{"product_id":"the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2025-9780063441477","title":"The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf science fiction and fantasy, guest editor Nnedi Okorafor writes, \"There are times when it feels like a box, but within it, technically, you can expect anything.\" The twenty stories in this collection simultaneously fulfill and defy expectations of genre, showcasing boundary-pushing authors at their best. In this year's \u003cem\u003eBest American Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e, a robot will struggle to make friends, a team of auditors determines the financial value of a lifetime, an alien species will teach you how to read, and maybe, just maybe, someone will finally do something about the kid in Ursula K. Le Guin's Omelas hole. From the joyous to the terrifying, to the heart wrenching and the absurd, these stories encourage you to open your mind and, as Okorafor promises: \"Watch your world expand.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025\u003c\/em\u003e INCLUDES: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'PEMI AGUDA - KIJ JOHNSON - TANANARIVE DUE - S.L. HUANG - JOE HILL - ISABEL J. KIM - T.J. KLUNE - OLIVIE BLAKE - CAROLINE M. YOACHIM - AND OTHERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdams, John Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Joseph Adams \u003c\/strong\u003eis the series editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e and the editor of the Hugo Award-winning \u003cem\u003eLightspeed\u003c\/em\u003e, and of more than forty anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eLost Worlds \u0026amp; Mythological Kingdoms, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Far Reaches, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOut There Screaming \u003c\/em\u003e(coedited with Jordan Peele).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOkorafor, Nnedi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNnedi Okorafor \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of multiple award-winning and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers, including \u003cem\u003eDeath of the Author\u003c\/em\u003e, the Binti trilogy, \u003cem\u003eWho Fears Death\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLagoon\u003c\/em\u003e, currently in development at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. She has won every major prize in speculative fiction, including the World Fantasy, Nebula, and Eisner Awards; multiple Hugo Awards; and the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Born in Cincinnati to Igbo Nigerian immigrant parents, she now resides in Phoenix, Arizona, with her daughter, Anyaugo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661502873874,"sku":"9780063441477","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17fdeb32-123e-405a-b42c-34cfe7525a8c.jpg?v=1760446394","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2025-9780063441477","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}