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dollar. ISO code: USD</span></div> <li> <b>Pages:</b> 776 <li> <b>Format:</b> <div class="tooltip tooltipright">hc<sup class="mouseover">?</sup><span class="tooltiptext tooltipnarrow tooltipright">Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.</span></div> <li> <b>Type:</b> ANTHOLOGY <li><b>Cover:</b> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308711" dir="ltr">The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection</a> by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?24890" dir="ltr">Jean-Pierre Normand</a> (variant of <a class = "italic" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?147640" dir="ltr">Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2003</a> 2003) <li> <div class="notes"><b>Notes:</b> <ul><li>This is similar to the St. Martin's hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. <li>Date of publication and price from Locus1</ul></div> <li> <b>External IDs:</b> <ul class="noindent"> <li> <abbr class="template" title="Online Computer Library Center">OCLC/WorldCat</abbr>: <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429663716" target="_blank">429663716</a> </ul> </ul> </td> </table> Cover art supplied by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org" target="_blank">ISFDB</a> on <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Image:THRRSQSBST2004.jpg" target="_blank">this Web page</a> </div> <div class="ContentBox"> <span class="containertitle">Anthology Title:</span> <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?152105" dir="ltr">The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?8258" dir="ltr">The Year's Best Science Fiction</a> • 21] • anthology by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?198" dir="ltr">Gardner Dozois</a> <h2>Contents <a class="listingtext" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?117641+c" dir="ltr">(view Concise Listing)</a></h2> <ul> <li>xiii • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308731" dir="ltr">Summation: 2003</a> • essay by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?198" dir="ltr">Gardner Dozois</a> <li>1 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?102266" dir="ltr">Off on a Starship</a> • (2003) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1250" dir="ltr">William Barton</a> <li>52 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308751" dir="ltr">It's All True</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?62844" dir="ltr">Moment Universes</a>] • (2003) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1413" dir="ltr">John Kessel</a> <li>71 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308761" dir="ltr">Rogue Farm</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2200" dir="ltr">Charles Stross</a> <li>85 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?101480" dir="ltr">The Ice</a> • (2003) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?440" dir="ltr">Steven Popkes</a> <li>127 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308781" dir="ltr">Ej-Es</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?35" dir="ltr">Nancy Kress</a> <li>145 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?71929" dir="ltr">The Bellman</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?11894" dir="ltr">Anna-Louise Bach</a>] • (2003) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?59" dir="ltr">John Varley</a> <li>171 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?278731" dir="ltr">The Bear's Baby</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?678" dir="ltr">Holy Ground Trilogy</a>] • (2003) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1642" dir="ltr">Judith Moffett</a> <li>206 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308811" dir="ltr">Calling Your Name</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?246" dir="ltr">Howard Waldrop</a> <li>219 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?101503" dir="ltr">June Sixteenth at Anna's</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?283" dir="ltr">Kristine Kathryn Rusch</a> <li>232 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?102270" dir="ltr">The Green Leopard Plague</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?42163" dir="ltr">College of Mystery</a>] • (2003) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?669" dir="ltr">Walter Jon Williams</a> <li>288 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?278231" dir="ltr">The Fluted Girl</a> • (2003) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?17573" dir="ltr">Paolo Bacigalupi</a> <li>310 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?101874" dir="ltr">Dead Worlds</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?20997" dir="ltr">Jack Skillingstead</a> <li>322 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308861" dir="ltr">King Dragon</a> • (2003) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?179" dir="ltr">Michael Swanwick</a> <li>355 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308871" dir="ltr">Singletons in Love</a> • (2003) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?20680" dir="ltr">Paul Melko</a> <li>374 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?101385" dir="ltr">Anomalous Structures of My Dreams</a> • (2003) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1555" dir="ltr">M. Shayne Bell</a> <li>396 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?246511" dir="ltr">The Cookie Monster</a> • (2003) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?61" dir="ltr">Vernor Vinge</a> <li>441 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308901" dir="ltr">Joe Steele</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?148" dir="ltr">Harry Turtledove</a> <li>454 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?301291" dir="ltr">Birth Days</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1027" dir="ltr">Geoff Ryman</a> <li>467 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308921" dir="ltr">Awake in the Night</a> • (2003) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?7227" dir="ltr">John C. Wright</a> <li>509 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?102267" dir="ltr">The Long Way Home</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?956" dir="ltr">James Van Pelt</a> <li>523 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308941" dir="ltr">The Eyes of America</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?417" dir="ltr">Geoffrey A. Landis</a> <li>548 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?102272" dir="ltr">Welcome to Olympus, Mr. Hearst</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?42854" dir="ltr">The Company short fiction</a>] • (2003) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2201" dir="ltr">Kage Baker</a> <li>606 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308961" dir="ltr">Night of Time</a> • [<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?12285" dir="ltr">The Great Ship Universe</a>] • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?199" dir="ltr">Robert Reed</a> <li>623 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308971" dir="ltr">Strong Medicine</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?312" dir="ltr">William Shunn</a> <li>628 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?301831" dir="ltr">Send Me a Mentagram</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11945" dir="ltr">Dominic Green</a> <li>651 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308991" dir="ltr">And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr">Paul Di Filippo</a> <li>667 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?307691" dir="ltr">Flashmen</a> • (2003) • novelette by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?754" dir="ltr">Terry Dowling</a> <li>690 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?278371" dir="ltr">Dragonhead</a> • (2003) • short story by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11283" dir="ltr">Nicholas A. DiChario</a> [as by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?16976" dir="ltr">Nick DiChario</a>] <li>693 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?308411" dir="ltr">Dear Abbey</a> • (2003) • novella by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?80" dir="ltr">Terry Bisson</a> <li>765 • <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?309061" dir="ltr">Honorable Mentions: 2003</a> • essay by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?198" dir="ltr">Gardner Dozois</a> </ul> </div> <div class="VerificationBox"> <h2>Primary Verifications</h2> <table> <tr class="table1"> <th>Verifier</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Last User Activity Date</th> </tr> <tr class="table2"> <td><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_Talk:Taweiss">Taweiss</a></td> <td class="keep">2019-06-20 21:10:37</td> <td class="keep">Permanent</td> <td>2025-03-23</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="VerificationBox"> <h2>Secondary Verifications</h2> <table> <tr class="table1"> <th>Source</th> <th>Status</th> <th>Verifier</th> <th>Date</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="label"><a href="http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Reference:Locus1">Locus1</a></td> <td class="keep">Verified</td> <td class="keep"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_Talk:Bluesman">Bluesman</a></td> <td class="keep">2009-02-10 09:57:02</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label"><a href="http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Help:Using_Worldcat_data">OCLC/Worldcat</a></td> <td class="keep">Verified</td> <td class="keep"><a href="https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User_Talk:Bluesman">Bluesman</a></td> <td class="keep">2011-04-23 19:23:40</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id="bottom"> Copyright © 1995-2025 Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team <br> <b>ISFDB Engine</b> - Version 4.00 (2006-04-24) <br> ISFDB is an Amazon Associate in order to have access to Amazon's product data. 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