The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2021
By John Joseph Adams, Veronica Roth, Sarah Pinsker, Stephen Graham Jones, and Ken Liu
Read by Jonathan Davis, Alex Meraz, Harvey Reaves, Katy Tang, Sterling Sulieman, Adan Rocha, Jennifer Sun Bell, Tre Hall, Emily Ellet, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Carly Robins, Tracey Leigh, Alex McKenna, Erin Bennett, Gustavo Rex, Soneela Nankani, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Veronica Roth, others, Joe Barrett, various narrators, Priya Ayyar, Mela Lee, Keong Sim, Maxwell Hamilton, Piper Goodeve, Robin Eller, and Christine Lakin
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ISBN: 9798212048873
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ISBN: 9798200736201
| Runtime: | 18.03 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Science Fiction |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
The best science fiction and fantasy stories of 2021, selected by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Veronica Roth.This year’s selection of science fiction and fantasy stories, chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and bestselling author of the Divergent series Veronica Roth, showcases a crop of authors that are willing to experiment and tantalize readers with new takes on classic themes and by exchanging the ordinary for the avant-garde. Folktales and lore come alive, the dead rise, the depths of space are traversed, and magic threads itself through singular moments of love and loss, illuminating the circulatory nature of life, death, the in-between, and the hereafter. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 captures the all-too-real cataclysm of human nature, claiming its place in the series with compelling prose, lyrical composition, and curiosity’s never-ending pursuit of discovering the unknown.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: John Joseph Adams
John Joseph Adams, called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, is the bestselling editor of such anthologies as Epic, Wastelands, Brave New Worlds, The Living Dead, The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and many, many others. He is a six-time Hugo finalist and five-time World Fantasy Award nominee. Adams is also the editor and publisher of the magazines Lightspeed and Nightmare as well as the cohost of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.
Author Bio: Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is the New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series. She is a graduate of Northwestern University’s creative writing program.
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Author Bio: Sarah Pinsker
Sarah Pinsker is an author whose stories have won Nebula Award, Sturgeon Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award and have been finalists for the Hugo, the Locus, and the Eugie Foster Memorial Award. She is also a singer/songwriter with three albums on various independent labels.
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Author Bio: Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones is the award–winner and New York Times bestselling author of six story collections and twenty-five novels. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and a recipient of numerous awards, including the Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, Alex Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Ray Bradbury Award, the Bram Stoker Award, Shirley Jackson Award, Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters, and the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction and has been a finalist for many others. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Author Bio: Ken Liu
Ken Liu is one of the most lauded authors in the field of American literature. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, Locus Sidewise, and Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards, he has also been nominated for the Sturgeon and Locus Awards. His short story, “The Paper Menagerie,” is the first work of fiction to simultaneously win the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards. He also translated the 2015 Hugo Award–winning novel The Three-Body Problem, written by Cixin Liu, which is the first novel to ever win the Hugo award in translation. The Grace of Kings, his debut novel, is the first volume in a silkpunk epic fantasy series set in a universe he and his wife, artist Lisa Tang Liu, created together. It was a finalist for a Nebula Award and the recipient of the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Science Fiction |
| Runtime: | 18.03 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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