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Builds your roofs of dead wood. Builds your walls of dead stone. Builds your dreams of dead thoughts.

— Thief: The Dark Project, briefing for The Sword

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 25

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Editor
Gardner Dozois
Contributors
Alastair Reynolds, Alec Nevala-Lee, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Lawsons, Damien Broderick, Dave Hutchinson, David Klecha, David Moles, Elizabeth Bear, Geoff Ryman, Gwyneth Jones, Ian McDonald, Ian R. MacLeod, Jay Lake, Jim Hawkins, John Barnes, Karl Schroeder, Ken MacLeod, Kij Johnson, Lavie Tidhar, Maureen F. McHugh, Michael F. Flynn, Michael Swanwick, Pat Cadigan, Paul Cornell, Paul J. McAuley, Peter M. Ball, Peter S. Beagle, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Tobias S. Buckell, Tom Purdom, and Yoon Ha Lee
Cover artist
Joe Roberts
Language
English
Original language
English
Publisher
Robinson
Categories
Anthology, science fiction, and short stories
Publication year
2012
ISBN
978-1-78033-882-8
Pages
720
Has read?
No
Debut?
No

Table of contents

  • Permissions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Summation: 2011
  • The Choice • Paul McAuley
  • A Soldier of the City • David Moles
  • The Beancounter's Cat • Damien Broderick
  • Dolly • Elizabeth Bear
  • Martian Heart • John Barnes
  • Earth Hour • Ken MacLeod
  • Laika's Ghost • Karl Schroeder
  • The Dala Horse • Michael Swanwick
  • The Way It Works Out and All • Peter S. Beagle
  • The Ice Owl • Carolyn Ives Gilman
  • The Copenhagen Interpretation • Paul Cornell
  • The Invasion of Venus • Stephen Baxter
  • Digging • Ian McDonald
  • Ascension Day • Alastair Reynolds
  • After the Apocalypse • Maureen F. McHugh
  • Silently and Very Fast • Catherynne M. Valente
  • A Long Way Home • Jay Lake
  • The Incredible Exploding Man • Dave Hutchinson
  • What We Found • Geoff Ryman
  • A Response From EST17 • Tom Purdom
  • The Cold Step Beyond • Ian R. MacLeod
  • A Militant Peace • David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell
  • The Ants of Flanders • Robert Reed
  • The Vicar of Mars • Gwyneth Jones
  • The Smell of Orange Groves • Lavie Tidhar
  • The Iron Shirts • Michael F. Flynn
  • Cody • Pat Cadigan
  • For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I'll Not Be Back Again • Michael Swanwick
  • Ghostweight • Yoon Ha Lee
  • Digital Rites • Jim Hawkins
  • The Boneless One • Alec Nevala-Lee
  • Dying Young • Peter M. Ball
  • Canterbury Hollow • Chris Lawson
  • The Vorkuta Event • Ken MacLeod
  • The Man Who Bridged the Mist • Kij Johnson
  • Honorable Mentions: 2011