{"product_id":"the-years-best-science-fiction-twentythird-annual-collection-9780312353346","title":"The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the heart of the new millennium  worlds beyond our imagination have opened up  blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace  genetics  the universe  and beyond  the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow. In The Years Best Science Fiction Twenty-third Annual Collection  our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as:  \"Beyond the Aquila Rift\": Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds takes readers to the edge of the universe  where no voyager has dared to travel before---or so we think.  \"Comber\": Our world is an ever-changing one  and award-winning author Gene Wolfe explores the darker side of our planets fluidity in his own beautiful and inimitable style.  \"Audubon in Atlantis\": In a world not quite like our own  bestselling author Harry Turtledove shows us that there are reasons some species have become extinct.  The twenty-nine stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe  into the very core of our beings  to the realm of the gods  and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents.  Supplementing the stories are the editors insightful summation of the years events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions  making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.  Contents  Summation: 2005  \"The Little Goddess \" Ian McDonald \"The Calorie Man \" Paolo Bacigalupi \"Beyond the Aquila Rift \" Alastair Reynolds \"Second Person  Present Tense \" Daryl Gregory \"The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back from the Stars \" Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold \"Triceratops Summer \" Michael Swanwick \"Camouflage \" Robert Reed \"A Case of Consilience \" Ken MacLeod \"The Blemmyes Strategem \" Bruce Sterling \"Amba \" William Sanders \"Search Engine \" Mary Rosenblum \"Piccadilly Circus \" Chris Beckett \"In the Quake Zone \" David Gerrold \"La Malcontenta \" Liz Williams \"The Children of Time \" Stephen Baxter \"Little Faces \" Vonda N. McIntyre \"Comber \" Gene Wolfe \"Audubon in Atlantis \" Harry Turtledove \"Deus Ex Homine \" Hannu Rajaniemi \"The Great Caruso \" Steven Popkes \"Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck \" Neal Asher \"Zima Blue \" Alastair Reynolds \"Planet of the Amazon Women \" David Moles \"The Clockwork Atom Bomb \" Dominic Green \"Gold Mountain \" Chris Roberson \"The Fulcrum \" Gwyneth Jones \"Mayfly \" Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy \"Two Dreams on Trains \" Elizabeth Bear \"Angel of Light \" Joe Haldeman \"Burn \" James Patrick Kelly  Honorable Mentions: 2005\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648104226869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312353340","price":24.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312353346.jpg?v=1781709535","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-years-best-science-fiction-twentythird-annual-collection-9780312353346","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}