The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2015 (2015)

by Paula Guran (Editor)

Other authors: Seth Chambers (Contributor), James S.A. Corey (Contributor), Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen (Contributor), Nancy Kress (Contributor), John P. Murphy (Contributor) — 4 more, K. J. Parker (Contributor), Mary Rickert (Contributor), Patrick Rothfuss (Contributor), Genevieve Valentine (Contributor)

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Series: The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas (2015)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Short Stories. HTML: The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas 2015 inaugurates a new annual series of anthologies featuring some of the year's best novella-length science fiction and fantasy. Novellas, longer than short stories but shorter than novels, are a rich and rewarding literary form that can fully explore tomorrow's technology, the far reaches of the future, thought-provoking imaginings, fantastic worlds, and entertaining concepts with the impact of a short story and the detailed breadth of a novel. Gathering a wide variety of excellent science fiction and fantasy, this anthology of "short novels" showcases the talents of both established masters and new writers. .… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Guran, Paula	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Chambers, Seth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Corey, James S.A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jääskeläinen, Pasi Ilmari	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kress, Nancy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Murphy, John P.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Parker, K. J.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rickert, Mary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rothfuss, Patrick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Valentine, Genevieve	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dillon, Julie	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Nicole, Sherin	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Yesterday's Kin by Nancy Kress

The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss

Dream Houses by Genevieve Valentine

In Her Eyes by Seth Chambers

The Churn by James S. A. Corey

The Mothers of Voorhisville by Mary Rickert

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Claudius Rex by John P. Murphy

The Things We Do for Love by K. J. Parker

Where the Trains Turn: A Tor.Com Original by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

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Welcome to the inaugural The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas... which brings us immediately to the rather gnarly question of defining "novella" beyond "a work of fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel." (Introduction)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:

The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novellas 2015 inaugurates a new annual series of anthologies featuring some of the year's best novella-length science fiction and fantasy. Novellas, longer than short stories but shorter than novels, are a rich and rewarding literary form that can fully explore tomorrow's technology, the far reaches of the future, thought-provoking imaginings, fantastic worlds, and entertaining concepts with the impact of a short story and the detailed breadth of a novel. Gathering a wide variety of excellent science fiction and fantasy, this anthology of "short novels" showcases the talents of both established masters and new writers.

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