The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection

Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: Best ear ever. Some years have had stories better then the ones that are in this book, but quantity of good stories was better then any other year. If you've read any of Dozois' yearly collections then you need to read this one!

Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: Best ear ever. Some years have had stories better then the ones that are in this book, but quantity of good stories was better then any other year. If you've read any of Dozois' yearly collections then you need to read this one!

Rating:
Summary: The title says it all: the *best*
Review: Most of the best science fiction being written today comes in the form of short stories, and this enormous anthology collects them. It's a must-buy for anybody who wants to read the best new SF of the year

Rating:
Summary: Mostly good.
Review: There were some stories that ,although good, made me ask "Is that really one of the best?". "Escape Route" & "Agamemnon" for example & I wish he'd chosen Landis's "Eciopesis" instead of his "Winter Fire". Regardless there is a great variety in this anthology. Two stories each about spies on moons & alternate Elizabethan times. Far future tales about earth & generation starships. A fair amount on genetics & even an alien invasion story. As for women well the sad truth is only about 30 percent of science fiction stories are written by women. True this still makes this issue (& the previous one) an underrepresentation of them, but it means the thirteenth & several others were accurate. Best not to make too much of such statistical fluctuations. The intro seemed even more internet involved then in recent years. I bring that up because in previous years some of my favorite stories were from the Internet & this year that wasn't quite true. Although I liked "Open Veins" & "Masque of Agamemnon" they weren't as good as previous online stories like "Feigenbaum Number" for example. Oh well probably just another statistical anomaly. The strongest stories have pretty much been covered so I'l wrap up there.