| Best of the Best: 20 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction | |
| Editor: | Gardner Dozois |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Griffin |
| Release Date: | 2005 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages: | 655 pp |
| Isbn: | 978-0-312-33656-1 |
| Isbn Note: | (hardcover); (paperback) |
| Dewey: | 813/.0876608 22 |
| Congress: | PS648.S3 B499 2005 |
| Oclc: | 56753613 |
Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005. It is a special edition in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.
The book includes a 5-page foreword by Robert Silverberg, a 3-page preface by Dozois, and 36 stories selected by Dozois from among prior annual editions of The Year's Best Science Fiction. Although it is billed as "20 years" of the year's best science fiction, it was actually edited after the 21st edition of the series, and the editor selected from among all 21 editions. The stories are as follows.
"Salvador"
"Trinity"
"Flying Saucer Rock and Roll"
"Dinner in Audoghast"
"Roadside Rescue"
"Snow"
"The Winter Market"
"The Pure Product"
"Stable Strategies for Middle Management"
"Tales from the Venia Woods"
"Guest of Honor"
"Mortimer Gray's History of Death"
"Coming of Age in Karhide"
"The Dead"
"Recording Angel"
"A Dry, Quiet War"
"Second Skin"
"People Came From Earth"
"Daddy's World"
"The Real World"
"Have Not Have"
"Lobsters"
"Breathmoss"
The UK edition, titled The Mammoth Book of The Best of The Best New SF included three additional stories at the end of the book:
"The Fluted Girl"
"Footvote"
"Zima Blue"