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The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2022 Paperback – November 1, 2022

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Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse and series editor John Joseph Adams select twenty pieces that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year and explore the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human.

With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of contemporary science fiction and fantasy.

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Read the best of everything in this year's Best American 2022 Series!


	Best American Short Stories	Best American Essays	Best American Food Writing	Best American Mystery and Suspense	Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy	Best American Science and Nature Writing
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“Experimental...literary, and...boundary-pushing...there’s a decidedly global, multicultural feel to these pieces, which exemplify diversity and representation. A masterful showcase of what’s possible.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

“This brilliant and beautiful collection is a must-read for those looking to enjoy the fullest range of narrative pleasure.” — Booklist, starred review

“A great, fun, romping collection of stories.” — San Francisco Book Review

“This volume’s diverse list of well-known and rising stars . . . makes it a welcome addition to the ‘Best American’ series.” — Washington Post

“A powerful collection that is worth your time, attention, and love.” — Tor

About the Author

JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS is the series editor of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and is the editor of more than thirty anthologies, such as Wastelands, The Living Dead, and The Dystopia Triptych. He is also the editor the Hugo Award-winning Lightspeed, and is also publisher of Lightspeed as well as its sister-magazines Nightmare and Fantasy. For five years he was the editor of the John Joseph Adams Books novel imprint for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

REBECCA ROANHORSE is the New York Times bestselling author of Trail of Lightning, Storm of Locusts, Black Sun, and Star Wars: Resistance Reborn. She has won the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards for her fiction, and was the recipient of the 2018 Astounding (formerly Campbell) Award for Best New Writer. The next book in her Between Earth and Sky series, Fevered Star, is out in March 2022. She lives in New Mexico with her family.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books (November 1, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0358690129
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0358690122
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.97 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #48,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #89 in Fantasy Anthologies
- #107 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Books)
- #373 in Short Stories Anthologies

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John Joseph Adams is the series editor of BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, as well as the bestselling editor of more than thirty anthologies, including WASTELANDS and THE LIVING DEAD.

Recent books include A PEOPLE’S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES, WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE, COSMIC POWERS, WHAT THE #@&% IS THAT?, OPERATION ARCANA, PRESS START TO PLAY, and LOOSED UPON THE WORLD. He is also a co-editor of The Apocalypse Triptych and his latest project, with Hugh Howey and Christie Yant, is The Dystopia Triptych anthology series.

Also with Christie Yant, he is the owner of Adamant Press, the publisher of the award-winning digital magazines NIGHTMARE and LIGHTSPEED.

Called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, John is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award (for which he has been a finalist twelve times) and an eight-time World Fantasy Award finalist. He also served as a judge for the National Book Award.

In addition to his work in short fiction, John is also the editor of John Joseph Adams Books, a science fiction and fantasy imprint from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where he’s published books such as the New York Times bestselling CHOSEN ONES by Veronica Roth; MACHINE LEARNING by Hugh Howey; the Philip K. Dick Award-winning BANNERLESS by Carrie Vaughn, the forthcoming THE UNFINISHED LAND by Greg Bear, and many others.

To learn more about any of the above, visit johnjosephadams.com and @johnjosephadams.

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David Danko

Have sci-fi and fantasy died?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2022

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This has to be some of the worst material I have read in a long time. I truly believe I have witnessed the death of good writing. I have read almost all the science fiction and fantasy out there, and this little collection, for the most part, reads like amateurish offerings. I can't believe I got rooked into paying twelve bucks for this. These new writers are terrible! Doesn't anyone know how to write anymore? Buyer beware.

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Just no good this year

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2022

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I usually enjoy this every year but this time the selection is very weak. I found myself skipping overlong boring stories that were so badly edited that they were simply unreadable.

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Melanie Rojas

Hit or Miss but mostly Hits

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2023

Is a work speculative if the speculative elements are ambiguous? There were a few stories here that I wouldn't classify as speculative, so they felt out of place in the collection. There is also a fine line between what I consider beautifully expressive prose and pretentiousness. The stories in this were definitely riding that line; some landed on one side and some on the other. As a whole, I had more positive experiences than not, so I'm giving this a positive review. I found I liked the stories that were a bit more nostalgic or subtle with their messaging whereas the stories that were too blunt with their agenda felt bad.

