2006 - The Year's Best Science Fiction Volume 23 edited by Gardner Dozois

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.

01) Summation: 2005 by Gardner Dozois
02) The Little Goddess by Ian McDonald
03) The Calorie Man by Paolo Bacigalupi
04) Beyond the Aquila Rift by Alastair Reynolds
05) Second Person, Present Tense by Daryl Gregory
06) The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Back From the Stars by Ruth Nestvold & Jay Lake
07) Triceratops Summer by Michael Swanwick
08) Camouflage by Robert Reed
09) A Case of Consilience by Ken MacLeod
10) The Blemmye's Strategem by Bruce Sterling
11) Amba by William Sanders
12) Search Engine by Mary Rosenblum
13) Piccadilly Circus by Chris Beckett
14) In the Quake Zone by David Gerrold
15) La Malcontenta by Liz Williams
16) The Children of Time by Stephen Baxter
17) Little Faces by Vonda N. McIntyre
18) Comber by Gene Wolfe
19) Audubon in Atlantis by Harry Turtledove
20) Deus Ex Homine by Hannu Rajaniemi
21) The Great Caruso by Steven Popkes
22) Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck by Neal Asher
23) Zima Blue by Alastair Reynolds
24) Planet of the Amazon Women by David Moles
25) The Clockwork Atom Bomb by Dominic Green
26) Gold Mountain by Chris Roberson
27) The Fulcrum by Gwyneth Jones
28) Mayfly by Peter Watts & Derryl Murphy
29) Two Dreams on Trains by Elizabeth Bear
30) Angel of Light by Joe Haldeman
31) Burn by James Patrick Kelly
32) Honorable Mentions: 2005 by Gardner Dozois

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