http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1340425...

this was a year when I think the shortlists were at least equal to if not better than Hartwell's selection - there are only two overlaps, Michael Swanwick's 'The Dog Said Bow-Wow' and James Patrick Kelly's 'Undone'. Other stories I liked from Hartwell's selection included Richard Chwedyk's 'The Measure of All Things' (to which the Nebula-winning 'Bronte's Egg' is a sequel) and Ursula Le Guin's 'The Building'. ( )

The editorial pair here single out the 'Red Shift' anthology by Al Sarrantonio for mention a number of times, so likely worth a look.

Overall, it seems 2001 was a really good year for SF stories, and this volume starts brilliantly, and ends almost as well. This anthology averages a hugely impressive 3.97, and that is good enough for full marks. Four standout stories, and only two are average.

Year's Best SF 07 : Computer Virus - Nancy Kress
Year's Best SF 07 : Charlie's Angels - Terry Bisson
Year's Best SF 07 : The Measure of All Things - Richard Chwedyk
Year's Best SF 07 : Russian Vine - Simon Ings
Year's Best SF 07 : Under's Game - Michael Swanwick
Year's Best SF 07 : A Matter of Mathematics - Brian Aldiss
Year's Best SF 07 : Creative Destruction - Edward M. Lerner
Year's Best SF 07 : Resurrection - David Morrell
Year's Best SF 07 : The Cat's Pajamas - James Morrow
Year's Best SF 07 : The Dog Said Bow-Wow - Michael Swanwick
Year's Best SF 07 : The Building - Ursula K. Le Guin
Year's Best SF 07 : Grey Earth - Stephen Baxter
Year's Best SF 07 : The Lagan Fishers - Terry Dowling
Year's Best SF 07 : In Xanadu - Thomas M. Disch
Year's Best SF 07 : The Go-Betweens - Lisa Goldstein
Year's Best SF 07 : Viewpoint - Gene Wolfe
Year's Best SF 07 : Anomalies - Gregory Benford
Year's Best SF 07 : Glacial - Alastair Reynolds
Year's Best SF 07 : Undone - James Patrick Kelly

House arrest.

5 out of 5

Killer robot case definitely not supernatural.

4 out of 5

Killer robot case definitely not supernatural.

4.5 out of 5

Illiterate people are easy, if you are aliens with territorial designs on Terra.

4 out of 5

Space Force firing performance needs junk food.

4 out of 5

Short cut.

3 out of 5

Alien nanotech radio plot.

4 out of 5

Father-son freeze.

4 out of 5

Brain in a jar down on the farm political ethics.

4 out of 5

Canine anti-tech adventures.

4 out of 5

Stonewalling.

3 out of 5

Alternate reality Big Whack human lack.

3.5 out of 5

A UN veteran, honored for his work in fighting a dangerous outbreak in the past, now lives with a new, strange botanical that is very valuable, and not very well understood.

4 out of 5

Welcome To the Pleasure Dome, not Frankie, not alive.

3.5 out of 5

Welcome To the Pleasure Dome, not Frankie, not alive.

4.5 out of 5

Cash keepings off, rifled.

4 out of 5

Error observation religion.

4 out of 5

Clavain investigates why it is cold and almost all dead on a base.

4 out of 5

Future escape a problem of many dimensions.

4.5 out of 5

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2008/01... ( )