The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Nine (Solaris) is due out in shops today! It’ll be out in the UK in a week or so. I’m really happy with this book and hope you’ll consider taking a look at it.
The stories in the book are:
1. “Tough Times All Overâ€, Joe Abercrombie
2. “The Scrivenerâ€, Eleanor Arnason
3. “Moriabe’s Childrenâ€, Paolo Bacigalupi
4. “Covenantâ€, Elizabeth Bear
5. “Slippingâ€, Lauren Beukes
6. “Ten Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (The Successful Kind)â€, Holly Black
7. “Shadow Flockâ€, Greg Egan
8. “The Truth About Owlsâ€, Amal El-Mohtar
9. “Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropologyâ€, Theodora Goss
10. “Cold Windâ€, Nicola Griffith
11. “Somedayâ€, James Patrick Kelly
12. “Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No.8)â€, Caitlin R Kiernan
13. “Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They are Terrifyingâ€, Alice Sola Kim
14. “Amicae Aeternumâ€, Ellen Klages
15. “Calligo Laneâ€, Ellen Klages
16. “The Lady and the Foxâ€, Kelly Link
17. “The Long Haul From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATIONâ€, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009â€, Ken Liu
18. “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Familyâ€, Usman T Mailk
19. “Four Days of Christmasâ€, Tim Maughan
20. “The Fifth Dragonâ€, Ian McDonald
21. “Shay Corsham Worstedâ€, Garth Nix
22. “I Met a Man Who Wasn’t Thereâ€, K. J. Parker
23. “Kheldyuâ€, Karl Schroeder
24. “Tawny Petticoatsâ€, Michael Swanwick
25. “Grand Jeté (The Great Leap)â€, Rachel Swirsky
26. “The Insects of Loveâ€, Genevieve Valentine
27. “Collateralâ€, Peter Watts
28. “The Devil in Americaâ€, Kai Ashante Wilson
I think it’s a terrific lineup, Â and makes for a great book.
Where can you buy it?
Glad you asked. If you’re interested in grabbing a copy, these fine retail outlets should have it:
- Barnes and Noble
- Book Depository
- Powells
- Amazon UK | Amazon USÂ } Amazon Australia
- Angus & Robertson
I also would encourage you to try your local independents. My own two favourites here in Perth are:
but there are great retailers everywhere, like Borderlands in San Francisco, Pulp Fiction in Brisbane, Slow Glass in Melbourne, all of whom would be happy to help you out.
If you do pick up the book, I hope you enjoy it.