A review by jmercury
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois

5.0

While the first few stories lag in interest and quality, most of this anthology is of excellent writing and thoughtfulness. The stories are written by a diverse group of authors, and to my pleasure the protagonists stretch across the range of human experience: women, women of color, men of color, and sexual minorities narrate and star alongside the straight white male staples of science fiction. This attention to diverse viewpoints offers an enriching and engaging spread of fiction for the modern reader.

Highlights of the anthology:
Useless Things, by Maureen F. McHugh
Butterfly Bomb, by Dominic Green
Infinities, by Vandana Singh
The Island, by Peter Watts
Lion Walk, by Mary Rosenblum
Three Leaves of Aloe, by Rand B. Lee
It Takes Two, by Nicola Griffith
Solace, by James Van Pelt
Hair, by Adam Roberts