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Editor | Gardner Dozois |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
Publication date | 2005 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 655 pp |
ISBN | 978-0-312-33656-1 (hardcover); ISBN 978-0-312-33655-4 (paperback) |
OCLC | 56753613 |
813/.0876608 22 | |
LC Class | PS648.S3 B499 2005 |
Followed by | Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels |
Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction ( ISBN 978-0-312-33656-1) 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.
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