Year's Best SF 7

by Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell

Book Overview

Once again, the year's finest flights of speculative imagination are gathered in one extraordinary volume, compiled by acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell. From some of the most renowned visionaries of contemporary SF -- as well as new writers who are already making an indelible mark -- comes an all-new compendium of unparalleled tales of the possible that will enthrall, astonish, terrify, and elate. Stories of strange worlds and mind-boggling...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061061433
• ISBN13: 9780061061431
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Not Free SF Reader

The editorial pair here single out the 'Red Shift' anthology by Al Sarrantonio for mention a number of times, so likely worth a look. Overall, it seems 2001 was a really good year for SF stories, and this volume starts brilliantly, and ends almost as well. This anthology averages a hugely impressive 3.97, and that is good enough for full marks. Four standout stories, and only two are average. Year's Best SF 07 : Computer Virus - Nancy Kress Year's Best SF 07 : Charlie's Angels - Terry Bisson Year's Best SF 07 : The Measure of All Things - Richard Chwedyk Year's Best SF 07 : Russian Vine - Simon Ings Year's Best SF 07 : Under's Game - Michael Swanwick Year's Best SF 07 : A Matter of Mathematics - Brian Aldiss Year's Best SF 07 : Creative Destruction - Edward M. Lerner Year's Best SF 07 : Resurrection - David Morrell Year's Best SF 07 : The Cat's Pajamas - James Morrow Year's Best SF 07 : The Dog Said Bow-Wow - Michael Swanwick Year's Best SF 07 : The Building - Ursula K. Le Guin Year's Best SF 07 : Grey Earth - Stephen Baxter Year's Best SF 07 : The Lagan Fishers - Terry Dowling Year's Best SF 07 : In Xanadu - Thomas M. Disch Year's Best SF 07 : The Go-Betweens - Lisa Goldstein Year's Best SF 07 : Viewpoint - Gene Wolfe Year's Best SF 07 : Anomalies - Gregory Benford Year's Best SF 07 : Glacial - Alastair Reynolds Year's Best SF 07 : Undone - James Patrick Kelly House arrest. 5 out of 5 Killer robot case definitely not supernatural. 4 out of 5 Killer robot case definitely not supernatural. 4.5 out of 5 Illiterate people are easy, if you are aliens with territorial designs on Terra. 4 out of 5 Space Force firing performance needs junk food. 4 out of 5 Short cut. 3 out of 5 Alien nanotech radio plot. 4 out of 5 Father-son freeze. 4 out of 5 Brain in a jar down on the farm political ethics. 4 out of 5 Canine anti-tech adventures. 4 out of 5 Stonewalling. 3 out of 5 Alternate reality Big Whack human lack. 3.5 out of 5 A UN veteran, honored for his work in fighting a dangerous outbreak in the past, now lives with a new, strange botanical that is very valuable, and not very well understood. 4 out of 5 Welcome To the Pleasure Dome, not Frankie, not alive. 3.5 out of 5 Alien canine diplomacy. "But you know, the dogs like us. That's got to count for something." 4.5 out of 5 Cash keepings off, rifled. 4 out of 5 Error observation religion. 4 out of 5 Clavain investigates why it is cold and almost all dead on a base. 4 out of 5 Future escape a problem of many dimensions. 4.5 out of 5

I love this annual collection

I just love this collection. I tend to not read sci-fi because so much of it is poorly written, but this series is wonderful, full of so many great things, and for the most part well-written "The Measure Of All Things" is the real stand out this year but even the slower moving stories end up with something that really stretches the mind. This series of anthologies bring back the wonder of the stories I was introduced to in my youth. My favorite yearly anthology.