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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
- Narrated by: Amy Tallmadge, Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 28 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
To keep up to date with the most buzzworthy and cutting-edge science fiction requires sifting through countless magazines, e-zines, websites, blogs, original anthologies, single-author collections, and more - a task accomplishable by only the most determined and voracious fans. For everyone else, Night Shade Books is proud to introduce the inaugural volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, a new yearly anthology compiled by Hugo and World Fantasy award-winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers.
The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence. Clarke, publisher and editor in chief of the acclaimed and award-winning magazine Clarkesworld, has selected the short science fiction (and only science fiction) best representing the previous year's writing, showcasing the talent, variety, and awesome "sensawunda" that the genre has to offer.
Neil Clarke is the award-winning publisher and editor in chief of Clarkesworld magazine, winner of three Hugo Awards for Best Semiprozine, and the editor of the 2014 cyborg-themed original anthology Upgraded. Clarke lives in Stirling, New Jersey.
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- Terrence Feenstra
- 09-15-16
Hit and Miss; Many more misses than hits
Would you try another book from Neil Clarke - editor and/or Amy Tallmadge and Jeremy Arthur ?
I think not. I know it's a matter of taste, but 90% of these stories were not to my liking. Not enough hard SF. And with all respect to the writers, who work so darned hard, I found their prose weak. The last two stories, however, were excellent, with muscular writing.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Amy Tallmadge and Jeremy Arthur ?
Anyone, I think. Either I know nothing about word pronunciation, or the narrators/producers were lazy in not determining pronunciations before recording . See: arboreal, archipelago, etc.
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- PhilipDunwody
- 09-20-16
unconcluded stories in vogue
I don't know if it was just the editor's taste that has the anthology loaded so heavily with this brand sometimes frustrating sometimes imaginative unrealized conclusions, or that this style is in court. But I hope it played no part in story selection. What bothers me most about the hanging conclusions in many of these cases is that the authors felt it necessary to drone on about emotional quandaries faced by characters. When, if left unspoken, the reader could be left free to imagine these conflicts given the context. I don't understand why they choose to make such excessive explanations of obvious character dilemmas when they felt no need to fully flesh the finish. It is not that I dislike hanging conclusions, it is just that I don't like hearing/reading them repeatedly and with no clear device to make the conclusion exceptionally suspect. It just seems lazy.
7 people found this helpful
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- mgordo
- 10-14-16
Annoying biographies before the stories
What did you like best about The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One? What did you like least?
It's difficult enough to trust Amazon and Audible reviews to be written by actual customers. Now I'm restricted to answering specific pre-package questions. So the question for me is why bother? Maybe you will like this book and maybe you won't. Audible reviews will not help you answer that question. So spend your money and buy this product. That's the business model.
What does Amy Tallmadge and Jeremy Arthur bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Voices.
Was The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One worth the listening time?
All but the biographies. They did not port gracefully.
Any additional comments?
Maybe this is more the case with science fiction than other writing, but I did notice that the "tell" to "show" ratio was was wildly out of balance.
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- Michelle-meer
- 02-10-18
Patchy
My enjoyment was patchy from story to story and narrator to narrator.
I found some stories dealing with interesting concepts.
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- Joe Moore
- 03-09-20
Great and Bad
The first half of the collection is disappointing. Very poor story telling. But, there are two or three phenomenal stories in the collection.
The narrators are generally poor. One younger female narrator is very poor and hard to listen to.
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- Amanda
- 01-06-22
An Enjoyable Collection
A decent mix of stories here, including a handful of standouts and (as in any anthology) one or two duds. Ignore the reviews whining about "SJWs" and "cancel culture", as anyone afraid of the least bit of diversity has missed the point of science fiction entirely.
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- Eric
- 06-19-21
Don't waste your time
Volume of SJW social politics and crit race theory along the theme of "YOUR white priviledge". And "if you're reading this you're a white racist". This is garbage. The entertainment medias "I'm a bleeding minority victim" "me too" mentalify has hijacked even sciencecfiction.
