Editor | Gardner Dozois |
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Cover artist | Slawek Wojtowicz |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | July 2010 |
Media type | Print (hardcover & trade paperback) |
Pages | 688 pp |
ISBN | 9780312608989 |
Preceded by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection |
Followed by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection |
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