The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 7 (ed Neil Clarke), Nightshade Books 2023
This volume was finally delivered by Amazon UK in late November 2023, some months after
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 Edition (ed Rich Horton, Prime Books 2022)
At the time of writing (April 2022) I haven’t seen a print version for Horton’s
The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6 (ed Neil Clarke, Nightshade Books 2022
The sixth volume in what is now the longest-running current Year’s Best SF anthology. Due
The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Vol. 2 (ed Jonathan Strahan, Saga Press 2021)
The second volume in Strahan’s new all-SF anthology, the dead-tree version of which has just
The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels 1956 (ed T.E. Dikty, Fell 1956)
This book landed with me after an air mail flight from the USA on 22nd
The Best Science Fiction Stories 1954 ed Everett F. Bleiler and T.E. Dikty. Frederic Fell Inc, 1954
Published in the UK as ‘The Best Science Fiction Stories: Fifth Series’, with fewer stories
The Best Science Fiction Stories 1953 ed Everett F. Bleiler and T.E. Dikty. Frederic Fell Inc, 1953
Published in the UK in smaller format with fewer stories as ‘The Best Science Fiction
The Best Science Fiction Stories 1952 ed Everett F. Bleiler and T.E. Dikty. Frederic Fell Inc, 1952
Just (Oct 2021) replaced my UK (reduced number of stories) edition The Best Science Fiction
The Best Science Fiction Stories 1951 ed Everett F. Bleiler and T.E. Dikty. Frederic Fell Inc, 1951
I did have the UK edition (restricted number of stories and size), but I have
The Best Science Fiction Stories 1950 ed Everett F. Bleiler and T.E. Dikty. Frederic Fell Inc, 1950.
The dust jacket of my volume is somewhat faded and tattered, but I remember the excitement of buying it about 25 years ago.
The Best Science Fiction Stories : 1949 (ed Everett F. Bleiler and T.E. Dikty, Frederic Fell Inc, 1949)
A book so old, that it is 11 years older than I am, that is how old it is…
The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Vol. 1 (ed Jonathan Strahan, Saga Press 2020)
Strahan racked up #13 volumes of his Best SF&F of the Year anthology, initially published
The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 5 (ed Neil Clarke, Nightshade Books 2020
Last year, following the sad loss of Gardner Dozois, Neil Clarke became the *only* anthologist
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 Edition (ed Rich Horton, Prime Books 2020)
Rich has published the TOC of this volume on his Blogspot site here, which I’ve
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition (ed Rich Horton, Prime Books 2019)
I’m restricting myself to buying the purely SF anthologies, and so this book won’t be
The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 4 (ed Neil Clarke, Nightshade Books 2019)
With 2019 being the first year for four decades without a Gardner Dozois take on
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books, 2019)
In the sad absence of a Dozois’ annual anthology, I’ve been and gone and bought
The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection (ed Gardner Dozois, St Martins/Griffin 2018)
The last of Dozois’ amazing annual anthologies…
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Three. (ed Neil Clarke, Nightshade Books 2018)
An excellent collection of stories.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018. (ed Rich Horton, Prime Books 2018)
Rich Horton’s take on the best in SF&F.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Twelve. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books, 2018)
Strahan’s take on the best in SF&F from 2017.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2017 (Rich Horton, Prime Books 2017)
As usual, a wide range of sources are drawn upon by Horton.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books, 2017)
Strahan casts his net far and wide.
The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 2 (ed Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017)
The second volume in the new SF-only anthology.
The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 1. (ed Neil Clarke, Nightshade Books 2016 )
Another take on the best SF of the year.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 33rd Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2016).
Another year, another instalment in Dozois’ take on the best SF of the year.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 (ed Rich Horton, Prime 2016)
The Horton net is cast far and wide, with something for almost everyone.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Ten. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books, 2016)
As ever, a wide range of sources to choose from, which the normal reader will have struggled to embrace
The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (ed Rich Horton, Prime 2015)
Horton provides a representative sample of the Best SFF from across the various publication sources, print and online.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas 2015. (ed Paul Guran, Prime 2015)
Another chunky volume for the bookshelf of the Year’s Best anthology collector.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 32nd Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015).
Another year, another volume, but this year, also another shelf.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books, 2015)
A collection of stories from a very wide range of sources, with only one from the Big 3 magazines (Asimovs, Analog, F&SF).
The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 31st Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Press, 2014).
