“Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2022” Editor: John Joseph Adams

Book of the Month:
“The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022”
Editors: John Joseph Adams, Rebecca Roanhorse

This month we are keeping a beloved Sci Fi Book Club tradition alive. For the eighth 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 Rebecca Roanhorse, best-selling author of the novel ‘Black Sun’. Roanhorse’s writing is often inspired by indigenous and ancient civilizations and has a doctorate from Yale in Federal Indian Law. She is an exciting new voice in the sci fi and fantasy space and I’m curious to see what she and Adams have in mind.

Per usual, I recommend coming back around to the Introduction by Roanhouse 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 2022” 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.