{"product_id":"9781429903820","title":"The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-first century has so far proven to be exciting and wondrous and filled with challenges we had never dreamed. New possibilities previously unimagined appear almost daily . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore those possibilities with delightful results:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected in this anthology are such compelling stories as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"On K2 with Kanakaredes\" by Dan Simmons.  A relentlessly paced and absorbing tale set in the near future about three mountain climbers who must scale the face of K2 with some very odd company. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Human Front\" by Ken MacLeod. In this compassionate coming-of-age tale the details of life are just a bit off from things as we know them-and nothing is as it appears to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Glacial\" by Alastair Reynolds. A fascinating discovery on a distant planet leads to mass death and a wrenching mystery as spellbinding as anything in recent short fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-six stories in this collection imaginatively takes us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now.  Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleanor Arnason\u003cbr\u003eChris Beckett\u003cbr\u003eMichael Blumlein\u003cbr\u003eMichael Cassutt\u003cbr\u003eBrenda W. Clough\u003cbr\u003ePaul Di Filippo\u003cbr\u003eAndy Duncan\u003cbr\u003eCarolyn Ives Gilman\u003cbr\u003eJim Grimsley\u003cbr\u003eSimon Ings\u003cbr\u003eJames Patrick Kelly\u003cbr\u003eLeigh Kennedy\u003cbr\u003eNancy Kress\u003cbr\u003eIan R. MacLeod\u003cbr\u003eKen MacLeod\u003cbr\u003ePaul J. McAuley\u003cbr\u003eMaureen F. McHugh\u003cbr\u003eRobert Reed\u003cbr\u003eAlastair Reynolds\u003cbr\u003eGeoff Ryman\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Sanders\u003cbr\u003eDan Simmons\u003cbr\u003eAllen M. Steele\u003cbr\u003eCharles Stross\u003cbr\u003eMichael Swanwick\u003cbr\u003eHoward Waldrop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127319019760,"sku":"9781429903820","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429903820_p0.jpg?v=1763748126","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429903820","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}