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Thrilling, smart, and brilliant short science fiction from Simone Heller, Ken Liu, Ian McDonald, and many more.

A human detective and their partner, an enhanced chimpanzee, investigate a strange murder on the subway . . . a smart home goes into lockdown, turning a man’s own home into his prison . . . at a robot factory, something has caused the machines to attempt to escape . . . mysterious seeds raining down from deep space could be the first sign of an alien invasion . . . a woman seeks to restore a broken AI, hoping it can help return humanity to better days . . .

For decades, science fiction has compelled us to imagine futures both inspiring and cautionary. Whether it’s a warning message from a survey ship, a harrowing journey to a new world, or the adventures of well-meaning AI, science fiction inspires the imagination and delivers a lens through which we can view ourselves and the world around us. With

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Four, award-winning editor Neil Clarke provides a year-in-review and twenty-nine of the best stories published by both new and established authors in 2018:
  • When We Were Starless—Simone Heller
  • Intervention—Kelly Robson
  • All the Time We’ve Left to Spend—Alyssa Wong
  • Domestic Violence—Madeline Ashby
  • Ten Landscapes of Nili Fossae—Ian McDonald
  • Prophet of the Roads—Naomi Kritzer
  • Traces of Us—Vanessa Fogg
  • Theories of Flight—Linda Nagata
  • Lab B–15—Nick Wolven
  • Requiem—Vandana Singh
  • Sour Milk Girls—Erin Roberts
  • Mother Tongues—S. Qiouyi Lu
  • Singles’ Day—Samantha Murray
  • Nine Last Days on Planet Earth—Daryl Gregory
  • The Buried Giant—Lavie Tidhar
  • The Anchorite Wakes—R.S.A. Garcia
  • Entropy War—Yoon Ha Lee
  • An Equation of State—Robert Reed
  • Quantifying Trust—John Chu
  • Hard Mary—Sofia Samatar
  • Freezing Rain, a Chance of Falling—L.X. Beckett
  • Okay, Glory—Elizabeth Bear
  • Heavy Lifting—A.T. Greenblatt
  • Lions and Gazelles—Hannu Rajaniemi
  • Different Seas—Alastair Reynolds
  • Among the Water Buffaloes, a Tiger’s Steps—Aliette de Bodard
  • Byzantine Empathy—Ken Liu
  • Meat and Salt and Sparks—Rich Larson
  • Umbernight—Carolyn Ives Gilman
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Praise for Neil Clarke’s Anthologies with Night Shade Books
 
“Readers should savor the stories a few at a time to get the most out of Clarke’s superior selections . . . but there are no inferior pieces here. This is a fine, thoughtful book.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review for Not One of Us
 
“Well-known SF authors grace this . . . top-notch selection of imaginative and thought-provoking stories.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review for More Human Than Human
 
“Clarke’s stellar reprint anthology explores the expansive variety of space exploration stories. . . . Outstanding works in which extreme environments bring out the best and worst of human nature.”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review for The Final Frontier

“Twenty one fascinating tales from some of science fiction’s new stars. The reprint collection is multicultural and diverse, with tales of all kinds and from some unusual places. . . . Many standouts in this one and likely something here for all sorts of different kinds of folks.”
—Manhattan Book Review, 4.5/5 Stars for The Final Frontier
 
“This hefty anthology of imperial SF covers great space battles, small dramas within an empire, hopeless bureaucracy, and even living space stations, zooming in and out to capture every nuance . . . The diverse array of stories ensures that there’s plenty of interest for any fan of large-scale SF.” 
—Publishers Weekly on Galactic Empires

“Masterful editor Neil Clarke has assembled an exotic, bountiful treasure chest of reprint tales dedicated to that mode of SF that can arguably be said to constitute the very core of the field, the space opera.”
—Asimov’s on Galactic Empires
 
“Clarke has assembled a wide range of authors – from old masters like Robert Silverberg to more recent talents such as Aliette De Bodard – each offering a different take on the central premise. . . There isn’t a bad piece amongst them . . . the Galaxy really is there for the taking.”
—Starburst on Galactic Empires, reviewed by Alister Davison

“As editor Clarke points out in his introduction, when most people hear the term galactic empire, they immediately picture Darth Vader and Star Wars. But there is a long history of star-faring empires in the genre, with stories that imagine our human tendencies to explore and conquer among the stars. . . . The stories gathered here, all of which have appeared elsewhere, show the huge range of possibilities of the chosen theme.” 
—Library Journal on Galactic Empires

“The first must-read anthology of the year, no question, is Neil Clarke’s Galactic Empires, an ambitious (read: huge) collection of SF tales featuring far-flung confederations in the stars. The TOC is a who’s-who of virtually everyone doing important work at short length in science fiction.” 
—John O’Neil, Black Gate on Galactic Empires

“Brings together some of the best voices writing in the genre today. . . . a stunning collection of short fiction.”
—WorldsInInk on Galactic Empires
 

About the Author

Neil Clarke is the editor of Clarkesworld and Forever Magazine and owner of Wyrm Publishing, and a six-time Hugo Award Nominee for Best Editor (short form). He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Night Shade
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 2, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 624 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1597809888
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1597809887
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.8 x 9 inches
  • Book 4 of 8 ‏ : ‎ The Best Science Fiction of the Year
  • Best Sellers Rank: #2,434,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Neil Clarke is the multi-award-winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine and over a dozen anthologies, including the Best Science Fiction of the Year series. He is a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for Best Editor Short Form, four-time winner of the Chesley Award for Best Art Director, and 2024 winner of the Locus Award for Best Editor. In 2019, Clarke received the SFWA Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award for distinguished contributions to the science fiction and fantasy community. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and two sons.

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    Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2019
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    Short fiction is my weakness and Mr Clarke has provided a well curated selection of truly astounding works while at the same time paying homage to Gardner Elwood. I believe Me Clarke's is truly a worthy successor for the title of best pathologist in the land. RIP Gardner Dozois.

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    A Wide and Variable Range, But Still Worth It!
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    Some of the stories in this anthology are excellent, others not so much. There seems to be a huge range in the quality of the stories. Readability, too, is a problem in some stories. Some flow easily and are an absolute joy to read, others are staggered and stuttery, with strange styles and pacing. I respect Mr. Clarke's inclusion of Science Fiction from around the world, but sometimes I felt completely lost in different cultures and writing styles to the point where I lost the point of the story or even the will to finish it. I suspect understanding the audience may be a learned trait for anthology producers as the previous heavyweight in this field, Gardner Dozois, suffered from the same inconsistency in his earlier books. No matter. The stories that were good were so excellent it was still worth the purchase and I certainly don't want to discourage Mr. Clarke. We desperately need a good anthology every year!

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    The best Sci Fi
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    Nice collection of Sci Fi short stories Sci Fi short stories

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    Top science fiction published in 2018
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    Neil Clarke does a superb job selecting the stories for his 4th volume, all some of the best SF stories published in 2018. This is a must-have for serious SF readers. Enjoy!

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    My cousin wrote one of the stories in this book. I like science fiction and this has many short stories to read. I highly recommend it.

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    5 out of 5 stars
    Good editor
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    Quality short stories,

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    about the best that I can say for this book is that I feel that half of the stories were essentially unfinished.

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    3 out of 5 stars
    Weak.
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    A surprisingly weak collection this year. Over-weighted with fantasy and inexperienced authors. Disappointing would be one word for it. Too bad.

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