| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection | |
| Editor: | Gardner Dozois |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
| Release Date: | July 8, 2008 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover & trade paperback) |
| Pages: | 672 pp |
| Isbn: | 9780312378608 |
| Oclc: | 191924873 |
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published on July 8, 2008. It is the 25th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series and won the Locus Award for best anthology.[1] The UK edition is titled The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 21, the "21st Annual Collection" and contains the same stories listed.
The book includes 32 stories, all that were first published in 2007. The book also includes a summation by Dozois, a two-paragraph introduction to each story by Dozois and a referenced list of honorable mentions for the year. The stories are as follows:
"Lighting Out"
"The Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away"
"Saving Tiamaat"
"Of Late I Dreamt of Venus"
"Verthandi's Ring"
"The Sky is Large and the Earth is Small"
"Glory"
"Against the Current"
"Alien Archeology"
"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," which went on to win the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
"Kiosk"
"Last Contact"
"The Sledge-Maker's Daughter"
"Sanjeev and Robotwallah"[2]
"The Skysailor's Tale"
"Steve Fever"
"Hellfire at Twilight"
"The Immortals of Atlantis"
"Nothing Personal"
"Tideline," which went on to win the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story
"The Accord"
"Laws of Survival"
"The Mists of Time"
"Craters"
"Roxie"
"Dark Heaven"