Year's Best SF (Book 1)

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Year's Best SF
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Cover of paperback edition
AuthorEdited by David G. Hartwell
Cover artist Bob Eggleton
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Year's Best SF
Genre Science fiction
Published1996 (HarperPrism)
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages479 pp
ISBN 0-06-105641-3
OCLC 34627174
Followed by Year's Best SF 2  

Year's Best SF is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell that was published in 1996. It is the first in the Year's Best SF series, which was published every year until 2013.

As a "Best Of" anthology, all the stories in this book previously appeared either in science fiction magazines, original short fiction collections, or online publications. Its importance lies in that it, and the competing Year's Best Science Fiction anthology, are representative of the best short science fiction of the year.

Contents

The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editor.

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