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
"As Women Fight" Sara Genge 2009
4
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
3
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
3
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
3
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
"By Moonlight" Peter S. Beagle 2009
1
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
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Cinderella Game" Kelly Link 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" Holly Black 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"A Delicate Architecture" Catherynne M. Valente 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Dragon's Teeth" Alex Irvine 2009
2
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
"Echoes of Aurora" Ellen Klages 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Eros, Philia, Agape" Rachel Swirsky 2009
6
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
"Ferryman" Margo Lanagan 2009
1
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
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Going Deep" James Patrick Kelly 2009
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Island" Peter Watts 2009
9
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
"It Takes Two" Nicola Griffith 2009
3
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
"JoBoy" Diana Wynne Jones 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Mongoose" Elizabeth Bear,  Sarah Monette 2009
5
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
"The Motorman's Coat" John Kessel 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Night Cache" Andy Duncan 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"The Pelican Bar" Karen Joy Fowler 2009
2
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Spar" Kij Johnson 2009
5
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
"This Wind Blowing, and This Tide" Damien Broderick 2009
3
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
"Three Twilight Tales" Jo Walton 2009
2
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
"Truth and Bone" Pat Cadigan 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Utriusque Cosmi" Robert Charles Wilson 2009
3
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
"A Wild and Wicked Youth" Ellen Kushner 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
"Zeppelin City" Michael Swanwick,  Eileen Gunn 2009
1
2010The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four edited by Jonathan Strahan
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