The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction

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

Title Author/Editor Year↥ Citations Reviews
"The Potter of Bones" Eleanor Arnason 2002
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Nebula Award - Story Finalist
2003The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth 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
"Rogue Farm" Charles Stross 2003
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2004Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Little Goddess" Ian McDonald 2005
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Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2006Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2006Best Short Novels 2006 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2006The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Dead Men Walking" Paul J. McAuley 2006
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2007Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2007The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth 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
"Good Mountain" Robert Reed 2006
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2007The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth 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
"Tin Marsh" Michael Swanwick 2006
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2007Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2007The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth 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
"Where the Golden Apples Grow" Kage Baker 2006
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2007Best Short Novels 2007 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2007The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth 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
"Finisterra" David Moles 2007
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Sturgeon winner
2008The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Glory" Greg Egan 2007
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2008The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two edited by Jonathan Strahan
2008The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth 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
"The Sledge-Maker's Daughter" Alastair Reynolds 2007
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2008The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth 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
"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
"Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance" John Kessel 2009
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2010The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 edited by Rich Horton
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
"Hair" Adam Roberts 2009
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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
"Mongoose" Elizabeth Bear,  Sarah Monette 2009
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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
"Useless Things" Maureen F. McHugh 2009
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2010The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2019Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Utriusque Cosmi" Robert Charles Wilson 2009
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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
"The Emperor of Mars" Allen Steele 2010
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Hugo Award - Story Winner
2011The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2011The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 edited by Allan Kaster
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain" Yoon Ha Lee 2010
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Sturgeon finalist
2011The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton
2011The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2011The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 edited by Allan Kaster
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2024Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories
"The Invasion of Venus" Stephen Baxter 2010
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2012The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan
2012The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth 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
"The Things" Peter Watts 2010
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Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2011The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 edited by Rich Horton
2011The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five edited by Jonathan Strahan
2011The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2011The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 edited by Allan Kaster
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Martian Heart" John Barnes 2011
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2012The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton
2012The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi" Pat Cadigan 2012
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Hugo Award - Story Winner
2013The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth 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
"The Memcordist" Lavie Tidhar 2012
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2013The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth 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
"Weep for Day" Indrapramit Das 2012
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2013Year's Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell
2013The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth 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
"The Best We Can" Carrie Vaughn 2013
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2014The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2014The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 edited by Allan Kaster
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Discovered Country" Ian R. MacLeod 2013
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2014The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014 edited by Rich Horton
2014The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First 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
"Pathways" Nancy Kress 2013
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2014The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2014The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 6 edited by Allan Kaster
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Hand Is Quicker" Elizabeth Bear 2014
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2015The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 edited by Rich Horton
2015The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second 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
"The Long Haul from The Annals of Transportation, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009" Ken Liu 2014
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2015The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 edited by Rich Horton
2015The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Nine edited by Jonathan Strahan
2015The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second 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
"Someday" James Patrick Kelly 2014
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2015The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 edited by Rich Horton
2015The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Nine edited by Jonathan Strahan
2015The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second 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
"Calved" Sam J. Miller 2015
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2016The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten edited by Jonathan Strahan
2016The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 edited by Neil Clarke
2016The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third 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
2019The New Voices of Science Fiction edited by Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman
"Emergence" Gwyneth Jones 2015
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Sturgeon finalist
2016The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten edited by Jonathan Strahan
2016The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third 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
"Rates of Change" Daniel Abraham,  Ty Franck 2015
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2016The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third 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
"Three Cups of Grief, By Starlight" Aliette de Bodard 2015
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2016The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8 edited by Allan Kaster
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Jonas and the Fox" Rich Larson 2016
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2017The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth 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
"KIT: Some Assembly Required" Carter Scholz,  Kathe Koja 2016
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2017The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth 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
"My English Name" R. S. Benedict 2017
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2018The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve edited by Jonathan Strahan
2018The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2018The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 10 edited by Allan Kaster
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Winter Timeshare" Ray Nayler 2017
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2018The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2018 edited by Rich Horton
2018The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth 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
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