of the past. These cutting-edge techno-tales by Poul Anderson, Greg Egan, Michael Swanwick, and other masters explore the infinite ways that new technology will free humankind from the boundaries of the flesh. "Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson "Learning to Be Me" by Greg Egan "Pretty Boy Crossover" by Pat Cadigan "Ancient Engines" by Michael Swanwick "Winemaster" by Robert Reed "More Adventures on Other Planets" by Michael Cassutt "Nevermore" by Ian R. MacLeod "Approaching Perimelasma" by Geoffrey A. Landis "The Gravity Mine" by Stephen Baxter "Reef" by Paul J. McAuley At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Crime and Punishment¾21st century style. An anthology of classic and critically acclaimed stories about the felonies and offenses law enforcement authorities will face in a future that''s closer than we realize. High-tech identity theft that carries remarkable consequences... Mutant con men devising an ingenious alien scam... A private detective with headquarters on the moon... A world where being late is punishable by death... A lone cop battling a cyborg Mafia don... Art thieves operating on the blazing surface of Mercury...CRIME HAS AN INCREDIBLE FUTURE. At the dawn of the new millennium, the criminal world has become more high-tech, more complex, and more unpredictable. Now, take one small step forward into the future with these classic and acclaimed stories from a stellar and diverse group of masters who imagine - beyond all imagining - what"s waiting on the dark mean Streets of tomorrow. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Ramon Espejo est un dur à cuire, un homme qu''on ne pousse à bout qu''à ses risques et périls. L''ambassadeur européan en a fait l''amère expérience et l''a payé de sa vie, contraignant Ramon à s''enfuir. Pour échapper à la police, celui-ci s''enfonce au cour d''une région encore inexplorée de la planète São Paulo et fait une découverte qui pourrait avoir des répercussions à l''échelle de la galaxie. Il est alors entraîné bien malgré lui dans une course-poursuite d''un genre très particulier. Un roman d''aventure intelligent et surprenant écrit par une triade d''écrivains dont le talent n''est plus à démontrer, comptabilisant à eux trois un nombre de prix record.

Hundreds of years in the future, Earthmen have moved out into the galaxy of inhabited worlds, only to find that space travelers from Earth are second-class citizens or worse on most of the planets they visit. Joseph Farber, an artist, is part of an Earth colony among the alien Cian on the planet Weinunnach. He is deeply moved by the rituals of the Cian¾and by the captivating Liraun, a humanoid Cian. With love between races forbidden, Faber allows himself to be genetically altered so that he and Liraun may marry and interbreed. But the couple soon discovers that the fundamental differences between their very modes of being may lead to tragedy and, perhaps, ultimate revelation. Dozois is known for his beautiful evocation of setting and emotional intensity within a truly alien and often austere vision of the future. He is a science fiction master of the first order¾a fact fully on display in this outstanding collection. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "Lyric, haunting, heartbreaking¾this is science fiction at its best."¾George R.R. Martin "My generation of writers has produced relatively few authentic masters. . .Gardner Dozois is one of them."¾William Gibson

A monumental collection of fiction and nonfiction by the award-winning writer and editor, Gardner Dozois, including perhaps the only World Science Fiction trip report youu0090ll ever find that is a lyrical and evocative piece bit of journalism in itself! These are Dozois short stories selected and introduced by writers, many of them legends themselves, who are friends and colleagues of Dozois. A sparkling collection of short fiction that contains some of the two-time Nebula winneru0090s best work, including many topflight Dozois collaborations! From the introduction: Imagine youu0090re at a party in Gardneru0090s apartment. Itu0090s not large, but heu0090s invited swarms of people, so itu0090s very crowded. Gardner keeps his awards on a little table not far from the door. People who have never been there before, young editors and the like, will eventually drift over to admire the thicket of Hugos for his work as an editor, and while there notice two Nebulas gleaming in their midst. Inevitably, someone will say, _I didnu0090t know Gardner was a writer.Ó _Oh, yes,Ó one of us Old Hands will reply (we linger near the trophy table for this very purpose), _Gardneru0090s a much better writer than he is an editor!Ó Selection and introduction of Dozois-written stories by: Stephen Baxter, Michael Bishop, Pat Cadigan, Susan Casper, Jack Dann, Andy Duncan, Eliot Fintushel, Joe Haldeman, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, George R.R. Martin, Paul McAuley, Ian McCloud, Mike Resnick, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis, and Jane Yolen. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). _Lyric, haunting, heartbreaking¾this is science fiction at its best.Ó¾George R.R. Martin

