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Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Jonathan Strahan
• The Empress of Mars - (2003) - novella by Kage Baker
• The Green Leopard Plague - (2003) - novella by Walter Jon Williams
• In Springdale Town - (2003) - novella by Robert Freeman Wexler
• The Swastika Bomb - (2003) - novella by John Meaney
• Jailwise - (2003) - novella by Lucius Shepard
• Just Like the Ones We Used to Know - (2003) - novella by Connie Willis
• Greetings - (2003) - novella by Terry Bisson
• Awake in the Night - (2003) - novella by John C. Wright
• Off on a Starship - (2003) - novella by William Barton

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Jonathan Strahan
• Men Are Trouble - (2004) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• Mayflower II - (2004) - novella by Stephen Baxter
• Sergeant Chip - (2004) - novella by Bradley Denton
• The Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance - (2004) - novella by Eleanor Arnason
• Under the Flag of Night - (2004) - novella by Ian McDowell
• Shadow Twin - (2004) - novella by Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin and Daniel Abraham
• The Concrete Jungle - (2004) - novella by Charles Stross
• The Gorgon in the Cupboard - (2004) - novella by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Fear Gun - (2004) - novelette by Judith Berman
• Arabian Wine - (2004) - novella by Gregory Feeley

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Jonathan Strahan
• The Little Goddess - (2005) - novella by Ian McDonald
• The Gist Hunter - (2005) - novelette by Matthew Hughes
• Human Readable - (2005) - novella by Cory Doctorow
• Audubon in Atlantis - (2005) - novella by Harry Turtledove
• Magic for Beginners - (2005) - novella by Kelly Link
• Fishin' with Grandma Matchie - (2005) - novella by Steven Erikson
• The Policeman's Daughter - (2005) - novella by Wil McCarthy
• Inside Job - (2005) - novella by Connie Willis
• The Cosmology of the Wider World - (2005) - novella by Jeffrey Ford

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Jonathan Strahan
• Where the Golden Apples Grow - (2006) - novella by Kage Baker
• A Billion Eves - (2006) - novella by Robert Reed
• The Voyage of Night Shining White - (2006) - novella by Chris Roberson
• Julian: A Christmas Story - (2006) - novella by Robert Charles Wilson
• The Lineaments of Gratified Desire - (2006) - novella by Ysabeau S. Wilce
• Lord Weary's Empire - (2006) - novella by Michael Swanwick
• After the Siege - (2007) - novella by Cory Doctorow
• Botch Town - (2006) - novella by Jeffrey Ford

For more than twenty years The Year's Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. In 2005 the original Best of the Best collected the finest short stories from that series and became a benchmark in the SF field. Now, for the first time ever, Hugo Award-winning editor Gardner Dozios sifts through hundreds of stories and dozens of authors who have gone on to become some of the most esteemed practitioners of the form, to bring readers the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels from his legendary series.

Included are such notable short novels as:

• Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg
  In the fiftieth century, people of Earth are able to create entire cities on a whim, including those of mythology and legend. When twentieth-century traveler Charles Philip accidentally lands in this aberrant time period, he is simultaneously obsessed with discovering more about this alluring world and getting back home. But in a world made entirely of man's creation, things are not always as they seem on the surface.
• Forgiveness Day by Ursula K. Le Guin
  Le Guin returns to her Hainish-settled interstellar community, the Ekumen, to tell the tale of two star-crossed lovers who are literally worlds apart in this story of politics, violence, religion, and cultural disparity.
• Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
  On a sea-wold planet covered with idyllic tropical oceans, peace seems pervasive. Beneath the placid water lurks an ominous force that has the potential to destroy all tranquility.

Contributors include: Greg Egan; Joe Haldeman; James Patrick Kelly; Nancy Kress; Ursula K. Le Guin; Ian R. MacLeod; Ian McDonald; Maureen F. McHugh; Frederick Pohl; Alastair Reynolds; Robert Silverberg; Michael Swanwick; Walter Jon Williams.

With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best, Volume 2 stands as the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels ever published in the world.

Table of Contents:

• Robert Silverberg: "Sailing To Byzantium"
• Walter Jon Williams: "Surfacing"
• Joe Haldeman: "The Hemingway Hoax"
• James Patrick Kelly: "Mr. Boy"
• Nancy Kress: "Beggars In Spain"
• Michael Swanwick: "Griffin's Egg"
• Frederick Pohl: "Outnumbering The Dead"
• Ursula K. LeGuin: "Forgiveness Day"
• Maureen F. McHugh: "The Cost To Be Wise"
• Greg Egan: "Oceanic"
• Ian McDonald: "Tendeléo's Story"
• Ian R. MacLeod: "New Light On The Drake Equation"
• Alastair Reynolds: "Turquoise Days"