Year's Best SF 5

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Year's Best SF 5
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Cover of the EOS/HarperCollins edition
AuthorDavid G. Hartwell
Cover artistJohn Harris
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science Fiction Anthology
PublisherHarperCollins
ReleasedJune 2000
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages494 pp
ISBN0-06-102054-0
Preceded byYear's Best SF 4
Followed byYear's Best SF 6

Year's Best SF 5 is an anthology by David G. Hartwell of the best science fiction short stories published in 1999.

Of the 25 collected stories five are by women writers.

Contents

  • p. xiii Introduction - essay by David G. Hartwell
  • p. 1. Everywhere (1999) short story by Geoff Ryman
  • p. 14. Evolution Never Sleeps (1999) short story by Elisabeth Malartre
  • p. 36. Sexual Dimorphism (1999) short story by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • p. 57. Game of the Century (1999) novelette by Robert Reed
  • p. 94. Secrets of the Alien Reliquary (1998) poem by Michael Bishop
  • p. 97. Kinds of Strangers (1999) novelette by Sarah Zettel
  • p. 124. Visit the Sins (1999) short story by Cory Doctorow
  • p. 145. Border Guards (1999) novelette by Greg Egan
  • p. 174. Macs (1999) short story by Terry Bisson
  • p. 186. Written in Blood (1999) short story by Chris Lawson
  • p. 204. Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon? (1999) short story by Gene Wolfe
  • p. 222. The Blue Planet (1999) short story by Robert J. Sawyer
  • p. 229. Lifework (1999) short story by Mary Soon Lee
  • p. 238. Rosetta Stone (2000) short story by Fred Lerner
  • p. 255. An Apollo Asteroid (1999) short story by Brian W. Aldiss
  • p. 271. 100 Candles (1999) short story by Kurt Wohleber
  • p. 288. Democritus' Violin (1999) short story by G. David Nordley
  • p. 311. Fossil Games (1999) novelette by Tom Purdom
  • p. 362. Valour (1999) short story by Chris Beckett
  • p. 379. Huddle (1999) novelette by Stephen Baxter
  • p. 404. Ashes and Tombstones (1999) short story by Brian M. Stableford
  • p. 422. Ancient Engines (1999) short story by Michael Swanwick
  • p. 433. Freckled Figure (1992) short story by Hiroe Suga
  • p. 457. Shiva (1999) short story by Barry N. Malzberg
  • p. 466. The Queen of Erewhon (1999) novelette by Lucy Sussex