This volume was finally delivered by Amazon UK in late November 2023, some months after the initial publication date that was quoted. It’s a year out of date, as it were, as it covers stories published in 2021, and would ‘normally’ (i.e. pre-COVID and pre-Shit and Stufftm have been published in late 2022. I’d best get cracking as volume 8 […] The post The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 7 (ed Neil Clarke), Nightshade Books 2023 first appeared on Best SF ..read more

At the time of writing (April 2022) I haven’t seen a print version for Horton’s 2020 Edition which is long overdue, and Amazon currently is showing an Aug 2022 publication date for Kindle version of the 2021 Edition with no mention of a paperback version. Horton has helpfully posted a near-complete ToC for the 2021 edition (he notes ones final […] The post The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021 Edition (ed Rich Horton, Prime Books 2022) first appeared on Best SF ..read more

I do get a steady drip-drip of email requests to review items on Best SF. Frustratingly, they’re invariably unpublished authors with a horror/splatterpunk/crime/fantasy novel to promote, who haven’t taken a moment to check the focus of this website. A few days ago I did get a nice, personalised request to see if I would be interested in reviewing a copy […] The post L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 (ed David Farland, Galaxy Press Inc. 2020) first appeared on Best SF ..read more

A handsome book, my copy printed over here in the UK by Amazon. I’d like to think my online order triggered a single print-run just for me, but I’m guessing probably not. It’s on my ‘to be read’ bookshelf. I’ll fill in the reviews as I read the stories, but for the moment, here are the contents : We start […] The post Nebula Awards Showcase 55 ed Catherynne M. Valente (SFWA 2021) first appeared on Best SF ..read more

The sixth volume in what is now the longest-running current Year’s Best SF anthology. Due out in deadtree format just before Christmas Day – that’s one of *my* christmas presents sorted out then! Strahan has published the ToC online, and I’ll put this here for the moment. 21 out of 32 author names ‘ring a bell/sound a gong’ with me. […] The post The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6 (ed Neil Clarke, Nightshade Books 2021 first appeared on Best SF ..read more

The second volume in Strahan’s new all-SF anthology. At the time of writing the paperback version is several weeks off being published, but as a ToC (in author name order) is available, I’ve popped that in here for the moment. 17 of the 26 authors are known to me, and by the power of Math that means 9 of the […] The post The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Vol. 2 (ed Jonathan Strahan, Saga Press 2021) first appeared on Best SF ..read more

Contents only. The post The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels. Ninth Series. ed T.E. Dikty. 1958. first appeared on Best SF ..read more

This book landed with me after an air mail flight from the USA on 22nd January 2019 and I’m now reading and reviewing the stories and inserting on this page summaries of the fuller story reviews on the site. Robert F. Young. Jungle Doctor. Originally in Startling Stories, Fall 1955. A strong start to Dikty’s anthology, with a story that […] The post The Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels 1956 (ed T.E. Dikty, Fell 1956) first appeared on Best SF ..read more

Contents only The post The Best Science Fiction Stories 1950 ed Everett F. Bleiler and T.E. Dikty. Frederic Fell Inc, 1950. first appeared on Best SF ..read more

Published in the UK as ‘The Best Science Fiction Stories: Fifth Series’, which is the copy I have and which I will be reviewing in due course. Ward Moore. Lot. Jack Vance. DP! Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton. What Thin Partitions. Joseph Shallit. Wonder Child. Richard Matheson. The Last Day. Ruth M. Goldsmith. Yankee Exodus.… The post The Best Science Fiction Stories 1954 ed Everett F. Bleiler and T.E. Dikty. Frederic Fell Inc, 1954 first appeared on Best SF ..read more