The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

Jonathan Hamilton #1 - Catherine Drewe

by Rich Horton (Editor), Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake

'The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009' features over a quarter million words of fiction by some of the genre's greatest authors, including Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Ian McDonald, Sarah Monette, Garth Nix, and Patrick Rothfuss.

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Anthologies, Short Stories, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Ebooks

544 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book up a while back, because it had a copy of my story, "The Road to Levinshir" in it. I've only now managed to start reading it.

Normally I don't read many short stories, but I've really enjoyed the vast majority of these. All of them very different. All of them very good.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won't star this, as I did not read all the stories, but I would say that this collection was alright. Mostly good stories, but not a whole lot in the way of super amazing. Take a stab at it if you want to know what an anthology feels like. My only disappointment were the occasional typos in this Kindle edition that I hope were not in the print version. I mean, it's hard enough science fiction and fantasy are marginalized. Don't make it harder with typos, I say.

[Mitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all collections, this one had some great stories, some mediocre and some forgettable. I have to say that this one had a higher percentage of stories that entertained me than most other collections, so I recommend it to those who enjoy sci-fi and fantasy. It was also helpful in suggesting an author whose work I'd like to read more of.

[Elizabeth Pescosolido · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two short stories in and I'm captivated. (What took me so long to find short stories?). Love it.i highly recommend for anyone with a curious mind. You don't have to be a scfi/fantasy fan. But it will probably make you one.

[Tyson · Rating 4 out of 5]

My review here.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. It's alright.

[Brenda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Some good bits. It was really long. This is my worst review ever. Also, it was the 2010 edition.

[Mariochampion · Rating 4 out of 5]

some good, some meh, a couple of great ones

[Deborah Replogle · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is what it says it is.

[Cassandra Bridgeforth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ths was a wonderful compilation of sci fi and fantasy, perhaps one of the most even selection I have seen.

[Chris Fox · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible. Very little science fiction, very little fantasy. Long rambling stories, I found myself flipping ahead to the next one because what I was reading just wasn’t going anywhere. Many stories using invented names and leaving the reader to imagine what they mean. Novella length stories not worth the time to read, and many that didn’t really have clear endings, they merely stopped.

Seems to be a trend in “science fiction” anthologies, further and further from science fiction, just plain stories, and not interesting ones either. One about a political family of Irish descent that just rambled on and on and on.

And I bought the entire series. Note to self: no more anthologies that include fantasy.

[Chels S · Rating 1 out of 5]

Abject. Base. Despicable. Boring. Incomprehensible. Perverse. Evil. Sick. Vile. Turgid. Repulsive. Pretentious.

Many more such words could be applied to this book. All books (and media) these days exists in order to push some evil propaganda, but its incredibly obvious in a short story collection, since the bought-and-paid-for hacks who are featured, don't have the usual 200K worth of uninspired words with which to pad their satanic messages. This book is more than ten years old, so the horrific content of more recent books can be imagined.

Individual reviews at:

https://gospelaesthetic.wordpress.com...

[Mark Isaak · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is for _The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 4th Annual Edition_ (1959), edited by Judith Merrill.

A good selection of stories, most by people I'm unfamiliar with, but some from famous people, most notably Theodore Sturgeon and John Steinbeck. Many of the stories reflect cold war worries that were prevalent in the 1950s, but none really felt out of date. The short non-fiction section at the end are another matter. The "Man in Space" article in particular was almost humorous in how far off it was.

[PyranopterinMo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well I didn't read ALL the stories because some I really hated. Also 800 pages!. Three stars- well I really liked the frst story 26 Monkeys by Kij Johnson -a story that was a bit too weird for people not used to real fantasy. She is an author that I haven't encountered before. Other stories are so so or worse or just almost pointless (making some microscopic point) or just smutty.

[ashes ➷]

charlie jane anders + i've been thinking of reading all the "best of" books for genres of interest since 2000...?

[Katherine]

Did not finish. Gave away because it had been taking up space on my shelf for years.

[Janis]

Actually, read 2014 edition