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I'm still waiting on a response from one author for the SF book. And I hope to announce another book in the next week or so. As ever, there were a number of great stories I couldn't use, either for contractual reasons, or because of length (i.e. Dean McLaughlin's remarkable "Tenbrook of Mars"), ...
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strangehorizons.com — 8 December 2008 FICTION: The Same Old Story , by Naomi Bloch Sarah was trying to come... up with something friendly, but not empty, to say to her husband. Since the conversation in the lab they had kept their dialogue to a few safe, neutral subjects. ... (more) Contents
TOC: Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition
sfsignal.com — Editor Rich Horton has posted the (preliminary but close-to-final) contents of Science Fiction: The Best of the... Year, 2009 Edition : "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear ( Asimov's , March) "Glass" by Daryl Gregory ( MIT Technology Review , ... (more) TOC: Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition
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TOC: Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition
SF Signal — Editor Rich Horton has posted the contents of Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition: "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's, July) "Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake" by Naomi Novik (Fast Ships, Black Sails) "Falling Angel" by Eugene Mirabelli (F&SF;, December) "The Magician's House" by Meghan McCarron (Strange Horizons, July 14-21) "The Difficulties of Evolution" by Karen Heuler (Weird Tales, July/August) "A Water Matter" by Jay ...

TOC: Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition
SF Signal — ... Editor Rich Horton has posted the (preliminary but close-to-final) contents of Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition: ...

December 9, 2008 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — ... One of my favorite reviewers/editors if Rich Horton. He just posted the Table of Contents for his 2009 anthologies and it got me excited. I'm not an expert in science fiction (although seeing names like Ted Kosmatka and Mary Robinette Kowal is full of win!) but his fantasy list looks promising, especially with Christopher Golden's "The Hiss of Escaping Air" and Jeffrey Ford's "Daltharee" (I've been working on my own "best of" list last week and both stories are in there). ...

My Best of the Year contents - Elizabeth Bear, SF Books
Planet-x.com.au — I see that Rich Horton has posted the (almost-final) contents of Science Fiction : The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition, and that Paul Cornell’s brilliant short story, ” … Related Content. Related Stories. 2 · Summary: Ideomancer, 2008 … More: My Best of the Year contents - Elizabeth Bear, SF Books

Way to Go Paul! "Catherine Drewe" in Best of the Year!
Bowing to the Future — ... , I see that Rich Horton has posted the (almost-final) contents of Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition, and that Paul Cornell's brilliant short story, " ...

Best of the Year!
PaulCornell.com — Here's one of the nice surprises I mentioned, which I can now talk about.  I've had a story, 'Catherine Drewe', from the Fast Forward 2 anthology, selected for inclusion in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition , as revealed here by editor Rich Horton: http://ecbatan.livejournal.com/57992.html And as you'll see from that list, I'm in great company.  I'm delighted about this, especially since I'll be angling more towards prose next year.  And you can still read said story here: ...

Rich Horton (Ed) - "Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition" (anthology): Annotated table of contents & review
Variety SF — Rich Horton has posted an early version of ToC for next year's edition of his annual science fiction anthology (selected stories first published during 2008). Also on the same link is his fantasy anthology ToC I don't cover in this post. ...

Another Reading List
Torque Control — ... Following on from Jonathan Strahan’s year’s best, here’s Rich Horton’s: Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Elizabeth Bear, “Shoggoths in Bloom” (Asimov’s, March) Daryl Gregory, “Glass” (MIT Technology Review, November/December) Ted Kosmatka, “The Art of Alchemy” (F&SF, June) Margo Lanagan, “The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross” (Dreaming Again) Robert Reed, “Character Flu” (F&SF, ...

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Rich Horton (Ed) - "Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009 Edition" (anthology): Annotated table of contents & review
variety-sf.blogspot.com 12/10/2008 — Rich Horton has posted an early version of ToC for next year's edition of his annual science fiction anthology (selected stories first published during 2008). Also on the same link is his fantasy anthology ToC I don't cover in this post. I haven't yet ...
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