I give up.
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- wonderhead
- 02-18-17
Too Many Emotional Softwares
To me, who has done some amateur programming, all the stories of software have emotional difficulties are difficult to read. Someone had to program in emotional matrixes and sensory selectivity or just type in the words the software says under whatever sensory load. I am afraid that the smart readers already know that any writer who does the "HAL" thing is hacking the science out of science fiction and giving in to generalized stupidity.
6 people found this helpful
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- William H. Vallely
- 09-06-17
Dull and dreary
In the introduction, Meil Clarke mewed on and on about the difficulty in finding paying readers. But he never touches on the obvious reason for the problem.
The stories are dull. Page after page of tales from Women Studies Writing Seminars.
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- S. Meyer
- 02-16-22
Good selection of different stories
I enjoyed the different timelines and stories compiled by this collection of short science fiction. would recommend.
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- Robert Dullighan
- 03-21-20
easy listening SciFi
I drive a lot for my living and have a lot of time to listen to books,(I used to read a lot but my job doesn't afford me that time anymore so listening is the next best thing), this is a great introduction to the SciFi/Fantasy genre, capturing most forms, most of the storys are excellent, I especially like So much Cooking by Naomi kritzer, which given the current situation in the world 2020, is more so relevant than ever
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- Paul Kielty
- 10-25-18
Crushingly dull soft Sci Fi.
I'm struggling to go on after seven or eight of the stories, it starts very strong with two wonderfully crafted stories and it's all downhill from there.
From a story about people taking about a ship getting a virus (that's literally all they do) to people reminiscing over how sad their life has been this has been a torridly dull affair that had ended my recent lust for Sci Fi with a plop rather than a bang. I highly recommend you avoid this one...
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- Mark Twain
- 11-08-21
Boring and uninspired
Boring and uninteresting like most fiction from the US these days, absolutely no originality here.
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- gary
- 09-24-21
boring 😴
such a yawn fest no action no nothing really just talk blah blah you couldn't even call it sci fi thank crom I didn't pay for this
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- DENNIS
- 08-28-21
Good collection
Some good,some very good and some i did not care for,if you read science
Fiction there should be enough variety here to interest you,good short story collection.
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- Mr. M. Elsy
- 08-23-21
Some great Sci-fi
Some really good Sci-fi stories in this collection. Great narration by both the male and female narrators.
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- John Wesker
- 09-20-17
Great Selection!
Where does The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
1 of 1 haha!
What did you like best about this story?
Lots of variety and different genres of Sci-Fi. Great for those long walks.
Have you listened to any of Amy Tallmadge and Jeremy Arthur ’s other performances? How does this one compare?
No.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No.
Any additional comments?
No.
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- Barbara Eberhart
- 05-10-22
excellent performance, good stories
This is a real treat. Most stories are great. Some are a little too long and some more interesting than others but that's what you get in an anthology like this. Overall - loved it !!
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- Smikey
- 03-30-22
Good stories marred by repeated mispronunciation
Would it be possible for Audible to encourage readers to seek help when they don't know how to pronounce a word? It would seem from these stories that when they don't know, they take a guess and press on unchecked.
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- Thomas
- 02-10-22
Quality stories
A good selection of some quality stories.
It was included in my subscription so I hope the authors are getting paid properly 😐
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- No Need To Imagine
- 09-22-20
Not worth to purchase.
The stories in this book are unimpressive, plotless word salads. They are NOT sci-fi stories, either: boring and difficult to follow. Why were these stories selected as best sci-fi ??? Overall, avoid this book, save your money or go with something else. Very disappointing experience .
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- Anonymous User
- 04-19-22
Quite Good
a selection of good and some not so good short stories. The good outnumbering the not so good. I found the selection overall as enjoyable and to my taste. individual experience will vary.