For over twenty years, The Years Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. In 2005, the original Best of the Best collected the finest short stories from that series and became a benchmark in the SF field. Now for the first time ever, Hugo Award-winning editor Gardner Dozois sifts through hundreds of stories and dozens of authors, who have gone on to become some of the most esteemed practitioners of the form to bring readers the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels from his legendary series. With such notable authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Michael Swanwick, Joe Haldeman, Frederick Pohl, Greg Egan, Robert Silverberg, Alastair Reynolds, and many more, the Best of the Best Volume 2 will be the most significant science fiction short novel anthology ever published.