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!
Holly Phillips. Summer Ice. (Shine).
Aa nice enough story, well written and capturing the languid nature of life and love in a sapping heat, but not SF, and barely speculative.
Jonathan Strahan. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume 3.
A collection of excellent stories.
Holly Phillips. The Small Door. (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 3)
A teenage girl with a terminally ill twin finds something magical. But not magical enough. Classy writing.
Asimovs, March 2009
Nancy Kress. Act One. More of an Analog story than an Asimovs. Genetic modification is
Asimovs, June 2007
Harry Turtledove. News From the Front. Alternate History relating the role played by FD Roosevelt
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.