The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 11

By: Jonathan Strahan - editor

Narrated by: Mimi Chang, Kathlieen Gati, Thom Rivera, Elizabeth Liang, Jay Aaseng, Almarie Guera, Lisa Renee Pitts, Ione Butler, Lauren Baldwin, Ramón de Ocampo, Rich Miller

Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre's best known anthologies, is back with his 11th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy. With established names and new talent, this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the listener to the outer reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass.

Featuring: Catherynne M. Valente; Paolo Bacigalupi; Aliette de Bodard; Joe Abercrombie; Rich Larson; Naomi Novik; Alyssa Wong; Daryl Gregory; Alex Irvine; Sam J. Miller; Alice Sola Kim; Seth Dickinson; Carolyn Ives Gilman; Genevieve Valentine; Caitlin R. Kiernan; Amal El-Mohtar; Theodora Goss; Ian R. Macleod; Delia Sherman; Geoff Ryman; Nina Allan; N.K. Jemisin; Lavie Tidhar; Yoon Ha Lee; Paul Mcauley; Charles Yu; E. Lily Yu; Ken Liu

Narrators include Michael G. Welch, Lisa Renee Pitts, Jay Aaseng, Mimi Chang, and more.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©2016, 2017 Jonathan Strahan, Catherynne M. Valente, Paolo Bacigalupi, Aliette de Bodard, Joe Abercrombie, Rich Larson, Naomi Novik, Alyssa Wong, Daryl Gregory, Alex Irvine, Sam J. Miller, Alice Sola Kim, Seth Dickinson, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Genevieve Valentine, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Amal El-Mohtar, Theodora Goss, Ian R. Macleod, Delia Sherman, Geoff Ryman, Nina Allan, N.K. Jemisin, Lavie Tidhar, Yoon Ha Lee, Paul Mcauley, Charles Yu, E. Lily Yu, Ken Liu (P)2017 Recorded Books

Over 25 sci-fi/fantasy short stories

Editor Jonathan Strahan offers twenty-eight sci/fantasy short stories in his eleventh volume highlighting the best from 2016. There is an eclectic mix that spans the range from light-hearted to thought provoking, including award nominees.

There are multiple narrators providing an easy listening experience that can be taken in small bites.

Lots of Options

I really enjoyed this collection of sci-fi and fantasy stories, enough so I came searching for several of the stories again and again. There's a nearly noir style detective story, a few reimaginings of classic fairy/Grimm bros tales, some had me giggling, some had me trying not to cry, and some that bowled me over and I just had to let the feelings do their thing. Of course not every story is going to speak to you, but that is possible every time you try a new story, book, band, album, song, show, film, whatever. The important things are the ones that DO!
These kinds of collected stories are great for trying out authors you're unfamiliar with, learning about authors you've never heard of, and finding out story genres you've been skeptical of are actually precisely what you've been looking for. Even the editor can become a name you start looking for (as in my personal experience).

Marvelous Stories

This collection contains a nice variety of stories, all good and some excellent. My favorite story was the last one, Fable, and it made the entire book shine.

Average level of stories dissapointing

Only four stories I would take with me, 'Spinning Silver' by Naomi Novik (a fantasy tale in the likes of Grimm and Andersen), 'The Art of Space Travel' by Nina Allan (about a young adult girl living near an airport and rocket launch pad), 'Red as Blood and White as Bone' by Theodora Goss (about a kitchen maid in a castle tale), 'Foxfire, Foxfire' by Yoon Ha Lee (a fantasy story where a fox can disguise as a human)

Heard alot of theses before in other issue.

Had many stories repeated from previous volumes. Good stories but felt a little jipped by the repition...