Tag: Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2015
REVIEW: “Stellar […] An illuminating anthology.” —Library Journal, on BASFF 2015 (Starred Review)
NEWS: Vox.com Presents the Top 5 SF/F Short Stories of All-Time, Selected by BASFF 2015 Editors
“For the first time ever, the renowned Best American series of anthologies has published a collection of the country’s best science fiction and fantasy stories. Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy is a terrific book, filled with 20 stories that filter very basic questions about humanity — how do men and women relate to each other? how are we being changed by our technology? what is the relationship between oppressor and oppressed? — through the filters of other genres and even other worlds.” —Vox.com, on BASFF 2015
Clickthrough to see the list of our top ten stories, including discussion about each selection. [article]
REVIEW: “THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY contains stories that are a delight to read.” —Locus, on BASFF 2015
“The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy contains stories that are a delight to read.” —Locus, on BASFF 2015 [review appears in the October 2015 issue]
REVIEW: “An exemplary list of the year’s best short fiction.” —SF Signal, on BASFF 2015
“An exemplary list of the year’s best short fiction […] The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 ultimately brings together an impressive collection of authors exploring a wide range of characters, ideas, and worlds. If you’re a fan of John Joseph Adams and his tendency to lean towards unique, character driven stories, then you’ll certainly enjoy The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015.” —SF Signal, on BASFF 2015
REVIEW: Tor.com on BASFF 2015: “A powerful collection that is worth your time, attention, and love.”
“Adams and Hill have run through the collective summer forest of our community, coaxed twenty bright, beautiful, and ethereal fireflies into a jar, and given them to the world to enjoy in this collection. […] A powerful collection that is worth your time, attention, and love.” —Tor.com on BASFF 2015 [review]
REVIEW: “A great, fun, romping collection of stories.” —San Francisco Book Review, on BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2015
REVIEW: “Highly recommended” — Bookgasm, on BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2015
REVIEW: PW on BASFF — “The quality of work is very high”
REVIEW: Adam-Troy Castro on Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
On Facebook, author (and reviewer) Adam-Troy Castro started reading Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (guest editor: Joe Hill), and just three stories in made the following pronouncement: “On the basis of those first three stories, alone, I am ready to call this book a monument.” There’s a lot of background behind that praise that he goes into in his post which is well worth reading as well (which he couches in the context of “behind the scenes of a writer’s ego”). [review]