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An ancient society of cartographer wasps create delicately inscribed maps; a bodyjacking parasite is faced with imminent extinction; an AI makes a desperate gambit to protect its child from a ravenous dragon; a professor of music struggles with the knowledge that murder is not too high a price for fame; living origami carries a mother's last words to her child; a steam girl conquers the realm of imagination; aliens attack Venus, ignoring an incredulous earth; a child is born on Mars...

The science fiction and fantasy fiction fields continue to evolve, setting new marks with each passing year. For the sixth year in a row, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan has collected stories that captivate, entertain, and showcase the very best the genre has to offer. Critically acclaimed, and with a reputation for including award-winning speculative fiction, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year is the only major "best of" anthology to collect both fantasy and science fiction under one cover.

Jonathan Strahan has edited more than twenty anthologies and collections, including The Locus Awards (with Charles N. Brown), The New Space Opera (with Gardner Dozois), and The Starry Rift. He has won the Ditmar, William J. Atheling Jr., and Peter McNamara awards for his work as an anthologist and reviewer, and was nominated for a Hugo Award for his editorial work. Strahan is currently the reviews editor for Locus.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Jonathan Strahan
• The Case of Death and Honey - (2011) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees - (2011) - shortstory by E. Lily Yu
• Tidal Forces - (2011) - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Younger Women - (2011) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• White Lines on a Green Field - (2011) - novelette by Catherynne M. Valente
• All That Touches the Air - (2011) - shortstory by An Owomoyela
• What We Found - (2011) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
• The Server and the Dragon - (2010) - shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi
• The Choice - (2011) - novella by Paul J. McAuley
• Malak - (2010) - shortstory by Peter Watts
• Old Habits - (2011) - shortstory by Nalo Hopkinson
• A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong - (2011) - novella by K. J. Parker
• Valley of the Girls - (2011) - shortstory by Kelly Link
• The Brave Little Toaster - (2011) - shortstory by Cory Doctorow
• The Dala Horse - (2011) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece - (2011) - shortstory by M. Rickert
• The Paper Menagerie - (2011) - shortstory by Ken Liu
• Steam Girl - (2011) - novelette by Dylan Horrocks
• After the Apocalypse - (2011) - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
• Underbridge - (2011) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• Relic - (2011) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• The Invasion of Venus - (2010) - shortstory by Stephen Baxter
• Woman Leaves Room - (2011) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• Restoration - (2011) - shortfiction by Robert Shearman
• The Onset of a Paranormal Romance - (2011) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Catastrophic Disruption of the Head - (2011) - novelette by Margo Lanagan
• The Last Ride of the Glory Girls - (2011) - novelette by Libba Bray
• The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book) - (2011) - novelette by Nnedi Okorafor
• Digging - (2011) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• The Man Who Bridged the Mist - (2011) - novella by Kij Johnson
• Goodnight Moons - (2011) - shortstory by Ellen Klages

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