A collection of science fiction classics edited and introduced by the winner of fifteen Hugo awards for best editor, Gardner Dozois. From the introduction: Here is life on another world, in another place, another time. Here is what it is like to wear an alien skin. Here are new concepts, new vistas, magic. . . "Why read science fiction?" It''s alive in a world of dead art, dead minds, dead institutions; it''s a bright-eyed, irreverent little animal scurrying through a petrified landscape of old dead trees; it''s unashamedly potent and prolific in a world that grows increasingly weary and sterile; it dares to raise its voice in boisterous joy, sorrow, and anger in a place full of sour silence and dead echoes. Contains these legendary tales: "The Oldest Soldier" by Fritz Leiber, "After the Myths Went Home," by Robert Silverberg, "The Stars Below," by Ursula K. Le Guin, "Straw," by Gene Wolfe, "On the Gem Planet," by Cordwainer Smith, "Beam Us Home" by James Tiptree, Jr.,"The Barbarian," by Joanna Russ, "Among the Hairy Earthmen," by R. A. Lafferty, "Man in the Jar," by Damon Knight, "Old Hundredth," by Brian W. Aldiss, and "The Signaller," by Keith Roberts. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "A fine idea for an anthology _ ''adventures in otherness'' is really what SF is all about, isn''t it? _ and the stories . . . are a very neat mixture of themes and literary methods, and of course a bunch of very fine examples of first-class narrative prose . . .an artful and elegant group, intelligently chosen."¾Robert Silverberg

A collection of original fiction by Hugo and Nebula award winning SF legend Gardner Dozois. The collection contains legendary science fiction tales _A Special Kind of Morning,Ó _Chains of the Sea,Ó the riveting title story, _The Visible Man,Ó and twelve other Dozois-authored stories. With an introduction by Robert Silverberg. From the Silverberg introduction: I invite your attention to the rhythms of the prose, the balancing of clauses, the use of alliteration, metaphor, and irony, the tough, elegant sinews of the vocabulary. It is a paragraph of splendid construction, a specimen of prose that shows honorable descent from Chaucer and Shakespeare, Pope and Dryden, Defoe and Dickens, the prose of a man who knows what he wants to say and who says it eloquently and effectively. Dozois is known in his fiction for his beautiful evocation of setting and emotional intensity within a truly alien and often austere vision of the future. He is a science fiction master of the first order¾a fact fully on display in this outstanding collection. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "Lyric, haunting, heartbreaking¾this is science fiction at its best."¾George R.R. Martin "My generation of writers has produced relatively few authentic masters. . .Gardner Dozois is one of them."¾William Gibson

A collection of award-winning science fiction written by two-time Nebula award winner, Gardner Dozois. Here youu0090ll find Dozois short stories "Morning Child" and _The Peacemaker,Ó both winners of the Nebula for best science fiction short story. Also includes Dozois classics "A Dream at Noonday," "Chains of the Sea," "The Hanging Curve," "The Bride" (with Jack Dann), and "Ancestral Voices" (with Michael Swanwick). From the introduction: The stories in this collection were published between 1970 and 2003, and thus represent a considerable chunk, perhaps a majority share, of not only my career but my life. . .when some critic asks me what was in my mind when I came up with a certain trope in one of those stories, or what some bit of symbolism really means, why I chose some word or image instead of another, or sometimes even just what the specific inspiration for a story was, often I just canu0090t tell him¾Iu0090m not that kid anymore. . .So, perhaps itu0090s an odd way to review your career, by the places where youu0090ve lived. Probably not very satisfactory to the critics. The most disgruntled among them will just have to get that time-machine and go back and ask that bright-eyed young twenty-year-old kid about his work. If you see him, say hi for me. Gardner Dozois is known for his beautiful evocation of setting and emotional intensity within a truly alien and often austere vision of the future. He is a science fiction master of the first order¾a fact fully on display in this outstanding collection. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). _Lyric, haunting, heartbreaking¾this is science fiction at its best.Ó¾George R.R. Martin Science Fiction Hall of Fame Inductee Gardner Dozois is the winner of two Nebula awards for fiction. _My generation of writers has produced relatively few authentic masters of the short form. Gardner Dozois is one of them.Ó¾William Gibson

