The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens

By: Jane Yolen

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Hardcover | 1 May 2005 | Edition Number 1

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Award-winning anthologists Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have combed through a year's worth of books and magazines and websites to find the most outstanding fantasy and science fiction stories of 2004--and collected them into a single volume aimed specifically at teens and young adults.
Many of today's most popular authors are represented here, including:
* Garth Nix, author of "Sabriel," "Lirael," and "Abhorsen," who presents an unforgettable tale of two swords, two daughters, and two endings....
* S. M. Stirling, author of "Island in the Sea of Time," sends a likeable young barbarian across the Channel to Alba, for a confrontation with a wizard from faraway Nantucket that will change his life forever...
* David Gerrold, creator of "The Trouble with Tribbles," who takes you to a remote countryside surrounded by a mysterious darkness, whose secret has yet to be revealed...

Industry Reviews

Opening with the opinion that a separate literature for teens is superfluous, but heigh-ho, here's an addition to it, Yolen proceeds to offer, with Hayden, 11 tales written by a mix of veterans and rising stars. They include five reprints from 2004 anthologies marketed to young adults, and a century-old entry from Rudyard Kipling and feature ghosts, magical creatures, futuristic tech, alternate realities and, usually but not always, young folk. It's not a total wash, as several entries are drawn from paper or online magazines, the intros add spot-on recommendations for further reading (enhanced by an Honor Roll at the end), and contributions do include both a strong, heartbreaking closer narrated by a canine soldier and Delia Sherman's "CATNYP," a romp set in The New York Public Library. However, the Kipling is a serious mistake, as the subtlety of its language and the quality of its storytelling make all of the stories before and after look like journeyman work. Strictly additional. (Short stories. 11-15) (Kirkus Reviews)

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