A collection of the best science fiction prose written in 2003, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of science fiction's most respected editors. Continuing ibooks' series of popularly-priced "Best of the Year" books edited and designed to appeal to science fiction fans whose budgets may be taxed by more expensive "Best of the Year" collections.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION - Karen Haber
THE FLUTED GIRL - Paolo Bacigalupi
A STUDY IN EMERALD - Neil Gaiman
FLOWERS FROM ALICE - Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE - David D. Levine
BERNARDO'S HOUSE - James Patrick Kelly
CONFUSIONS OF UÑI - Ursula K. Le Guin
JON - George Saunders
THE COOKIE MONSTER - Vernor Vinge
LEGIONS IN TIME - Michael Swanwick
THE CHOP LINE - Stephen Baxter
CALLING YOUR NAME - Howard Waldrop
THE EMPIRE OF ICE CREAM - Jeffrey Ford
BUMPSHIP - Susan Mosser
ONLY PARTLY HERE - Lucius Shepard
