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Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005
edited by Jonathan Strahan Stories by Michael Swanwick, Vonda N. McIntyre, James Morrow, Pat Cadigan, Alastair Reynolds, Gwyneth Jones, Bruce Sterling, Wil McCarthy, Robert Reed, Howard Waldrop, Paolo Bacigalupi, Susan Palwick, Cory Doctorow, and Ian McDonald Publication Date: September 2006 Trade Paperback ISBN: 0-978-6210-0-X Page Count: 340 Price: $17.95 Publishers Weekly's starred review from its July 24th issue— |
 Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 Jonathan Strahan. Locus (www.locusmag.com), $17.95 paper (340p) ISBN 0-978-6210-0-X Given the existence of two long-running "best of the year" SF anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois and David Hartwell, one might wonder at the need for yet another such volume. Still, veteran Strahan (Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005) shows excellent taste in his 14 selections, starting with Michael Swanwick's charming "Triceratops Summer," in which a glitch at a research facility temporarily transports dinosaurs to the modern world. Other high points include James Morrow's "The Second Coming of Charles Darwin," in which evangelicals send an AI disguised as a tortoise back in time to destroy all evidence of evolution on the Galápagos Islands; Bruce Sterling's "The Blemmye's Stratagem," which concerns an alien living on Earth at the time of the Crusades; Susan Palwick's "The Fate of Mice," in which an intelligent lab mouse must decide where his loyalties lie; and last but not least, Ian McDonald's powerful "The Little Goddess," in which a girl in a far-future Nepal becomes the latest incarnation of a deity. (Sept.) | |
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Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005
edited by Jonathan Strahan Stories by Christopher Barzak, Peter S. Beagle, Rick Bowes, Simon Brown, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Seana Graham, Ellen Klages, Kelly Link, M Rickert, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross, Jeff VanderMeer, and Jane Yolen Publication Date: September 2006 Trade Paperback ISBN: 0-978-6210-1-8 Page Count: 248 Price: $16.95; trade paperback Publishers Weekly's starred review from its August 7th issue— |
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Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005 Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Locus (www.locusmag.com), $16.95 paper (248p) ISBN 978-0-978-62101-8 Strahan’s wonderful “best of” anthology provides a little something for everyone, from traditional fantasy that pays homage to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and M.R. James to slipstream wackiness that defies categorization. Of the 16 stories, the three standouts are Peter Beagle’s gorgeous return to his Last Unicorn world, “Two Hearts”; Jane Yolen’s scary classic Scotland-infused witch fantasy, “A Knot of Toads”; and Richard Bowes’s “There’s a Hole in the City,” a gripping 9/11 ghost story. Other highlights include Neil Gaiman’s funny epicurean adventure, “Sunbird”; Paul Di Filippo’s delightful cyberfantasy, “The Emperor of Gondwanaland”; Theodora Goss’s bittersweet fairy tale about grief recovery, “Pip and the Fairies”; Bruce Sterling’s powerful fable, “The Denial”; and Kelly Link’s hilarious campfire chiller, “Monster.” Four tales overlap with a rival anthology, Fantasy: The Best of the Year (2006 Edition) (Reviews, July 31). (Sept.) | |
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