'The range of stories indicates that SF still doesn't know the meaning of the word 'boundaries.'' -Publishers Weekly (starred review) on the Twenty-First Annual Collection Long considered a necessary read for fans of science fiction, the 2004 Locus Award-winning anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction is the best collection of short SF stories this side of the universe. The twenty-second edition of this venerable collection continues to uphold its traditional standard of excellence with stories from James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Terry Bisson, Pat Murphy, Vernor Vinge, Stephen Baxter, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Robert Reed, Christopher Rowe, and Albert E. Cowdrey, and many others.