Some of my favorite stories were: Proof by Induction - which is about a son and father relationship after death. and I Was a Teenage Space Jokey - which is a boy with a big imagination who is playing in a video game arcade (this is one that I would classify as Historical fiction rather than speculative, but it was still amazing)
My least favorite story was Colors of an Immortal Palette - which is about a woman who goes from muse to artist with the aid of vampirism. I found this to be overwritten.

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Tracey T

A strong, enjoyable collection

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 4, 2022

I love the year-end “best of” short story collections, because although I read a ton of short stories, there are inevitably things I’ve missed. Our guest editor for 2022 is Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Black Sun, and along with John Joseph Adams, they have chosen a great variety of stories, showcasing the strongest genre voices.

My favorites in this collection were unexpectedly sweet. Two stories especially warmed my heart, as they were focused on teenage misfits finding friendship; Stephen Graham Jones’ I Was a Teenage Space Jockey is a gorgeous story of loss and arcade high scores, and Sam J. Miller’s Let All the Children Boogie tells of how music can establish strong bonds between people, as two awkward teens investigate strange voices from the radio. Both these stories were so beautiful. Another sweet story I recommend from this collection is Delete Your First Memory For Free, by Kel Coleman.

Two of my favorites authors make well-deserved appearances; Kelly Link’s Skinder’s Veil, which was featured in the incredible Shirley Jackson tribute, When Things Get Dark, involves a house-sitting job that gets incredibly strange. And Karen Russell’s The Cloud Lake Unicorn is an incredibly moving tale of motherhood and maternity.

I think the highlight of this collection is The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han, by Maria Dong. Not only is it a fascinating, entertaining story about a duplicating machine, grief, and ghosts, but the narrator’s voice is just so appealing. I am beyond excited for Dong’s debut novel next year.

Other highlights include Nalo Hopkinson’s Broad Dutty Water, Rich Larson’s Tripping Through Time (I looooooved the ending of this one), Proof by Induction by José Pablo Iriarte, and The Future Library by Peng Shepherd.

This is such a strong collection, and doesn’t even scratch the surface of how many awesome science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories have been published this year. Indeed, at the back of the book, there is a detailed list of “further reading”. Recommended for lifelong genre fans, as well as a gateway drug for curious readers.

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Zisi

Good addition to the series

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 3, 2023

Good stories, many excellent, though a few disappoint, which is probably inevitable, as not all subgenres of the field appeal to me. Nonetheless, this is a worthy addition to the series and it is good to sample the year’s best (according to the editors’ tastes) in print book form.

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Great mix of authors and short stories

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 8, 2022

This collection of science fiction and fantasy was a great way to read some new short stories of authors I'm familiar with and finding new ones to follow

Like any anthology style book there are stories I really enjoy and others that I may not.

The story by Stephen Graham Jones was great and I have a lot of his previous works on my tbr. It was science fiction but with horror vibes.

I a few others I also really enjoyed, but not limited to

The Pizza Boy By Meg Ellison, a short dystopian story about the last baker who knows for to make pizza. Providing himself safety.

Cold Calculations By: Aimee Ogden, an astronaut has to make the hardest decision about a young girl stowaway as the amount of fuel was not planned for her extra weight. He needs to get back to save a planet.

This group of stories will have something for everyone. Their unique and diverse. I recommend checking this one out.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins's for this advance reader copy. My review is voluntarily my own.

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Wonderfully Curated

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 13, 2022

This is a wonderfully curated selection of SFF short stories that I probably wouldn't have managed to read otherwise. The stories cover a wide range from high fantasy to the paranormal to near future to deep space sci-fi. Many of the stories were sad, and it's very easy to see the influence of covid-19 on the genre within these stories.

My favorites were The Pizza Boy by Meg Elison, The Red Mother by Elizabeth Bear, and Skinder's Veil by Kelly Link.

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KC 667

Great SFF story collection

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 1, 2022

What a delight to have these 20 stories in one collection. What a delight to showcase these 20 American authors. Rebecca Roanhorse, herself a powerhouse of SFF, chose wisely. These stories, written or published during our COVID pandemic take us away, whether through time, space, or technology, while also asking us to examine who we are and who we want to be.

Must buy! 4/5

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