Taken from a posting at the Asimov's Message Board:

THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TWENTIETH ANNUAL COLLECTION, edited by Gardner Dozois

BREATHMOSS, Ian R. MacLeod
THE MOST FAMOUS LITTLE GIRL IN THE WORLD, Nancy Kress
THE PASSENGER, Paul McAuley
THE POLITICAL OFFICER, Charles Coleman Finlay
LAMBING SEASON, Molly Gloss
COELACANTHS, Robert Reed
PRESENCE, Maureen F. McHugh
HALO, Charles Stross
IN PARADISE, Bruce Sterling
THE OLD COSMONAUT AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER DREAM OF MARS, Ian McDonald
STORIES FOR MEN, John Kessel
TO BECOME A WARRIOR, Chris Beckett
THE CLEAR BLUE SEAS OF LUNA, Gregory Benford
V.A.O., Geoff Ryman
WINTERS ARE HARD, Steven Popkes
AT THE MONEY, Richard Wadholm
AGENT PROVOCATEUR, Alex Irvine
SINGLETON, Greg Egan
SLOW LIFE, Michael Swanwick
A FLOCK OF BIRDS, James Van Pelt
THE POTTER OF BONES, Eleanor Arnason
A WHISPER OF DISKS, John Meaney
THE HOTEL AT HARLAN'S LANDING, Kage Baker
THE MILLENNIAL PARTY, Walter Jon Williams
TURQUOISE DAYS, Alastair Reynolds


YEAR'S BEST 6, by David Hartwell

IN PARADISE, Bruce Sterling
SLOW LIFE, Michael Swanwick
AT DORADO, Geoffrey A. Landis
COELACANTHS, Robert Reed
FLIGHT CORRECTION, Ken Wharton
SHOES, Robert Sheckley
THE DIAMOND DRILL, Charles Sheffield
THE SEASONS OF THE ANSARAC, Ursula K. Le Guin
VAN VOGT, Richard Chwedyk
HALO, Charles Stross
I SAW THE LIGHT, Terry Bisson
A SLOW DAY AT THE GALLERY, A.M. Dellamonica
AILOURA, Paul Di Filippo
THE NAMES OF ALL THE SPIRITS, J.R. Dunn
GRANDMA, Carol Emshwiller
SNOW IN THE DESERT, Neal Asher
SINGLETON, Greg Egan
GEROPODS, Robert Onopa
AFTERLIFE, Jack Williamson
SHIELDS OF MARS, Gene Wolfe
PATENT INFRINGEMENT, Nancy Kress
LOST SORCERESS OF THE SILENT CITADEL, Michael Moorcock


BEST SF, Robert Silverberg

TOURIST, Charles Stross
THE LONG CHASE, Geoffrey A. Landis
COELACANTHS, Robert Reed
LIKING WHAT YOU SEE, Ted Chiang
THE BLACK ABACUS, Yoon Ha Lee
THE DISCHARGE, Christopher Priest
ABOARD THE BEATITUDE, Brian W. Aldiss
DROPLET, Benjamin Rosenbaum
THE WAR OF THE WORLDVIEWS, James Morrow
BREATHMOSS, Ian R. MacLeod
ANGLES, Orson Scott Card



Okay -- discuss! What did you like? Dislike? What deserves to be here and what doesn't? And what was overlooked?