The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2020

Name: The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2020
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: John Joseph Adams
ISBN: 9780358395003

Author: John Joseph Adams, Diana Gabaldon

Series: Best American #1

Narrator: Diana Gabaldon, Christopher Ryan Grant, Jay Snyder, Scott Keiji Takeda, Sean Crisden, Polly Lee, Rebecca Lowman, Nicola Barber, Emily Woo Zeller, Bahni Turpin, Andre Blake, Andi Arndt, Priya Ayyar, Kim Mai Guest, Therese Plummer, Edoardo Ballerini, Kevin R. Free, Gabra Zackman, LIsa Flanagan, Neil Shah

Unabridged: 17 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/03/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Collections & Anthologies, Fantasy, Anthologies

Synopsis

The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2019, guest-edited by author of the mega-best-selling Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon.

Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and Diana Gabaldon, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

About John Joseph Adams

John Joseph Adams is the series editor of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and the editor of the Hugo Award–winning Lightspeed, and of more than forty anthologies, including Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms, The Far Reaches, and Out There Screaming (coedited with Jordan Peele).

About Diana Gabaldon

DIANA GABALDON is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling Outlander novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D.” She serves as co-producer and advisor for the Starz network Outlander series based on her novels.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Drew

I felt about this one the way I felt about the Karen Joy Fowler one: picking a guest editor who is not necessarily known for their deep engagement with speculative fiction can lead to some interesting inclusions. While I truly loved about ten of the stories in here and found another four or so to be......more

Goodreads review by Pearse

I ate this shit up, some great work here, with some inclusions I skipped over/didn't connect with. Gabaldon tended to focus on historical fantasy and soft sci-fi, covering topics from haircutting to cannibalism. Great contributor's notes as always. Fav pieces here: Thirty-Three Wicked Daughters by Ke......more

Goodreads review by James

Overall, a mixed bag, as I suppose nearly any short story collection tends to be. Sacrid's Pod was my favorite - the story of a young woman in a prison cell that gives her everything that she could ever want... except her freedom. Would we make that trade? Many of the stories were just meh. There wa......more