false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174590263m/421010.jpg 421010 1 David Hartwell's guiding principle for his annual science fiction anthologies is that the stories be clearly science fiction--not fantasy, horror, or postmodern. As always, for the 2001 edition he has chosen stories representing the best of the SF field, along with several short pieces published in <I>Nature</I> magazine as part of a millennium celebration. <p> Don't miss Tananarive Due's "Patient Zero," which assumes Greg Egan's frequent spotlight on medical SF (this year Egan covers philosophy vs. science in his alternate history "Oracle"); Stephen Dedman's detective story about amputation, "The Devotee"; Stephen Baxter's hard SF "Sheena 5," which is about an enhanced squid and her mission; Ursula K. LeGuin's anthropological tale "The Birthday of the World"; or Nancy Kress's succinct, pithy "To Cuddle Amy."<p> 2001 Hugo Award nominees include "Seventy-Two Letters" by Ted Chiang, "Oracle" by Greg Egan, and short story winner "Different Kinds of Darkness" by David Langford. <I>--Bonnie Bouman</I> Contents: # 1 • Reef • (2000) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley # 35 • Reality Check • (2000) • shortstory by David Brin # 39 • The Millennium Express • (2000) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg # 61 • Patient Zero • (2000) • shortstory by Tananarive Due # 81 • The Oort Crowd • (2000) • shortstory by Ken MacLeod # 85 • The Thing About Benny • (2000) • shortstory by M. Shayne Bell # 95 • The Last Supper • (2000) • shortstory by Brian Stableford # 113 • Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN • (2000) • shortfiction by Joan Slonczewski # 117 • Our Mortal Span • (2000) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop # 130 • Different Kinds of Darkness • (2000) • shortstory by David Langford # 143 • New Ice Age, or Just Cold Feet? • (2000) • shortfiction by Norman Spinrad # 147 • The Devotee • (2000) • novelette by Stephen Dedman # 189 • The Marriage of Sky and Sea • (2000) • shortstory by Chris Beckett # 210 • In the Days of the Comet • (2000) • shortstory by John M. Ford # 214 • The Birthday of the World • (2000) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin # 248 • Oracle • (2000) • novella by Greg Egan # 303 • To Cuddle Amy • (2000) • shortstory by Nancy Kress # 308 • Steppenpferd • (2000) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss # 322 • Sheena 5 • (2000) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter # 343 • The Fire Eggs • (2000) • shortstory by Darrell Schweitzer # 358 • The New Horla • (2000) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley # 372 • Madame Bovary, C'est Moi • (2000) • shortfiction by Dan Simmons # 377 • Grandma's Jumpman • (2000) • shortstory by Robert Reed # 398 • Bordeaux Mixture • (2000) • shortfiction by Charles Dexter Ward # 402 • The Dryad's Wedding • (2000) • novelette by Robert Charles Wilson # 427 • Built Upon the Sands of Time • (2000) • shortstory by Michael F. Flynn # 445 • Seventy-Two Letters • (2000) • novella by Ted Chiang 410139 1 6 2001 Year's Best SF 6 total:16|5:6|4:2|3:7|2:0|1:1| 16 60 33 3 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 18:59:17 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:07:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 19:05:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 19:09:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 22 03:39:12 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 03:39:12 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 14:56:03 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:56:03 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 22:26:08 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 22:26:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 11:04:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 11:04:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 12:07:45 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 12:07:45 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 19:18:25 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:18:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 16:05:05 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 16:05:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 24 13:35:47 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 13:35:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 20 13:51:29 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 13:51:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu May 28 19:00:55 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 19:01:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 09 20:57:29 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 20:57:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 10:39:44 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 10:39:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 24 05:55:45 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 05:55:45 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Tue Feb 24 02:38:08 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 02:38:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 07 20:05:52 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 20:05:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 10:24:13 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 10:24:25 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 19:26:05 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 19:26:05 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 23 23:33:12 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 03:01:42 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=421010