Year's Best SC 11, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.
It's been several years since I've read one of these 'best of' collections. Back then they weighed a bit more and were still edited by Gardner Dozois (LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME)(I'm not teasing. It's true. He is).
This volume contains stories from 2005. It was a very nice change to read something brand new for a change. Very big names, and some of my favorites, too. My favorite was the second story, Deus Ex Homine, by Hanna Rajaniemi.
Trends: posthumans. Yea, once we get enough processingpower/nanobots/whatever, we will beomce as gods. I find this a bit tiresome and I hope it plays out soon.
There were a number of short shorts from Nature, which apparently has been publishing one-page SF shorts in every issue. I had no idea. They were fun and made me think of Petrona. I approve of this intrusion of levity into science's sanctum.
Well worth reading or buying.
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Hey, thanks for the mention. Connections are everywhere, it seems. Yes, we've been publishing a page of SF a week for a few years how, the idea of my colleague Henry Gee, who edits the section. The quality is variable, some are good and some aren't, but I agree it is nice to have fiction in Nature. There are quite a few non-fiction lighter features too, let me know if you want me to mail you a sample copy. Also if you go to www.nature.com/nature, you can access our free daily science news service, with rss feed. Does this sound like an ad? Humble apologies if so.
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