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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 Kindle Edition

by John Joseph Adams (Author), Rebecca Roanhorse (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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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"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)

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John Joseph Adams is the bestselling editor of many anthologies, including Wastelands, The Living Dead, and The Way of the Wizard. A six-time Hugo finalist and five-time World Fantasy Award nominee, he is also the editor and publisher of the magazines Lightspeed and Nightmare as well as the cohost of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. Rebecca Roanhorse is the author of numerous novels of speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. She has won the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus awards and was the recipient of the 2018 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She graduated from Yale University and later earned her JD degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law, specializing in Federal Indian law.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09T3HBYF7
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books (November 1, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3046 KB
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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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Earthling
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Snapshot of Contemporary SFF
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2023
"Best" is always subjective, but the editors have certainly chosen worthwhile stories that capture a snapshot of the best of modern science fiction and fantasy.

My favorites were "Skindler’s Veil" by Kelly Link, "Delete Your First Memory For Free" by Kel Coleman, and "The Future Library" by Peng Shepherd.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 20 science fiction/fantasy stories that made me sit back and think
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2023
"The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022" edited by John Joseph Adams and Rebecca Roanhorse is an exciting collection of stories.

Although this anthology of 20 stories is evenly split between 10 science fiction and 10 fantasy stories, many of them are surprisingly excellent examples of fiction that literally straddles the boundary between science fiction and fantasy. I write "surprisingly" since even though most of these stories are actually somewhat outside of my go-to sub-generes of hard SF and epic adventure fantasy they were much more readable and enjoyable than I would have predicted. I had read several of the stories and authors before, which I think indicates that it was a good selection of stories for me. Nearly every story made me sit back and think a bit. I found about a third of the stories to be awesome, a third to be good, and just under a third to be OK. If the choice were up to me, there are two stories I would not have chosen. Though they were all memorable and I can recommend this collection to thinkers and lovers of science fiction and fantasy.,

I thank the editors, authors, and publisher for kindly providing a temporary electronic review copy of this work.
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Ralph R Palm
3.0 out of 5 stars Some other mediocre stuff
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023
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'The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022, mixed with some other mediocre stuff'would maybe make a more accurate title.
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Elisabeth Carey
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent collection of short science fiction and fantasy
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2022
This is a collection of twenty stories of science fiction, fantasy, and bit of horror, a Year's Best collection with John Joseph Adams as the series editor, and Rebecca Roanhorse as this year's guest editor.

It's a lively and interesting collection of stories, including the ones that are not to my taste. It includes writers of a wide variety of backgrounds, with the diverse characters you, or at least I, like to see.

Some of my favorites here:

If the Martians Have Magic, by P. Djèli Clarke--In a rather different history than ours, H.G. Wells's Martians invaded--several times. The last time, the magic practitioners of Earth united to kick them out permanently. But three Martians were left behind, and taken prisoner. A generation later, the Council that mediates all things magical and is also responsible for the Martians is caught in a conflict over what to do with. Some feel they need to be killed. Not everyone agrees, but the only real advocate they have realizes she can only win by proving the Martians have magic, too, and are protected by the same law that protects all other magic practitioners. Unfortunately, it looks like she won't have time. Several magical traditions are represented, and the Martians' advocate is from the Caribbean tradition.

Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story, by Nalo Hopkinson--Global climate change wasn't halted or even slowed down, and the waters rose much faster than expected. Many people are living on artificial, floating habitats, including our protagonist, who has just had new cyber devices inserted into her head. Being a little headstrong, she doesn't stick around on land to properly acclimate to her new enhancements before heading home. This leads to ditching in the water, and we get a closeup look at why she's been commenting on how bad things are, and the irreversibility of it. But when she washes up on a bit of land that hasn't gone under yet, she encounters something that might mean there's hope after all.

The Red Mother, by Elizabeth Bear--This is a lovely story of an aging Viking going looking for his exiled brother, to tell him he's been cleared of the murder charge that got him exiled. When he reaches the village where his tracking magic took him, he meets an old friend, who tells him his brother and others are dead, and the only way to save them is to go fight the dragon that's harassing the village. It has an unexpected ending.

The Pizza Boy, by Meg Ellison--The pizza boy is delivering pizza to ships on both sides of an interstellar way. It's very important that he have mushrooms available for certain orders, and the reason takes a while to become apparent. Intrigue and ingenuity. And mushrooms.

Those are my favorites, and there are other stories that I love in this anthology. There are also others I'm not so fond of, but they're well-written, and will be someone else's favorites. No bad picks in here.

Recommended.

I receive a free electronic galley from the publisher via NetGalley, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
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Tracey T
4.0 out of 5 stars 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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