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Explosive and provocative battles fought across the boundaries of time and space--and on the frontiers of the human mind. Science fiction's finest have yielded this definitive collection featuring stories of warfare, victory, conquest, heroism, and overwhelming odds. These are scenarios few have ever dared to contemplate, and they include: , "Superiority": Arthur C. Clarke presents an intergalactic war in which one side's own advanced weaponry may actually lead to its ultimate defeat. , "Dragonrider": A tale of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, in which magic tips the scales of survival. , "Second Variety": Philip K. Dick, author of the short story that became the movie Blade Runner, reaches new heights of terror with his post apocalyptic vision of the future. , "The Night of the Vampyres": A chilling ultimatum of atomic proportions begins a countdown to disaster in George R. R. Martin's gripping drama. , "Hero": Joe Haldeman's short story that led to his classic of interstellar combat, The Forever War. , "Ender's Game": The short story that gave birth to Orson Scott Card's masterpiece of military science fiction. . . . as well as stories from Poul Anderson o Gregory Benford o C. J. Cherryh o David Drake o Cordwainer Smith o Harry Turtledove o and Walter John Williams Guaranteed to spark the imagination and thrill the soul, these thirteen science fiction gems cast a stark light on our dreams and our darkest fears--truly among the finest tales of the 20th century.

For over twenty years "The Year's Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. Now, with hundreds of stories and dozens of authors who have gone on to become some of the most esteemed practitioners of the form, Hugo Award-winning editor Gardner Dozios looks back on two decades of stories to bring readers the ultimate science fiction anthology. With such notable authors as Ursula LeGuin, Michael Swanwick, Bruce Sterling, Gregory Benford, Nancy Kress, Wiliam Gibson, Greg Bear, Joe Haldeman, Gene Wolfe, Robert Silverberg, Stephen Baxter and many more, "Best of the Best is the most significant science fiction short story anthology published in years.

Profession (short story) - "Profession" is a short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in a science-fiction magazine, Astounding Science Fiction, in 1957, and was reprinted in the collection Nine Tomorrows (1959).

Innocents Abroad (short story collection) - Innocents Abroad is a short story collection by American science-fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe published in 2004. The stories are primarily fantasy and/or horror, not science-fiction.

Pâté de Foie Gras (Asimov) - Pâté de Foie Gras is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov which was first published in the September 1956 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It appeared in Asimov's 1957 science essay collection Only a Trillion, and also in his 1968 short story collection Asimov's Mysteries.

It's a Good Life - It's a Good Life is a short story by Jerome Bixby, written in 1953. In 1970 it was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the 20 finest science fiction stories ever written, and was published in a collection of those 20 entitled the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume I.

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