Jeff VanderMeer

Rich Horton. The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009.

July 25, 2010September 21, 2012 Mark Watson 2 Comments Alex Jeffers, Alice Sola Kim, Ann Leckie, Beth Bernobich, Charlie Anders, Christopher Golden, Daryl Gregory, Delia Sherman, Elizabeth Bear, Erik Admundsen, Eugene Mirabelli, Garth Nix, Holly Phillips, Ian McDonald, James Alan Gardner, James Maxey, James. L. Cambias, Jay Lake, Jeff VanderMeer, Jeffrey Ford, Karen Heuler, Kij Johnson, Liz Williams, Margo Lanagan, Mary Robinette Kowel, Meghan McCarron, Naomi Novik, Paul Cornell, Peter S. Beagle, Peter Watts, Richard Bowes, Rivka Galchen, Sarah Monette, Ted Kosmatka, Will McIntosh

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!

Reviews Strahan Year's Best

Jonathan Strahan. The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. Volume 3.

May 2, 2010August 22, 2012 Mark Watson 4 Comments Elizabeth Bear, Garth Nix, Greg Egan, Hannu Rajaniemi, Holly Black, Holly Phillips, Ian McDonald, Jeff VanderMeer, Joan Aiken, John Kessel, Kelly Link, Ken Scholes, Kij Johnson, M Rickert, Margo Lanagan, Maureen McHugh, Meghan McCarron, Michael Swanwick, Paolo Bacigalupi, Paul McAuley, Peter S. Beagle, Rachel Swirsky, Richard Bowes, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Stephen King, Ted Chiang, Ted Kosmatka

A collection of excellent stories.

Hartwell Cramer Reviews Year's Best

Year’s Best SF 14. ed David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Eos Books 2009

September 20, 2009October 9, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments 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

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.

Anthologies Reviews

Extraordinary Engines : the definitive Steampunk Anthology, ed Nick Gevers pub Solaris 2008

April 27, 2009February 18, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Adam Roberts, Ian R. Macleod, James Lovegrove, James Morrow, Jay Lake, Jeff VanderMeer, Jeffrey Ford, Kage Baker, Keith Brooke, Margo Lanagan, Marly Youmans, Robert Reed

An excellent collection, with only a couple of weaker contributions. A couple are more fantasy than steampunk, but there is high quality writing throughout and a couple of stories that linger (Youmans, Lanagan and Lake) for some time.

Reviews Silverberg Haber Year's Best

Science Fiction The Best of 2004, edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan. ibooks, 2005

February 25, 2004September 25, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Carol Emshwiller, Charles Stross, Christopher Rowe, Gene Wolfe, James Patrick Kelly, Jeff VanderMeer, Joe Haldeman, M. John Harrison, Nancy Kress, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Walter Jon Williams

Stories by : Carol Emshwiller, Charles Stross, Christopher Rowe, Gene Wolfe., James Patrick Kelly, Jeff VanderMeer, Joe Haldeman, M. John Harrison, Nancy Kress, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Walter Jon Williams.