Even though though Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection came out back in late August, I’m finally getting around to reporting about the strong showing of Rayguns Over Texas. (Should give you an idea of how crazy things have been at the Geek Compound) While none of the stories were actually reprinted within the volume, seven of the tales garnered an honorable mention.
- Defenders of Beeman County by Aaron Allston
- Timeout by Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Sovereign Wealth by Chris N. Brown
- Take a Left at the Cretaceous by Mark Finn
- Grey Goo and You by Derek Austin Johnson
- Novel Properties of Certain Complex Alkaloids by Lawrence Person
- The Chambered Eye by Jessica Reisman
With Finn, Person, Allston, and Brown receiving additional notice within Dozois’s Summation of the year.
Congrats to all.
