Description
This volume presents a collection of science fiction stories. It includes stories by the bright young talents of science fiction, as well as a host of established masters. The usual thorough summation of the year and recommended reading lists are also included.
xiii • Summation: 2008 • (2009) • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • Turing’s Apples • (2008) • short story by Stephen Baxter
18 • From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled • (2008) • short story by Michael Swanwick (variant of From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled …)
36 • The Gambler • (2008) • novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
57 • Boojum • [Boojum] • (2008) • short story by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
73 • The Six Directions of Space • (2008) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
122 • N-Words • (2008) • short story by Ted Kosmatka
136 • An Eligible Boy • [India 2047] • (2008) • novelette by Ian McDonald
159 • Shining Armour • (2008) • short story by Dominic Green (variant of Shining Armor)
175 • The Hero • [Virga] • (2008) • novelette by Karl Schroeder
196 • Evil Robot Monkey • (2008) • short story by Mary Robinette Kowal
199 • Five Thrillers • (2008) • novelette by Robert Reed
236 • The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black • (2008) • short story by Jay Lake
245 • Incomers • [The Quiet War] • (2008) • short fiction by Paul J. McAuley
263 • Crystal Nights • (2008) • novelette by Greg Egan
284 • The Egg Man • (2008) • novelette by Mary Rosenblum
304 • His Master’s Voice • (2008) • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi
315 • The Political Prisoner • (2008) • novella by Charles Coleman Finlay
369 • Balancing Accounts • (2008) • short story by James L. Cambias
385 • Special Economics • (2008) • novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
409 • Days of Wonder • (2008) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
441 • City of the Dead • [Jackaroo] • (2008) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
464 • The Voyage Out • [Buonarotti Transit] • (2007) • short story by Gwyneth Jones
480 • The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm • (2008) • novelette by Daryl Gregory
498 • G-Men • [The Enemy Within] • (2008) • novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
529 • The Erdmann Nexus • (2008) • novella by Nancy Kress
588 • Old Friends • (2008) • short story by Garth Nix
595 • The Ray-Gun: A Love Story • (2008) • novelette by James Alan Gardner
614 • Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moons’ Blues • (2008) • novelette by Gord Sellar
642 • Butterfly, Falling at Dawn • [Universe of Xuya] • (2008) • novelette by Aliette de Bodard
662 • The Tear • (2008) • novella by Ian McDonald
713 • Honorable Mentions: 2008 • (2009) • essay by Gardner Dozois
