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The Very Best of the Best
- 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny, Will Damron
- Length: 39 hrs and 7 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A 2020 Locus Award Finalist for Best Anthology
"[Vivienne Leheny and Will Damron's] characterizations are poignant and widely varied, their delivery soulful and immersive, and their pacing attuned to each new world. Ideal for fans of short stories and science fiction." (AudioFile magazine)
For the first time in a decade, a compilation of the very best in science fiction, from a world authority on the genre.
For decades, The Year's Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after 35 annual collections comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies. In The Very Best of the Best, legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the finest short stories for this landmark collection, including short fiction from authors such as Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Stephen Baxter, Pat Cadigan, and any many more.
Critic Reviews
2020 Locus Awards Nominee
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- Georgie
- 04-08-2020
Great Collection!
This collection is a long listen with many wonderful and fascinating stories and worlds. Sci fi covers such a wide range of topics that no two stories are similar. I recommend this audio book and especially to those people that may be looking for an intro into the genre without too much commitment. After all, this is not Star Wars or Star Trek.
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- David
- 07-11-2022
Should be titled various fantasy stories
Boy oh boy if there was an audio book that was inappropriately titled this is the one. I got it expecting to get a smorgasbord of SF stories however most of these stories do not fit the definition of SF. For instance one of these stories is about a furry living in a medieval village on some distant planet. That is not science fiction it is pure fantasy. Unfortunately most of the stories are like this and not even Greg Egan can redeem this anthology and to make matters worse the narrators give quite a few characters Yorkshire accents.
This is one title I shall be returning.
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