The juggernaut that is Dozois’ Years Best hits the #31 mark, with another chunky volume.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books)
Now published by Solaris books, with lots of big names from a wide variety of sources.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2014 (ed Rich Horton, Prime Books)
Almost three dozen stories, gleaned from sources far and wide, to keep you quiet for a long time!
Year’s Best SF #18. (ed David G. Hartwell. Tor, 2013)
A new publisher (Tor), a new size (Trade Paperback), and Hartwell is the solo editor (no Kathryn Cramer).
The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 30th Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Press, 2013).
After two slightly slimmer volumes, #30 returns to a chunkier size – huzzah!
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Seven (ed Jonathan Strahan, Nightshade Books, 2013)
Reviews underway – in the meantime, why not buy yourself a copy from amazon.com | amazon.co.uk – it’s always good value for money.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 29th Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Press, 2012).
A few stories that don’t quite do it for me, but otherwise a great read.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012. (ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2012)
Wow, I’ve read all of Horton’s 2012 volume in 2012, a big improvement over previous years.
Year’s Best SF 17. (ed David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer. Harper Voyager, 2012.)
A good range of sources covered, with three of the four major magazines getting a look in (no Analog), a couple of anthologies, and a range of online sources. Buy a copy for your bookshelf.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Six (ed Jonathan Strahan, Nightshade Books, 2012)
First of the Year’s Best volumes to find its way into my clutches in 2012. amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2011. (ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2011)
Rich Horton’s take on the best from 2010. amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 28th Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Press, 2011).
Over 300,000 words of fiction as ever, although the volume is slimmer than usual…
The Year’s Best Science Fiction. 27th Annual Collection. (ed Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Press, 2010).
Phew! Finished off the stories in Dozois’ take on the best of 2009, just in time to address the soon to be published year’s bests for 2010.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2010. (ed Rich Horton). Prime Books 2010.
A handsome book, and Horton has cast his net very far and very wide, he certainly can’t be faulted for being conservative in the range of sources from which he chooses.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume Four. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2010)
An excellent collection, with that part of the volume covering fantasy stories not leaving me too far adrift
Year’s Best SF 15. (eds Hartwell/Cramer, Eos Books, 2010).
As ever, a strong collection of stories, albeit fairly ‘safe’ in terms of a relatively narrow range of sources.
Rich Horton. The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009.
A late arrival on my doorstep, and it’s taken much longer to finish the review than I had hoped. Note to self : faster dude, faster!
Jonathan Strahan. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume 3.
A collection of excellent stories.
Rich Horton. Science Fiction The Best of the Year 2008 Edition.
As has been the case with others in his take on the year’s best SF there is less I agree with than is the case with the other year’s best volumes.
Year’s Best Science Fiction, 26th Annual Collection. Gardner Dozois. St. Martins Griffin, 2009
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Aliette de Bodard, Charles Coleman Finlay, Daryl Gregory, Dominic Green, Elizabeth Bear, Garth Nix, Geoff Ryman, Gord Sellar, Greg Egan, Gwyneth Jones, Hannu Rajaniemi, Ian McDonald, James Alan Garner, James. L. Cambias, Jay Lake, Karl Schroeder, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Mary Robinette Kowal, Mary Rosenblum, Maureen F. McHugh, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Paolo Bacigalupi, Paul McAuley, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Ted Kosmatka
Year’s Best SF 14. ed David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Eos Books 2009
Stories by : Alastair Reynolds, Ann Halam, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Cory Doctorow, Daryl Gregory, Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette, Jason Sanford, Jeff VanderMeer, Karl Schroeder and Tobias S. Buckell, Kathleen Ann Goonan, M Rickert, Mary Rosenblum, Michael Swanwick, Neil Gaiman, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robert Reed, Rudy Rucker, Sue Burke, Ted Chiang, Ted Kosmatka, Vandana Singh.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Two. ed Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008.
Stories by : Ted Chiang, Peter S. Beagle, Charles Stross, Greg Egan, Daryl Gregory, Jeffrey Ford, Holly Black, Ted Kosmatka, Alex Irvine, Daniel Abraham, Nancy Kress, Bruce Sterling, Theodore Goss, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Ken Macleod, Susan Palwick, Michael Swanwick, M. Rickert, Tony Daniel, Elizabeth Hand, Chris Roberson, Elizabeth Bear, Kelly Link.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume One. ed Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007.
Stories by : Neil Gaiman, Peter S. Beagle, Cory Doctorow, Ellen Klages, Christopher Rowe, Margo Langanan, Walter Jon Williams, Jeffrey Ford, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Frances Hardinge, Tim Powers, Paolo Bacigalupi, Geoff Ryman, Jay Lake, Robert Charles Wilson, M. Rickert, Robert Reed, Kelly Link, Elizabeth Hand, Connie Willis, Paul Di Filippo, Gene Wolfe, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Ian McDonald
Best Science Fiction for 1973. ed Forrest J. Ackerman. Ace, 1973.
