Thrilling, smart, and brilliant short science fiction from Simone Heller, Ken Liu, Ian McDonald, and many more.A human detective and their partner, an enhanced chimpanzee, investigate a strange murder on the subway . . . a smart home goes into lockdown, turning a man’s own home into his prison . . . at a robot factory, something has caused the machines to attempt to escape . . . mysterious seeds raining down from deep space could be the first sign of an alien invasion . . . a woman seeks to restore a broken AI, hoping it can help return humanity to better days . . .For decades, science fiction has compelled us to imagine futures both inspiring and cautionary. Whether it’s a warning message from a survey ship, a harrowing journey to a new world, or the adventures of well-meaning AI, science fiction inspires the imagination and delivers a lens through which we can view ourselves and the world around us. WithThe Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Four, award-winning editor Neil Clarke provides a year-in-review and twenty-nine of the best stories published by both new and established authors in 2018:When We Were Starless—Simone HellerIntervention—Kelly RobsonAll the Time We’ve Left to Spend—Alyssa WongDomestic Violence—Madeline AshbyTen Landscapes of Nili Fossae—Ian McDonaldProphet of the Roads—Naomi KritzerTraces of Us—Vanessa FoggTheories of Flight—Linda NagataLab B–15—Nick WolvenRequiem—Vandana SinghSour Milk Girls—Erin RobertsMother Tongues—S. Qiouyi LuSingles’ Day—Samantha MurrayNine Last Days on Planet Earth—Daryl GregoryThe Buried Giant—Lavie TidharThe Anchorite Wakes—R.S.A. GarciaEntropy War—Yoon Ha LeeAn Equation of State—Robert ReedQuantifying Trust—John ChuHard Mary—Sofia SamatarFreezing Rain, a Chance of Falling—L.X. BeckettOkay, Glory—Elizabeth BearHeavy Lifting—A.T. GreenblattLions and Gazelles—Hannu RajaniemiDifferent Seas—Alastair ReynoldsAmong the Water Buffaloes, a Tiger’s Steps—Aliette de BodardByzantine Empathy—Ken LiuMeat and Salt and Sparks—Rich LarsonUmbernight—Carolyn Ives Gilman
✔ Author(s): Neil Clarke
✔ Title: The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Four
✔ Rating : 4.2 out of 5 base on (122 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1597809888
✔ ISBN-13: 9781597809887
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
Readers' opinions about The Best Science Fiction of the Year by Neil Clarke
Rosa Bax
The world-building in this book was simply phenomenal. I was transported to a different realm and felt like I was part of the characters' journey. The attention to detail made it all so immersive.
Iris Watts
The world created in this book was unlike anything I've ever encountered. The author's imagination knows no bounds, and I was completely mesmerized by the fantastical setting.
Laura Hill
I'm already planning to reread this book. It's one of those stories that you can revisit again and again, discovering new layers of meaning each time.
