The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 20

The twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take 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:* Cory Doctorow * Robert Charles Wilson * Michael Swanwick * Ian McDonald * Benjamin Rosenbaum * Kage Baker * Bruce McAllister * Alastair Reynolds * Jay Lake * Ruth Nestvold * Gregory Benford * Justin Stanchfield * Walter Jon Williams * Greg Van Eekhout * Robert Reed * David D. Levine * Paul J. McAuley * Mary Rosenblum * Daryl Gregory * Jack Skillingstead * Paolo Bacigalupi * Greg Egan * Elizabeth Bear * Sarah Monette * Ken MacLeod * Stephen Baxter * Carolyn Ives Gilman * John Barnes * A.M. DellamonicaSupplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a 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. Contents xiii • Summation: 2006 • (2007) • essay by Gardner Dozois 1 • I, Row-Boat • (2006) • novelette by Cory Doctorow 28 • Julian: A Christmas Story • (2006) • novella by Robert Charles Wilson 66 • Tin Marsh • (2006) • novelette by Michael Swanwick 81 • The Djinn's Wife • [India 2047] • (2006) • novelette by Ian McDonald 112 • The House Beyond Your Sky • (2006) • shortstory by Benjamin Rosenbaum 121 • Where the Golden Apples Grow • (2006) • novella by Kage Baker 164 • Kin • (2006) • shortstory by Bruce McAllister 172 • Signal to Noise • (2006) • novelette by Alastair Reynolds 204 • The Big Ice • (2006) • shortstory by Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold 221 • Bow Shock • (2006) • novelette by Gregory Benford 251 • In the River • (2006) • shortstory by Justin Stanchfield 266 • Incarnation Day • (2006) • novella by Walter Jon Williams 295 • Far As You Can Go • (2006) • shortstory by Greg van Eekhout 305 • Good Mountain • (2005) • novella by Robert Reed 350 • I Hold My Father's Paws • (2006) • shortstory by David D. Levine 360 • Dead Men Walking • (2006) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley 374 • Home Movies • (2006) • novelette by Mary Rosenblum 395 • Damascus • (2006) • novelette by Daryl Gregory 418 • Life on the Preservation • (2006) • shortstory by Jack Skillingstead 431 • Yellow Card Man • [The Windup Universe] • (2006) • novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi 457 • Riding the Crocodile • (2005) • novella by Greg Egan 492 • The Ile of Dogges • (2006) • shortstory by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette 499 • The Highway Men • (2006) • novelette by Ken MacLeod 524 • The Pacific Mystery • (2006) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter 540 • Okanoggan Falls • (2006) • novelette by Carolyn Ives Gilman 566 • Every Hole Is Outlined • (2006) • novelette by John Barnes 589 • The Town on Blighted Sea • (2006) • shortstory by A. M. Dellamonica 606 • Nightingale • [Revelation Space] • (2006) • novella by Alastair Reynolds 653 • Honorable Mentions: 2006 • (2007) • essay by Gardner Dozois