The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Six

Edited by Jonathan Strahan.

An ancient society of cartographer wasps create delicately inscribed maps; a bodyjacking parasite is faced with imminent extinction; an AI makes a desperate gambit to protect its child from a ravenous dragon; a professor of music struggles with the knowledge that murder is not too high a price for fame; living origami carries a mother's last words to her child; a steam girl conquers the realm of imagination; Aliens attack Venus, ignoring an incredulous earth; a child is born on Mars...

The science fiction and fantasy fiction fields continue to evolve, setting new marks with each passing year. For the sixth year in a row, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan has collected stories that captivate, entertain, and showcase the very best the genre has to offer. Critically acclaimed, and with a reputation for including award-winning speculative fiction, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year is the only major "best of" anthology to collect both fantasy and science fiction under one cover.

Contents:

• Neil Gaiman - The Case of Death and Honey
• E. Lily Yu - The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees
• Caitlin R Kiernan - Tidal Forces
• Karen Joy Fowler - Younger Women
• Geoff Ryman - What We Found
• Catherynne M. Valente - White Lines on a Green Field
• An Owomoyela - All That Touches The Air
• Hannu Rajaniemi - The Server and the Dragon
• Paul McAuley- The Choice
• Peter Watts - Malak
• Nalo Hopkinson - Old Habits
• K. J. Parker - A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong
• Kelly Link - Valley of the Girls
• Cory Doctorow - Brave Little Toaster
• Michael Swanwick - The Dala Horse
• M. Rickert - The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece
• Ken Liu - The Paper Menagerie
• Dylan Horrocks - Steam Girl
• Maureen F. McHugh - After the Apocalypse
• Peter S. Beagle - Underbridge
• Jeffrey Ford - Relic
• Stephen Baxter - The Invasion of Venus
• Robert Reed - Woman Leaves Room
• Robert Shearman - Restoration
• Bruce Sterling - The Onset of a Paranormal Romance
• Margo Lanagan - Catastrophic Disruption of the Head
• Libba Bray - The Last Ride of the Glory Girls
• Nnedi Okorafor - The Book of Phoenix (Excerpted from The Great Book)
• Ian McDonald - Digging
• Kij Johnson - The Man Who Bridged the Mist
• Ellen Klages - Goodnight Moon