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

THE TWENTY-NINE STORIES in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Chris Beckett, David Gerrold, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, james patrick Kelly, Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Vonda N. McIntyre, David Moles, Steven Popkes, Hannu Rajaniemi, Alastair Rynolds, Robert Reed, Christ Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, William Sanders, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy, Liz Williams, and Gene Wolfe. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart. Contents xi • Acknowledgments (The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Third Annual Collection) • essay by Gardner Dozois xiii • Summation: 2005 • essay by Gardner Dozois 1 • The Little Goddess • [India 2047] • (2005) • novella by Ian McDonald 32 • The Calorie Man • [The Windup Universe] • (2005) • novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi 55 • Beyond the Aquila Rift • (2005) • novelette by Alastair Reynolds 81 • Second Person, Present Tense • (2005) • novelette by Daryl Gregory 98 • The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back From the Stars • (2005) • shortstory by Ruth Nestvold and Jay Lake (aka The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Home From the Stars) 115 • Triceratops Summer • (2005) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick 125 • Camouflage • [The Great Ship Universe] • (2005) • novella by Robert Reed 171 • A Case of Consilience • (2005) • shortstory by Ken MacLeod 181 • The Blemmye's Strategem • (2005) • novelette by Bruce Sterling 205 • Amba • (2005) • novelette by William Sanders 229 • Search Engine • (2005) • novelette by Mary Rosenblum 244 • Piccadilly Circus • (2005) • shortstory by Chris Beckett 258 • In the Quake Zone • (2005) • novella by David Gerrold 331 • La Malcontenta • (2005) • shortstory by Liz Williams 338 • The Children of Time • (2005) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter 350 • Little Faces • (2005) • novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre 376 • Comber • (2005) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe 384 • Audubon in Atlantis • [Lost Continent of Atlantis] • (2005) • novella by Harry Turtledove 422 • Deus Ex Homine • (2005) • shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi 433 • The Great Caruso • (2005) • shortstory by Steven Popkes 447 • Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck • [Polity Universe] • (2005) • novelette by Neal Asher 465 • Zima Blue • (2005) • shortstory by Alastair Reynolds 481 • Planet of the Amazon Women • (2005) • novelette by David Moles 503 • The Clockwork Atom Bomb • (2005) • shortstory by Dominic Green 518 • Gold Mountain • [Celestial Empire] • (2005) • shortstory by Chris Roberson 532 • The Fulcrum • (2005) • novelette by Gwyneth Jones 554 • Mayfly • (2005) • shortstory by Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy 565 • Two Dreams on Trains • (2005) • shortstory by Elizabeth Bear 571 • Angel of Light • (2005) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman 578 • Burn • (2005) • novella by James Patrick Kelly 651 • Honorable Mentions: 2005 • essay by Gardner Dozois