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The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction

Gardner Dozois

First published 2019
Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
ISBN 9781250296191
Pages 704

Notes

Data from Amazon.com as of 2018-12-23. The sub-title "35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction" is misleading - the works included cover 2002 - 2017. The title for the Elizabeth Bear/Sarah Monette short story is "Mongoose" as noted on the story heading page, the contents and the copyright page. However, despite all this, the story included is "Boojum" as shown by the story itself and it's match with other publications of "Boojum". It is not clear which story Gardner Dozois intended to include; both "Boojum" and "Mongoose" had appeared in his "Year's Best Science Fiction" series. Elizabeth Bear did not remember, but felt Dozois probably intended to include "Boojum".

Awards

Year Award Category Status
2020 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction Cover 2019 St. Martin's Griffin Trade Paperback Anthology 686
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction Cover 2019 St. Martin's Griffin eBook Anthology 704
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction Cover 2019 Macmillan Audio digital audio download Anthology