The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 29

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“The Smell of Orange Groves,” by Lavie Tidhar. Copyright © 2011 by Lavie Tidhar. First published electronically at Clarkesworld, November 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Iron Shirts,” by Michael F. Flynn. Copyright © 2011 by Michael F. Flynn. First published electronically at Tor.com, May 4. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Cody,” by Pat Cadigan. Copyright © 2011 by Pat Cadigan. First published in TRSF, the special all-fiction edition of MIT’s Technology Review, edited by Stephen Cass. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again,” by Michael Swanwick. Copyright © 2011 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Ghostweight,” by Yoon Ha Lee. Copyright © 2011 by Yoon Ha Lee. First published electronically at Clarkesworld, January 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Digital Rites,” by Jim Hawkins. Copyright © 2011 by Jim Hawkins. Copyright © 2011 by Interzone. First published in Interzone 237. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Boneless One,” by Alec Nevala-Lee. Copyright © 2011 by Dell Magazines. First published in Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, November 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dying Young,” by Peter M. Ball. Copyright © 2011 by Peter M. Ball. First published in Eclipse Four (Night Shade Books), edited by Jonathan Strahan. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Canterbury Hollow,” by Chris Lawson. Copyright © 2011 by Spilogale, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Vorkuta Event,” by Ken MacLeod. Copyright © 2011 by Ken MacLeod. First published in The New and Perfect Man: Postscripts 24/25 (PS Publishing), edited by Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers.

“The Man Who Bridged the Mist,” by Kij Johnson. Copyright © 2011 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.

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Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Summation: 2011

THE CHOICE, Paul McAuley

A SOLDIER OF THE CITY, David Moles

THE BEANCOUNTER’S CAT, Damien Broderick

DOLLY, Elizabeth Bear

MARTIAN HEART, John Barnes

EARTH HOUR, Ken MacLeod

LAIKA’S GHOST, Karl Schroeder

THE DALA HORSE, Michael Swanwick

THE WAY IT WORKS OUT AND ALL, Peter S. Beagle

THE ICE OWL, Carolyn Ives Gilman

THE COPENHAGEN INTERPRETATION, Paul Cornell

THE INVASION OF VENUS, Stephen Baxter

DIGGING, Ian McDonald

ASCENSION DAY, Alastair Reynolds

AFTER THE APOCALYPSE, Maureen F. McHugh

SILENTLY AND VERY FAST, Catherynne M. Valente

A LONG WAY HOME, Jay Lake

THE INCREDIBLE EXPLODING MAN, Dave Hutchinson

WHAT WE FOUND, Geoff Ryman

A RESPONSE FROM EST17, Tom Purdom

THE COLD STEP BEYOND, Ian R. MacLeod

A MILITANT PEACE, David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell

THE ANTS OF FLANDERS, Robert Reed

THE VICAR OF MARS, Gwyneth Jones

THE SMELL OF ORANGE GROVES, Lavie Tidhar

THE IRON SHIRTS, Michael F. Flynn

CODY, Pat Cadigan

FOR I HAVE LAIN ME DOWN ON THE STONE OF LONELINESS AND I’LL NOT BE BACK AGAIN, Michael Swanwick

GHOSTWEIGHT, Yoon Ha Lee

DIGITAL RITES, Jim Hawkins

THE BONELESS ONE, Alec Nevala-Lee

DYING YOUNG, Peter M. Ball

CANTERBURY HOLLOW, Chris Lawson

THE VORKUTA EVENT, Ken MacLeod

THE MAN WHO BRIDGED THE MIST, Kij Johnson

Honorable Mentions

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