The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection

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The past through tomorrow are boldly imagined and reinvented in the twenty-five stories collected in this showcase anthology. Many of the field's finest practitioners are represented here, along with stories from promising newcomers, including:
William Barton * Rob Chilson * Tony Daniel * Cory Doctorow * Jim Grimsley * Gwyneth Jones * Chris Lawson * Ian McDonald * Robert Reed * William Browning Spencer * Allen Steele * Michael Swanwick * Howard Waldrop * Cherry Wilder * Liz Williams

A useful list of honorable mentions and Dozois's insightful summation of the year in sf round out this anthology, making it indispensable for anyone interested in SF today.

Contents
xi • Summation: 1998 • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • Oceanic • • novella by Greg Egan
37 • Approaching Perimelasma • • novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis
56 • Craphound • • shortstory by Cory Doctorow
72 • Jedella Ghost • • shortstory by Tanith Lee
87 • Taklamakan • [Chattanooga] • • novelette by Bruce Sterling
118 • The Island of the Immortals • • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
126 • Sea Change, with Monsters • • novella by Paul J. McAuley
161 • Divided by Infinity • • novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
181 • US • • shortstory by Howard Waldrop
191 • The Days of Solomon Gursky • • novella by Ian McDonald
234 • The Cuckoo's Boys • • novella by Robert Reed
277 • The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness • • shortstory by William Browning Spencer
289 • The Very Pulse of the Machine • • novelette by Michael Swanwick
304 • Story of Your Life • • novella by Ted Chiang
339 • Voivodoi • • shortstory by Liz Williams
349 • Saddlepoint: Roughneck • [Saddle Point • 4] • • novella by Stephen Baxter
393 • This Side of Independence • • shortstory by Rob Chilson
404 • Unborn Again • • shortstory by Chris Lawson
416 • Grist • • novella by Tony Daniel
462 • La Cenerentola • • shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
476 • Down in the Dark • • novelette by William Barton
510 • Free in Asveroth • • shortstory by Jim Grimsley
524 • The Dancing Floor • • novelette by Cherry Wilder
544 • The Summer Isles • • novella by Ian R. MacLeod
603 • Honorable Mentions: 1998 • essay by Gardner Dozois