Over on the Asimov's forum, Gardner Dozois has posted the table of contents for his new 26th annual Year's Best Science Fiction. The contents are:
- TURING’S APPLES, Stephen Baxter (Eclipse 2, ed. Jonathan Strahan)
- FROM BABEL’S FALL’N GLORY WE FLED, Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s, February 2008)
- THE GAMBLER, Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders)
- BOOJUM, Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette (Fast Ships, Black Sails, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer)
- THE SIX DIRECTIONS OF SPACE, Alastair Reynolds (Galactic Empires, ed. Gardner Dozois)
- N-WORDS, Ted Kosmatka (Seeds of Change, ed. John Joseph Adams)
- AN ELIGIBLE BOY, Ian McDonald (Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders)
- SHINING ARMOUR, Dominic Green (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 2, ed. George Mann)
- THE HERO, Karl Schroeder (Eclipse 2, ed. Jonathan Strahan)
- EVIL ROBOT MONKEY, Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 2, ed. George Mann)
- FIVE THRILLERS, Robert Reed (F & SF, April 2008)
- THE SKY THAT WRAPS THE WORLD ROUND, PAST THE BLUE AND INTO THE BLACK, Jay Lake (Clarkesworld, March 2008)
- INCOMERS, Paul McAuley (The Starry Rift, ed. Jonathan Strahan)
- CRYSTAL NIGHTS, Greg Egan (Interzone, April 2008)
- THE EGG MAN, Mary Rosenblum (Asimov’s, February 2008)
- HIS MASTER’S VOICE, Hannu Rajaniemi (Interzone, October 2008)
- THE POLITICAL PRISONER, Charles Coleman Finlay (F & SF, August 2008)
- BALANCING ACCOUNTS, James L. Cambias (F & SF, February 2008)
- SPECIAL ECONOMICS, Maureen McHugh (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow)
- DAYS OF WONDER, Geoff Ryman (F & SF, October/November 2008)
- CITY OF THE DEAD, Paul McAuley (Postscripts # 15)
- THE VOYAGE OUT, Gwyneth Jones (Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures, ed. Lynne Jamneck)
- THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF LORD GRIMM, Daryl Gregory (Eclipse 2, ed. Jonathan Strahan)
- G-MEN, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Sideways in Crime, ed. Lou Anders)
- THE ERDMANN NEXUS, Nancy Kress (Asimov’s, October/November 2008)
- OLD FRIENDS, Garth Nix (Dreaming Again, ed. Jack Dann)
- THE RAY-GUN: A LOVE STORY, James Alan Gardner (Asimov’s, February 2008)
- LESTER YOUNG AND THE JUPITER’S MOONS’ BLUES, Gord Sellar (Asimov’s, July 2008)
- BUTTERFLY, FALLING AT DAWN, Aliete de Bodard (Interzone, November 2008)
- THE TEAR, Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires, ed. Gardner Dozois)
I should note that there are a lot of great stories here, among them quite a few which numbered among my recent recommendations for the Nebula Award.