Twenty-six stories, selected by editor Donna Scott from disparate places, that represent some of the best SF published anywhere during 2020: stories of heroism, stories of loss, stories of wonder.
In this volume you will encounter deftly crafted tales that explore such things as the progress of AI consciousness, considerations in health and social care, and the meaning of those things that are unique in their significance to mankind: the true meaning of love, and the linear nature, or not, of time.
Best of British Science Fiction 2020 is once again edited by Donna Scott, a recent chair of the BSFA and a distinguished poet, writer, and stand-up comedian. Donna is also a free-lance editor who has worked behind the scenes for a number of major publishers over the course of several years.
Contents:
Introduction – Donna Scott
War Crimes – M. R. Carey
Blue and Blue and Blue and Pink – Lavie Tidhar
All I Asked For – Anne Charnock
The Savages – David Gullen
Infinite Tea in the Demara Café – Ida Keogh
Lazarus, Unbound – Liam Hogan
The Cyclops – Teika Marija Smits
Brave New World by Oscar Wilde – Ian Watson
Chimy and Chris – Stephen Oram
Mudlarking – Neil Williamson
Infectious – Liz Williams
Cofiwch Aberystwyth– Val Nolan
Panspermia High – Eric Brown
Exhibit E – L. P. Melling
The Lori – Fiona Moore
Wilson Dreams of Peacocks – Melanie Smith
Variations on Heisenberg's Third Concerto – Eleanor R Wood
The World is on Fire and You're Out of Milk – Rhiannon Grist
The Turbine at the End of the World – James Rowland
What Happened to 70 – C. R. Berry
Rings Around Saturn – Rosie Oliver
The Good Shepherd – Stewart C Hotson
Pineapples Are Not the Only Bromeliad – RB Kelly
Like Clocks Work – Andi Buchanan
Watershed – John Gilbey
Here Today – Geoff Nelder
About the Authors
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