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The year's best science fiction : twenty-fifth annual collection / edited by Gardner Dozois

This twenty-fifth annual collection compiles science fiction short stories exploring speculative futures and new worlds. It includes a summation of the year's developments in the genre alongside a list of recommended reading.

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