{"id":480,"date":"2018-10-09T17:21:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2018-10-19T08:30:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T08:30:43","slug":"bestamericansciencefictionandfantasy2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/miscellaneous\/bestamericansciencefictionandfantasy2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-927\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bbestamerican2015_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/>The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country\u2019s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume\u2019s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor\u2014a leading writer in the field\u2014then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected\u2014and most popular\u2014of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>Science fiction and fantasy enjoys a long literary tradition, stretching from Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, and Jules Verne to Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, and William Gibson. In The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy award-winning editor John Joseph Adams delivers a diverse and vibrant collection of stories published in the prior year. Featuring writers with deep science fiction and fantasy backgrounds, along with those who are infusing traditional fiction with speculative elements, these stories uphold a long-standing tradition within both genres\u2014looking at the world and asking, What if\u2026?<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 volume collects the best material published in 2014, selected by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Joe Hill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Story titles:<br \/>\n<em>SCIENCE FICTION<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever \u2013 Daniel H. Wilson<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Each to Each \u2013 Seanan McGuire<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to Get Back to the Forest \u2013 Sofia Samatar<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Sleeper \u2013 Jo Walton<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The Empties \u2013 Jess Row<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The Relive Box \u2013 T.C. Boyle<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Tortoiseshell Cats are Not Refundable \u2013 Cat Rambo<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0We Are the Cloud \u2013 Sam J. Miller<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Windows \u2013 Susan Palwick<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to Become a Robot in 12 Easy Steps \u2013 A. Merc Rustad<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FANTASY<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai\u2019i \u2013 Alaya Dawn Johnson<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Cimmeria, from the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology \u2013 Theodora Goss<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead \u2013 Carmen Maria Machado<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How the Marquis Got His Coat Back \u2013 Neil Gaiman<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0I Can See Right Through You \u2013 Kelly Link<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Ogres of East Africa \u2013 Sofia Samatar<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Skullpocket \u2013 Nathan Ballingrud<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The Bad Graft \u2013 Karen Russell<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The One They Took Before \u2013 Kelly Sandoval<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The Thing About Shapes To Come \u2013 Adam-Troy Castro<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The book\/story is published with these cover(s):<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>(Click image to see full cover)<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 20.7243%; height: 17px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bbestamerican2015_01fc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-927 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/joehill.nl\/TheCollection\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bbestamerican2015_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\">9780544449770<br \/>\nPaperback<br \/>\nMariner<br \/>\n2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Other information:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00b7 Joe did an intro: Launching Rockets. Also collected in A Little Silver Book Of Sharp Shiny Slivers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country\u2019s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume\u2019s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor\u2014a leading writer in the field\u2014then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. 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