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The best American science fiction and fantasy 2016 /

Presents a collection of the best science fiction and fantasy short stories written during 2015.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fowler, Karen Joy (Editor), Adams, John Joseph, 1976- (Editor), Samatar, Sofia, Link, Kelly, Johnson, Adam, 1967-, Valente, Catherynne M., 1979-, Johnson, Kij, Huang, S. L., Ziemska, Liz, Palmer, Dexter Clarence, 1974-, Swirsky, Rachel, Smith, Julian Mortimer, Rushdie, Salman, Wolven, Nick, 1977-, Headley, Maria Dahvana, 1977-, Bailey, Dale, Kaufman, Will (Fiction writer), Anders, Charlie Jane, Miller, Sam J., Dickinson, Seth, Singh, Vandana, Chiang, Ted
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Series:Best American series.
Subjects:
Science fiction, American.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Short stories, American.
Table of Contents:
  • Meet me in Iram / Sofia Samatar (from Meet me in Iram/Those are pearls)
  • The game of smash and recovery / Kelly Link (from Strange horizons)
  • Interesting facts / Adam Johnson (from Harper's magazine)
  • Planet Lion / Catherynne M. Valente (from Uncanny magazine)
  • The apartment dweller's bestiary / Kij Johnson (from Clarkesworld magazine)
  • By degrees and dilatory time / S. L. Huang (from Strange horizons)
  • The mushroom queen / Liz Ziemska (from Tin house)
  • The daydreamer by proxy / Dexter Palmer (from The bestiary)
  • Tea time / Rachel Swirsky (from Lightspeed magazine)
  • Headshot / Julian Mortimer Smith (from Terraform)
  • The Duniazát / Salman Rushdie (from The New Yorker)
  • No placeholder for you, my love / Nick Wolven (from Asimov's science fiction)
  • The thirteen mercies / Maria Dahvana Headley (from The magazine of fantasy & science fiction)
  • Lightning Jack's last ride / Dale Bailey (from The magazine of fantasy & science fiction)
  • Things you can buy for a penny / Will Kaufman (from Lightspeed magazine)
  • Rat catcher's yellows / Charlie Jane Anders (from Press start to play)
  • The heat of us: notes toward an oral history / Sam J. Miller (from Uncanny magazine)
  • Three bodies at Mitanni / Seth Dickinson (from Analog science fiction and fact)
  • Ambiguity machines: an examination / Vandana Singh (from Tor.com)
  • The great silence / Ted Chiang (from e-flux journal).