The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
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Night Shade Books · Ebook · March 1, 2011
Strahan's fifth anthology contains 29 wide-ranging tales.
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- Who it’s for
- A year’s worth of concise speculative fiction, built for browsing and staying put.
- Genres
- Fantasy Anthologies, Sci-Fi Short Stories, Short Story Anthologies
- Published
- Night Shade Books, March 1, 2011
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Strahan's fifth anthology contains 29 wide-ranging tales. Neil Gaiman's "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains" is a deceptively simple folktale-styled story of the price one may pay for gold. "The Sultan of the Clouds" by Geoffrey Landis untangles a complex knot of childish power.
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Sarah Rees Brennan's "The Spy Who Never Grew Up" gives a beloved childhood icon a sinister update; Diana Peterfreund's "The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn" turns unicorn lore on its head; and Rachel Swirsky's "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window" puts a fantasy spin on the temporal culture shock of immortality. This year the fantasy tales outdo the SF in depth of storytelling and characterization, though all the inclusions are strong, with few ideas left by the wayside.
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A year’s worth of concise speculative fiction, built for browsing and staying put.
Come here for
- short-form genre hopping
- edgy speculative variety
Expect
- multiple stories, not one arc
- science fiction alongside fantasy
Where it sits
| Sci-Fi Short Stories | 83% |
|---|---|
| Short Story Anthologies | 78% |
| Fantasy Anthologies | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Short Story Anthologies
- Fantasy Anthologies
- Paranormal Fantasy
- Authors
- Jonathan Strahan
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- March 1, 2011
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Short Story Anthologies