The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collects 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Featured this time are: AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen Steele THE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes PEACEMAKER, by Gardner Dozois OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS, by Avram Davidson GRANDMA, by Carol Emshwiller THE GIFT BEARER, by Charles L. Fontenay I, ROBOT, by Cory Doctorow ALL RIGHTS, by Pamela Sargent THE EICHMANN VARIATIONS, by George Zebrowski MAY BE SOME TIME, by Brenda W. Clough CYBERPUNK, by Bruce Bethke MILLENNIUM, by Everett B. Cole JOIN OUR GANG? by Sterling E. Lanier GREYLORN, by Keith Laumer JUMPING THE LINE, by Grania Davis HE’S ONLY HUMAN, by Lawrence Watt-Evans THE WASONICA CORRECTION, by James C. Stewart CIRCUS, by Alan E. Nourse THE HATED, by Frederik Pohl CODE THREE, by Rick Raphael COST OF LIVING, by Robert Sheckley THIS IS KLON CALLING, by Walter J. Sheldon THE BIG BOUNCE, by Walter S. Tevis THE RISK PROFESSION, by Donald E. Westlake THE FIRE EGGS, by Darrell Schweitzer And don''t forget to search this ebook store for "Megapack" to see other volumes in the series, from science fiction to ghost stories to mysteries...and many more!

Far and away the best yearbook of this or any other genre, Gardner Dozois''s annual pick of the top science fiction of the year has collected a string of awards, including the Locus Award for the best anthology and the Hugo Award for the best editor.

Now in its fifteenth successful yearl; Once again this annual offering of the best SF includes the work of established masters of the form and of bright new talents, including Stephen Baxter, M. Shayne Bell, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Paul J. McCauley, Severan Park, Brian Stableford, Michael Swanwick, Robert Charles Wilson, and many more. Gardner Dozois has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor a staggering eleven times, just proving that his is simply the most comprehensive and entertaining SF collection around. It embraces every aspect of the genre - soft, hard, cyberpunk, cyber noir, anthropological, military and adventure, and every year thousands of fans eagerly await his latest selection.

This hugely acclaimed collection is now in its 14th successful year, and Gardner Dozois''s selection for 2001 maintains its high standards of excellence with more than 25 SF stories from contemporary talents such as John Kessel, Ursula K Le Guin, Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Brian Stableford, Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Charles Stross, Ian McDonald and many other bright stars of SF, as well as the usual thorough summation of the year and recommended reading lists.

In this the twenty-fourth edition of his celebrated annual Mammoth Book of Best New SF (its 28th as The Year''s Best SF in the United States), award-winning editor Gardner Dozois presents 33 of 2010''s most outstanding pieces of short science fiction, along with his typically informative notes on each author. Many are the work of award-winning writers, but there are also some surprising newcomers. The collection is prefaced, as ever, by Dozois''s Summation of 2010 in SF, a review of the year''s highlights in publishing and film - including non-fiction, media and awards - obituaries and an insightful look at emerging trends.

Nineteen fiery dragon stories from the world’s best fantasy writers Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts at war with humanity or as noble creatures capable of speech and mystically bonded to the warriors who ride them, dragons have been found in nearly every culture''s mythology. In modern times, they can be found far from their medieval settings in locales as mundane as suburbia or as barren as post-apocalyptic landscapes - and in THE DRAGON BOOK, today''s greatest fantasists reignite the fire with legendary tales that will consume readers'' imaginations.With stories by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, Tamora Pierce, Harry Turtledove, Sean Williams and Tad Williams as well as tales by Naomi Novik, Peter Beagle, Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Cecelia Holland, Kage Baker, Samuel Sykes, Diana Wynne Jones, Mary Rosenblum, Tanith Lee, Andy Duncan and Bruce Coville.

Widely regarded as the essential book for every science-fiction fan, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 17 continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories from the previous year. This year''s volume includes not just a host of established masters but also many bright, young talents of science fiction. It embraces every aspect of the genre - soft, hard, cyberpunk, cyber noir, anthropological, military and adventure. Plus the usual thorough summations of the year and a recommended reading list.

Michael Swanwick, Geoff Ryman, Allen Steele, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed, Michael Cassott, Charles Stross are just some of the high-profile names that feature in this volume of what is now regarded as essential reading for every science-fiction fan. This year''s edition includes not just the biggest names in science-fiction writing but also many of its other brightest young talents too, as well as even more stories than ever before. All this, and the usual thorough summations of the year, plus a list of recommended reading, more than upholds an established tradition of value and excellence.

Widely regarded as the benchmark anthology for every science fiction fan, The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 continues to uphold its standard of excellence with over two dozen stories from the previous year. This year''s volume includes many bright young talents of science fiction, as well as a host of established masters. It covers every aspect of the genre - soft, hard, cyberpunk, cyber noir, anthropological, military and adventure. Also included is a thorough summation of the year and a recommended reading list. PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS ''It''s not often you get a book that''s exactly what it says on the spine like this one is. Big, Crammed with the Best. Exactly so. SFX magazine ''Quantity as well as quality... every piece is a treasure'' The Times ''These 30 stories cover a tremendous amount of ground...the stories themselves are the stars.'' 4-star rating! SFX Magazine