Stories by : Norman Spinrad, Robert Silverberg, Philip Jose Farmer, Frederik Pohl, Milton A. Rothman, Thomas N. Scortia, Robert Block, A.E. van Vogt
Best Science Fiction for 1972. Frederik Pohl, Ace Books, 1972.
Continuing the Wollheim/Carr series. Stories by : Larry Niven, Ryu Mitsuse, James Tiptree Jr., Grahame Leman, Doris Piserchia, Harlan Ellison, H.H. Hollis, John Brunner, Frederik Pohl
Best SF 12. Judith Merril. Simon & Schuster 1967
Stories by : Tuli Kupferberg, Harvey Jacobs, Kit Reed, Tommaso Landolfi, Donald Barthelme, J.G. Ballard, Gilbert Thomas, Tuli Kupferberg, John Updike, Hilary Bailey, Bob Shaw, Peter Tate, R.A. Lafferty, Sonya Dorman, Thomas M. Disch, Brian W. Aldiss, Hortense Calisher, Charles L. Harness, R.A. Lafferty, William Burroughs, Fritz Leiber, Dick Allen, J.G. Ballard, Henri Michaux, Katherine MacLean, Carol Emshwiller, Gunter Grass, Samuel R. Delany, Tuli Kupferberg. (Contents only).
The 11th Annual Year’s Best SF
Not in my collection (yet!).
The Tenth Annual of the Year’s Best SF. Judith Merril. Simon & Schuster 1965
Stories by : Kit Reed, Richard Wilson, Arthur C. Clarke, Mack Reynolds, Stephen Becker, John D. MacDonald, James D. Houston, Russell Baker, Rick Raphael, Josef Nesvadba, Thomas M. Disch, Romain Gary, Fritz Leiber, Frank Roberts, James T. Farrell, Hap Cawood, Bruce Simmonds, Larry Eisenberg, Jack Sharkey, Roger Zelazny, J.G. Ballard, Arthur Porges, Donald Hall, Normal Kagan, Morgan Kent, Jose Maria Gironella, M.E. White, Robert Wallace, David R. Bunch, Philip H. Smith and Alan E. Nourse, John Brunner, Robert Rohrer, Isaac Bashevis Singer. (Contents only).
The Ninth Annual of the Year’s Best SF. Judith Merril. Simon & Schuster 1964
Stories by : William Tenn, Fred Saberhagen, Peter Redgrove, R. Bretnor, John Gallagher, Alfred Bester, Allan Danzig, Bruce McAllister, Lloyd Biggle Jr. Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, Julius Feiffer, Bernard Malamud, J.F. Bone, Walt & Leigh Richmond, Fredric Brown, Frank A. Javor, Ray Nelson, Ben Bova, Andre Maurois, W.J.J. Gordon, Hal Clement, Mort Gerberg, Cliff Owsley, E.C. Tubb, Gerald Kersh, Cordwainer Smith. (Contents only).
The Eighth Annual of the Year’s Best SF. Judith Merril. Simon & Schuster 1963
Stories by : Gerald Kersh, R.A. Lafferty, Harry Harrison, Jack Finney, R.C. Fitzpatrick, John Brunner, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Vance Aandahl, James White, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, William F. Nolan, Arnold M. Auerbach, Russell Baker, J.G. Ballard, William Sambrot, George Whitley, Brian Cleve, Fredric Brown, Mark Clifton, Mack Reynolds, Frederik Pohl, Bertrand Russell, Edward Wellen, Zenna Henderson, Karen Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson. (Contents only)
The Seventh Annual of the Year’s Best SF. Judith Merril. Simon & Schuster 1962
Stories by : Conrad Aiken, Kaatje Hurlbut, George P. Elliott, Robert Beverly Hale, David Rome, Julian F. Grow, R. Bretnor, Muriel Spark, George Bamber, Robert F. Young, Fredric Brown, Jule Feiffer, John Dos Passos, Ward Moore, Leo Szillard, J.F. Bone, Mack Reynolds, Lawrence Durrell, Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth. (Contents only.)
