“Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2021” Editor: John Joseph Adams

Book of the Month:
“The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021”
Editors: John Joseph Adams, Veronica Roth

This month we are keeping a beloved Sci Fi Book Club tradition alive. For the seventh year in a row will be reading the newest edition of a short story collection called The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. It has been a Club favorite each year and takes a good look at the current state of science fiction by highlighting some new and established writers in the genre. Each story has to meet certain criteria that you can read up on at the editor’s website and are chosen without the author’s name attached.

Stories are selected by John Joseph Adams and a new guest editor (this year is Veronica Roth, best-selling author of the ‘Divergent’ series and ‘Chosen Ones’. I recommend coming back around to the Introduction by Roth until you’ve read the stories, it sometimes contains spoilers. The Preface is worth it, for sure! It describes the selection process.

Let us know in the Comments below which stories you like and feel free to skip one if you’re not digging it. There are always plenty of perspectives and approaches to the format in this collection.

“The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021” is available in paperback via Amazon and other online booksellers and is also available via the New York Public Library.

To join a Book Club meeting, all you will need is YOURSELF! If you haven’t had a chance to finish the book, we still would love for you to join us in the discussion.