The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four

Titles in bold are on the Classics of Science Fiction Short Stories v2 list.

Title Author/Editor Year Citations↧ Reviews
"The Island" Peter Watts 2009
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2010Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
"Eros, Philia, Agape" Rachel Swirsky 2009
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
2024Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Novellas
"Mongoose" Elizabeth BearSarah Monette 2009
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Spar" Kij Johnson 2009
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"As Women Fight" Sara Genge 2009
Sturgeon finalist
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster
"Before My Last Breath" Robert Reed 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster
"Black Swan" Bruce Sterling 2009
2010Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Blocked" Geoff Ryman 2009
2010Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"It Takes Two" Nicola Griffith 2009
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"This Wind Blowing, and This Tide" Damien Broderick 2009
Sturgeon finalist
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Utriusque Cosmi" Robert Charles Wilson 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Dragon's Teeth" Alex Irvine 2009
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Going Deep" James Patrick Kelly 2009
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Pelican Bar" Karen Joy Fowler 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Three Twilight Tales" Jo Walton 2009
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"By Moonlight" Peter S. Beagle 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles" Kij Johnson 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Cinderella Game" Kelly Link 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" Holly Black 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"A Delicate Architecture" Catherynne M. Valente 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Echoes of Aurora" Ellen Klages 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Ferryman" Margo Lanagan 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Formidable Caress: A Tale of Old Earth" Stephen Baxter 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"JoBoy" Diana Wynne Jones 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Motorman's Coat" John Kessel 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Night Cache" Andy Duncan 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Truth and Bone" Pat Cadigan 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"A Wild and Wicked Youth" Ellen Kushner 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Zeppelin City" Michael SwanwickEileen Gunn 2009
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
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