Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction
| Author | Edited by Gardner Dozois |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
| Genre | Science fiction anthology |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
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Publication date
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2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 655 pp |
| ISBN | (hardcover); (paperback) |
| OCLC | 56753613 |
| 813/.0876608 22 | |
| LC Class | PS648.S3 B499 2005 |
| Followed by | Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Year's Best Short Science Fiction Novels |
Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction () is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2005. It is a special edition in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.
The book includes a 5-page foreword by Robert Silverberg, a 3-page preface by Dozois, and 36 stories selected by Dozois from among prior annual editions of The Year's Best Science Fiction. Although it is billed as "20 years" of the year's best science fiction, it was actually edited after the 21st edition of the series, and the editor selected from among all 21 editions. The stories are as follows.
The UK edition, titled The Mammoth Book of The Best of The Best New SF included three additional stories at the end of the book:
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