The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025Of science fiction and fantasy, guest editor Nnedi Okorafor writes, There are times when it feels like a box, but within it, technically, you can expect anything. The twenty stories in this collection simultaneously fulfill and defy expectations of genre, showcasing boundary pushing authors at their best. In this years Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, a robot will struggle to make friends, a team of auditors determines the financial value of

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\"Megan Whalen Turner has constructed a clever world filled with suspense and intrigue and characters that will never be forgotten

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She explores Tim Cook’s leadership and its impact on Jobs’s loyal lieutenants

” Alice describes the first carp she killed

the Lowy Institute

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