A review by founddrama
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection by Chris Lawson, Robert Silverberg, Kage Baker, Charles Sheffield, Geoff Ryman, Mike Resnick, Karl Schroeder, M. John Harrison, James Patrick Kelly, Robert Grossbach, Ben Bova, Alastair Reynolds, Frederik Pohl, Richard Wadholm, Kim Stanley Robinson, David Marusek, Michael Swanwick, Robert Reed, Eleanor Arnason, Tanith Lee, Walter Jon Williams, Greg Egan, Hal Clement, Sage Walker, Stephen Baxter, Paul McAuley, Gardner Dozois

Did not finish book.

A dense volume packed full of a nice variety of scifi and fantasy from some well-known authors (and a few I'd never heard of). It just happened to be on the shelf at the beach house we rented for our '07 vacation. So when I finished [b: A Dirty Job|33456|A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)|Christopher Moore|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1331323415l/33456._SY75_.jpg|3258721] and [b: Oryx and Crake|46756|Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)|Margaret Atwood|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1494109986l/46756._SY75_.jpg|3143431] and [b: Cat's Eye|51019|Cat's Eye|Margaret Atwood|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385207977l/51019._SY75_.jpg|1019987], this one was there to fill in.

Includes:
* "The Wedding Album" by David Marusek - ★★★★
* "10^16 to 1" by James Patrick Kelly - ★★★★★
* "Winemaster" by Robert Reed
* "Galactic North" by Alastair Reynolds - ★★★★
* "Dapple: A Hwarhath Historical Romance" by Eleanor Arnason
* "People Came From Earth" by Stephen Baxter - ★★★★
* "Green Tea" by Richard Wadholm
* "The Dragon of Pripyat" by Karl Schroeder - ★★★★★
* "Written in Blood" by Chris Lawson - ★★★★★
* "Hatching the Phoenix" by Frederik Pohl
* "Suicide Coast" by M. John Harrison
* "Hunting Mother" by Sage Walker
* "Mount Olympus" by Ben Bova - ★★★
* "Border Guards" by Greg Egan
* "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" by Michael Swanwick - ★★★★★
* "A Hero of the Empire" by Robert Silverberg
* "How We Lost the Moon, A True Story by Frank W. Allen" by Paul J. McAuley - ★★★★
* "Phallicide" by Charles Sheffield - ★★★
* "Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams
* "A Martian Romance" by Kim Stanley Robinson
* "The Sky-Green Blues" by Tanith Lee
* "Exchange Rate" by Hal Clement
* "Everywhere" by Geoff Ryman
* "Hothouse Flowers" by Mike Resnick
* "Evermore" by Sean Williams
* "OF Scorned Women and Causal Loops" by Robert Grossbach
* "Son Observe the Time" by Kage Baker

(disclaimer: dropping in ratings for the stories that I remember actually reading...)