| Author | Edited by Gardner Dozois |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
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Publication date
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2001 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 617 pp |
| ISBN | (hardcover); (paperback) |
| 354/.729/7250074 | |
| LC Class | HV7685.B7 B76a |
| Preceded by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection |
| Followed by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection |
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection () is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 2001. It is the 18th in The Year's Best Science Fiction series and won a 2002 Locus Award for best anthology.
The book includes a 39-page summation by Dozois; 23 stories, all that first appeared in 2000, and each with a two-paragraph introduction by Dozois; and a seven-page referenced list of honorable mentions for the year. The stories are as follows.