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Brief Description: Widely regarded as the essential book for every science fiction fan, this anthology collects works by Michael Swanwick, Geoff Ryman, Allen Steele, Nancy Kress, Robert Reed, Michael Cassott, Charles Stross, and many other bright talents. Review Quotes: "This annual anthology quite simply the best, most comprehensive look at today's sf . . . Dozois has chosen stories that define the genre and its trends today--tales that show that show that sf conintues to fruitfully forge across new boundaries."--"Publishers Weekly" "The book that has to be read every year . . . It's silly to pick favorites among so many good stories."--Fred Cleaver, "The Denver Post" "This series has become an institution, and deservedly so."--Clinton Lawrence, "Science Fiction Weekly" "For anyone interested in sf short stories, this is the best--indeed the only--place to start."--"Kirkus Reviews"Biographical Note: 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 time he received the Hugo Award for Best Editor fifteen times. Review Quotes: Praise for THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL COLLECTION: "For a broad and eclectic overview of SF and its varieties, Dozois's huge anthology remains essential." -Gary K. Wolf, "LOCUS Magazine"" ""Gardner Dozois is of course the granddaddy of the annual anthology... His housebrick of a collection is the closest thing the field has to a single 'canon-forming' volume." -"Strange Horizons "magazine" Review Citations:

Booklist 07/01/2007 pg. 45 (EAN 9780312363352, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 05/28/2007 pg. 42 (EAN 9780312363352, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Publishers Weekly 05/28/2007 pg. 42 (EAN 9780312363345, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Booklist 07/01/2007 pg. 45 (EAN 9780312363345, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Dozois, Gardner Gardner Dozois is a highly esteemed author and Hugo Award-winning editor of several SF anthologies and, for twenty years, Asimov's Science Fiction magazine.