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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780060873417 ISBN: 0060873418 Label: Eos Manufacturer: Eos Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 512 Publication Date: June 01, 2006 Publisher: Eos Release Date: May 30, 2006 Studio: Eos Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Travel farther than you've ever dreamed Man has mused about the nature of our universe since he first gazed up in wonder at the stars. Now some of the most fertile imaginations in speculative fiction offer bold and breathtaking visions of "what's out there" and "what's next" in the eleventh annual celebration of the very best short SF to appear over the past year. Once again, acclaimed editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have compiled an extraordinary collection featuring stunning works from modern masters as well as dazzling gems from brilliant new talents -- tales that carry the reader to the far corners of the galaxy and beyond, into hitherto unexplored regions. Get ready to take glorious flight on a journey to the miraculous. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not Free SF ReaderThe editors certainly seem enamored of the rather short stories found in Nature magazine, and again I think that may hamper a rating, including lots of them, although it certainly adds to a variety. 31 stories here, which is more than the equivalent Dozois volume, although the book is probably only 55% of the length, or something like that. As such, a standard type edition of one of these Hartwell and Cramer volumes, with a 3.79 average. Only three standouts in the 31, McAuley, Reynolds ... Read More Rating: - Nice collection of SF.You'll find very nice SF stories, although some might seem a little too short, they nevertheless reflect recent themes. Rating: - A very good science fiction bookI had a lot of fun reading this book. It has number of great stories that make you think about current political and social makings of the world and US. These stories raise number of questions and possibilities. Overall, a very enjoyable book. Rating: - too many too short storiesIt seems that Hartwell took one too many of the nano short stories from the magazine 'nature' for this book. They are cute and clever,but a one page story from Ted Chiang? Come on, get real. Most of the stories are good to very good, especially 'shelia', 'on the brane','oxygen rising'. It seems some of the stories are begining to suffer from the rudy ruckner school of protoplasmic farm tractors, something that stross and doctorow have been mucking around in for awhile. For ... Read More Rating: - Good Year Great StoriesI have enjoyed "Year's best SF" since the anthology series had started to be edited by Hartwell and Cramer. This year is a very good year for Sci Fi. This year there is a wide variety of stories to both make you laugh and think or both at the same time. The stories run from 40+ page novellas to 2 page shorties. The one thing they all have in common is very good stories. This year was boon for Hard Sci Fi. Once again Gregory Benford has written a gem. "On the Brane" explores an alternate ... Read More 
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