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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 by John Joseph Adams

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020

John Joseph Adams, Diana Gabaldon, Christopher Ryan Grant

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 3, 2020

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Who it’s for
A year’s worth of science fiction and fantasy tests familiar wonders against fresh voices and styles.
Genres
Sci-Fi Short Stories, Fantasy Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies
Published
HarperCollins, November 3, 2020

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Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genres: Sci-Fi Short Stories, Fantasy Anthologies and Short Story Anthologies.

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  3. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018N.K. Jemisin, John Joseph Adams85% match
  4. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025Nnedi Okorafor, John Joseph Adams70% match
  5. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023R. F. Kuang, John Joseph Adams72% match
  6. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams71% match
  7. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016Karen Joy Fowler, John Joseph Adams77% match
  8. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015Joe Hill, John Joseph Adams79% match

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About this book

The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2019, guest-edited by author of the mega-best-selling Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon. Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles.

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There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

Familiar Wonders, Fresh Angles

A year’s worth of science fiction and fantasy tests familiar wonders against fresh voices and styles.

Come here for

  • Spaceships, dragons, future technology, and ancient magic in unexpected company
  • Varied voices and boundary-pushing styles across contemporary science fiction and fantasy

Expect

  • Stories selected by John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon
  • Speculative worlds that explore what it means to be human

Where it sits

Short Story Anthologies77%
Fantasy Anthologies72%
Sci-Fi Short Stories54%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Short Story Anthologies
  • Fantasy Anthologies
  • Sci-Fi Short Stories
  • American Literary Collections
Authors
John Joseph Adams, Diana Gabaldon, Christopher Ryan Grant
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
November 3, 2020
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Short Story Anthologies