The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection

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

Title Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews↥
"Balancing Accounts" James L. Cambias 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
"Boojum" Elizabeth Bear,  Sarah Monette 2008
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2009Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Butterfly, Falling at Dawn" Aliette de Bodard 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"City of the Dead" Paul J. McAuley 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
"Crystal Nights" Greg Egan 2008
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2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Days of Wonder" Geoff Ryman 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Egg Man" Mary Rosenblum 2008
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2009Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"An Eligible Boy" Ian McDonald 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Erdmann Nexus" Nancy Kress 2008
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Hugo Award - Story Winner
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Evil Robot Monkey" Mary Robinette Kowal 2008
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
"Five Thrillers" Robert Reed 2008
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2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
"From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled" Michael Swanwick 2008
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Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"G-Men" Kristine Kathryn Rusch 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Gambler" Paolo Bacigalupi 2008
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Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
"The Hero" Karl Schroeder 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"His Master's Voice" Hannu Rajaniemi 2008
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Sturgeon finalist
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
"The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm" Daryl Gregory 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth 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
"Incomers" Paul J. McAuley 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Lester Young and the Jupiter's Moons' Blues" Gord Sellar 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"N-Words" Ted Kosmatka 2008
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2009Year's Best SF 14 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Old Friends" Garth Nix 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Political Prisoner" Charles Coleman Finlay 2008
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Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" James Alan Gardner 2008
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Sturgeon winner
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"Shining Armour" Dominic Green 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Six Directions of Space" Alastair Reynolds 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Sky that Wraps the World Round, past the Blue and into the Black" Jay Lake 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Special Economics" Maureen F. McHugh 2008
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Sturgeon finalist
2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Tear" Ian McDonald 2008
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Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2009 edited by Rich Horton
"Turing's Apples" Stephen Baxter 2008
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2009The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three edited by Jonathan Strahan
2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2009The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 1 edited by Allan Kaster
"The Voyage Out" Gwyneth Jones 2008
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2009The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
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