The Sixth Annual of the Year’s Best SF. Judith Merril. Simon & Schuster 1961
Stories by : Holley Cantine, Bernard Wolfe, Ward Moore, R.C. Phelan, Felicia Lamport, Michael Ffolkes, Arthur C. Clarke, Leonard Lockhard, Shel Silverstein, John Brunner, Roger Price, Henry Slesar, Lester del Rey, Howard Fast, Christopher Anvil, Elizabeth Emmett, Isaac Asimov, Marshall King, William Sambrot, Frederic Brown, R. Bretnor, Rosel George Brown, Walt Kelly, Zenna Henderson, Joseph Whitehill, Ray Bradbury, Hilbert Schenck Jr., Dean McLaughlin, Kingsley Amis, Richard McKenna, Brian W. Aldiss. (Contents only).
The Fifth Annual of the Year’s Best SF. Judith Merril. Simon & Schuster 1960
Stories by : Damon Knight, Jack Finney, Avram Davidson, Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury, Gordon R. Dickson, Jack Sharkey, Daniel Keyes, John W. Campbell Jr., Ralph Davidson, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Roger Price, Carol Emshwiller, Randall Garret, Darrel T. Langart, J.G. Ballard, Will Worthington, Theodore Sturgeon, Lawrence Block, Mark Clifton, Hilbert Schenk Jr. (Contents only).
The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy 3rd Annual Volume ed Judith Merril 1958
Clearly a momentous time for the SF community, as the cover proudly proclaims ‘Special Section
Years Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy 4th Annual Volume. ed Judith Merril. Dell, 1959
Stories by Carol Emshwiller, J.F. BOne, Richard Gehman, Robert Sheckley, Rog Phillips, Gerald Kersh, Theodore L. Thomas, R. M. McKenna, Fritz Leiber, Avram Davidson, Brian W. Aldiss, E. C. Tubb, Arthur Zirul, Theodore Sturgeon, John Steinbeck, Avram Davidson
Best Science Fiction of the Year 11. Terry Carr, Timescape 1982
Poul Anderson. The Saturn Game. Mildred Downey Broxon. Walk the Ice. Ted Reynolds. Trial Sample.
The Year’s Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Second Annual Volume ed Judith Merril 1957
Stories by John Bernard Daley, C.M. Kornbluth, Theodore L Thomas, E L Malpas, R Bretnor, Algis Budrys, Damon Knight, Isaac Asimov, Randall Garrett, Ray Russell, Robert Nathan, Roger Thorne, Robert Abernathy, Mack Reynolds, J G Ballard, Theodore Sturgeon, Garson Kanin
World’s Best Science Fiction : 1971. Donald Wollheim/Terry Carr (eds), 1971
Stories by : Arthur Sellings, Bob Shaw, Clifford D Simak, Gerald Jonas, Gordon Eklund, Gregory Benford, H B Hickey, Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Michael G. Coney, Neal Barrett Jr, R.A. Lafferty, Robert Silverberg, Ron Goulart, Theodore Sturgeon. (Contents only.)
World’s Best Science Fiction : 1970. Donald Wollheim/Terry Carr (eds), 1970
Stories by : Richard Wilson, Robert Silverberg, Larry Niven, Alexei Panshin, Suzette Haden Elgin, James Tiptree Jr., Keith Roberts, Michael G Coney, Harlan Ellison, Bruce McAllister, Fritz Leiber, Ursula K Le Guin, Norman Spinrad. (Content listing only)
Best SF: 1975. edited by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss. 1976
Stories by : Algis Budrys, Lisa Tuttle, Thomas M Disch, Barry N Malzberg, Peter Redgrove, Richard Cowper, Stephen Robinett, M John Harrison, John Updike, Joe Haldeman, Louis Phillips, Michael Moorcock (Contents only).
Best SF: 1974. edited by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss. 1975
Stories by : Alfred Bester, Angela Carter, Craig Strete, Doris Piserchie, Ian Watson, James Tiptree Jr., Kate Wilhelm, Kit Reed, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert R. Olsen, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Thomas Baum.
Best SF: 1973. edited by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss. 1974
Stories by : Brian W. Aldiss, Gene Wolfe, Joe W. Haldemn, Josef Nesvadba, Kingsley Amis, Max Beerbohm, R.A. Lafferty, Robert Scheckley, Robert Silverberg, Thomas M. Disch, Tor Age Bringsvaerd, William Harrison.
Best SF: 1972. edited by Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss. 1973
Stories by : Ken W. Purdy, Brian W. Aldiss, James E. Gunn, Jonathan Ela, Keith Roberts, Robert F. Young, Andre Carneiro, Alex Hamilton, Howard L. Myers, Victor Sabah, Christopher Priest, Joe W Haldeman.