The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Edited by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan.

Now, for the first time, the best of the Locus Awards for short fiction are gathered in one volume. Spanning the absolute finest in science fiction and fantasy short fiction for the last thirty years, this anthology is an indispensable guide to speculative fiction from the classic to the outrageous by the leaders of the field.

Contents:

• Acknowledgments by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan
• Introduction by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan
• The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe
• The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Jeffty Is Five by Harlan Ellison
• The Persistence of Vision by John Varley
• The Way of Cross and Dragon by George R. R. Martin
• Souls by Joanna Russ
• Bloodchild by Octavia Butler
• The Only Neat Thing to Do by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy
• The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter by Lucius Shepard
• Bears Discover Fire by Terry Bisson
• Buffalo by John Kessel
• Even the Queen by Connie Willis
• Gone by John Crowley
• Maneki Neko by Bruce Sterling
• Border Guards by Greg Egan
• Hell Is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang
• October in the Chair by Neil Gaiman
• Previous Winners