The Year's Best Science Fiction (anthology)

Gardner Dozois edited the series from its launch in 1984 through the thirty-fifth annual collection in 2018. Dozois was also a major science fiction writer and served as editor of Asimov's Science Fiction.

The annual volumes primarily reprinted stories that had already appeared in magazines, collections, and other anthologies during the preceding year. Dozois selected the fiction and added an extensive overview of developments in science fiction publishing.

No, they are separate anthology series with similar purposes. Gardner Dozois edited The Year's Best Science Fiction, while Neil Clarke launched The Best Science Fiction of the Year through Night Shade Books.

Each annual volume stands alone, so readers can start with a year or author that interests them rather than beginning with volume one. The thirty-fifth collection is the final installment edited by Dozois and covers fiction published in 2017.