The multiple Locus Award-winning annual compilation of the year’s best science fiction stories

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world.

This venerable collection brings together short stories from award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

Gardner Dozois has been working in the science fiction field for more than thirty years. For twenty years he was the editor of Asimov's Science Fiction, during which he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times.

“This smorgasbord of thought-provoking fiction ensures that any reader will likely find something appealing.” —Publishers Weekly

“Gardner Dozois’s long-running 'best of' series is rightly a favorite...Mr. Dozois picks fiction that deserves to be better known to a wide audience.” —The Wall Street Journal

“For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's The Best Science Fiction of the Year has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall.” —Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus Magazine

“A wondrous trove of great stories and an archive that has immeasurable historical significance.” —Robert Silverberg

“The best that science fiction has to offer; chosen by the most respected editor in the field...a copy belongs of the shelf of every SF reader.” —George R.R. Martin, bestselling author of Game Of Thrones