The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
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"Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages," writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. "The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird." The stories in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 are brimming with bizarre and otherworldly premises. Women can't lie or fall in love. Fathers feed their children ghost preserves. Souls chase one another through animal incarnations. Yet these stories are grounded deeply in our reality. Out of these stories' weirdness emerges the cruelty of border enforcement, the horror of legislation restricting reproductive freedom, the frightening pace of AI. The result is a stunning, immersive, intensely felt experience, showing us less of what the world is, and more of what it could be.
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 includes Nathan Ballingrud • KT Bryski • Isabel Cañas • Maria Dong • Kim Fu • Theodora Goss • Alix E. Harrow • S. L. Huang • Stephen Graham Jones • Shingai Njeri Kagunda • Isabel J. Kim • Samantha Mills • MKRNYILGLD • Malka Older • Susan Palwick • Linda Raquel Nieves Pérez • Sofia Samatar • Kristina Ten • Catherynne M. Valente • Chris Willrich
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R. F. Kuang. (2023). The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023. HarperCollins.
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Rebecca F. Kuang is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and British Book Awards. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Sinophone literature, and Asian American literature.
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John Joseph Adams is the series editor of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and the editor of the Hugo Award–winning Lightspeed, and of more than forty anthologies, including Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms, The Far Reaches, and Out There Screaming (coedited with Jordan Peele).
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 includes Nathan Ballingrud • KT Bryski • Isabel Cañas • Maria Dong • Kim Fu • Theodora Goss • Alix E. Harrow • S. L. Huang • Stephen Graham Jones • Shingai Njeri Kagunda • Isabel J. Kim • Samantha Mills • MKRNYILGLD • Malka Older • Susan Palwick • Linda Raquel Nieves Pérez • Sofia Samatar • Kristina Ten • Catherynne M. Valente • Chris Willrich
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October 1, 2023
Under the guidance of guest editor Kuang (Babel, 2022), this enduring anthology series maintains its tradition of distinction. This year it strives to showcase stories that commit to their unique premises, captivate readers' imaginations, and create immersive experiences that bridge the gap between the real and the fantastical. The anthology includes authors who appeared in previous years' editions, as well as a debut from Kim Fu, with "Pre-Simulation Consultation XF007867," which follows a person's conversation with a simulation operator, seeking to experience time with their deceased mother but facing ethical limitations due to addiction risks, leading them to opt for a different fantasy. Another standout is Kristina Ten, with "Beginnings," where readers follow close friends June and Nat, living on the outskirts of town, whose lives take a drastic turn after a royal barbecue invitation. Overall, this year's anthology emphasizes embracing narrative choices and world building, showcasing stories that wholeheartedly engage with speculative elements. It's a true gem for readers of any genre.COPYRIGHT(2023) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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The 20 stories in this collection draw from both science fiction and fantasy, sometimes at the same time, even as the themes range from classic tropes to near futures ripped from today's headlines. On the fantasy side, "The Six Deaths of the Saint" by Alix E. Harrow is a haunting mobius strip of a story, while "Pellargonia: A Letter to the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology" by Theodora Goss rides the line between fantasy and SF when a group of teens deals with the consequences of fully creating a fictional country that becomes real and influences the world. Two frighteningly prescient SF tales, "Rabbit Test" by Samantha Mills and "The CRISPR Cookbook" by MKRNYILGLD, take readers down the rabbit hole of future restrictions on bodily autonomy, while "Murder by Pixel" by S.L. Huang looks into just how toxic AI chatbots can get and who might have made them that way. VERDICT Although all of the stories here have been previously published, this is always a much anticipated collection, and readers of SF/F in short form will be glad to have so many standout stories, some already award-winners, in a single volume.--Marlene Harris
Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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