{"product_id":"9781466807303","title":"The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection launched the popular and long-running \"The Year's Best Science Fiction\" series:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFantastic Science Fiction!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Year's Best -- And Biggest Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction.  Writers like:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoul Anderson\u003cbr\u003eJoe Haldeman\u003cbr\u003eTanith Lee\u003cbr\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003cbr\u003eRobert Silverberg\u003cbr\u003eJames Tiptree, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eVernor Vinge\u003cbr\u003eGene Wolfe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlus writers who are newer to the field, but just as excellent!  These are the stories that will vie for the Hugo and Nebula Awards this year.  And we've got them all!  Not ten.  Not twenty.  25 GREAT SF TALES.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one is chosen by renowned SF writer and editor Gardner R. Dozois.  Among them are \"Black Air\" by Kim Stanley Robinson, \"Blood Music\" and \"Hardfought\" by Greg Bear, \"Blind Shemmy\" by Jack Dann, \"Cicada Queen\" by Bruce Sterling and \"Slow Birds\" by Ian Watson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165210886384,"sku":"9781466807303","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466807303_p0.jpg?v=1763685096","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466807303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}