Charles N. Brown, Author, Jonathan Strahan, Author, Charles Brown, Editor . Eos $15.95 (528p) ISBN 978-0-06-059426-8
The 18 Locus Award–winning novelettes and short stories selected for this solid anthology by Brown, the longtime editor/publisher of the influential SF/fantasy news magazine, and Strahan, the mag's
reviews editor, show how SF and fantasy...
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Jonathan Strahan, Author . Locus $17.95 (340p) ISBN 978-0-9786210-0-1
Given the existence of two long-running "best of the year" SF anthologies edited by Gardner Dozois and David Hartwell, one might wonder at the need for yet another such volume. Still, veteran Strahan (Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005
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Jonathan Strahan, Author . Night Shade $19.95 (478p) ISBN 978-1-59780-149-2
Strahan's third annual anthology provides a solid sampler of good fiction. Stories by well-known authors Holly Black, Stephen King and the late Joan Aiken, though strong, are outclassed by masterful and innovative genre tales written by...
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Jonathan Strahan, Author . Night Shade $14.95 (289p) ISBN 978-1-59780-162-1
Australian editor Strahan continues his wide-ranging and occasionally controversial anthology series with 15 boundary-pushing stories. Pat Cadigan's “Don't Mention Madagascar” and Nnedi Okorafor's “On the Road”
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Jonathan Strahan, Author . Night Shade Books $19.95 (500p) ISBN 978-1-59780-171-3
Strahan’s introduction calls 2008 “a good but not exceptional year for short fiction,” and in accurate reflection, all 29 stories collected here are good, but few are great. The standouts are memorable in a variety of ways: for...
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Edited by Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $19.99 trade paper (546p) ISBN 978-1-59780-172-0
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...
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Edited by Jonathan Strahan, Viking, $19.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-670-01216-9
In this strong anthology, Strahan (The Starry Rift) collects stories by some of the most talented writers in science fiction. Ranging from the first Mars landing to the far future, they often make use of the most recent scientific data about the Red
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Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Night Shade (www.nightshadebooks.com), $14.99 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-59780-197-3
The latest volume in Strahan's unthemed anthology series has almost no weak links. The highlight is Rachel Swirsky's "Fields of Gold," a diabetic ghost's witty and melancholy tale of his life and death. Other standouts are Andy Duncan's folksy,...
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Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Rebellion/Solaris, $19.99 trade paper (608p) ISBN 978-1-78108-216-4
Strahan remains confident and competent following his series’ move to a new publisher. He makes a point of invoking the venerable tradition of “annual snapshot[s] of the SF field,” name checking editorial luminaries like Judith Merril, David G....
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Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Harper Voyager, $35 (576p) ISBN 978-0-06-287716-1
There is not a single false note among these 29 stories and poems of dragons collected by Strahan (The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year, editor). Strahan’s passion for the mythological creatures is infectious and evident in his selections,
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Edited by Jonathan Strahan, illus. by Alyssa Winans. Harper Voyager, $40 (512p) ISBN 978-0-06-311322-0
World Fantasy Award winner Strahan follows up The Book of Dragons with a darkly enchanting fantasy anthology comprising 29 wonderfully diverse stories and poems. Accompanied by lovely illustrations from Hugo Award finalist Winans, these tales offer...
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