| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Edited by Gardner Dozois |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Year's Best Science Fiction |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction anthology |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
| Publication date | 1996 (collecting stories originally published in 1995) |
| Pages | 640 (586 of story text) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0-312-14451-7 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-312-14452-4 (paperback) |
| OCLC Number | 34884302 |
| Preceded by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection |
| Followed by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection |
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection (ISBN 978-0-312-14451-7) is a 1996 science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois. It is the 13th in the Year's Best Science Fiction series.
The book opens with a 39-page writeup by Dozois which summarizes and comments on major developments in science fiction literature and film in 1995. The main body of the book contains 24 stories (all originally published in 1995), an introduction by Dozois opening each story, and a 6-page referenced list of honorable mentions for the year. The stories included in the book are as follows.