Gardner Dozois has announced the table of contents for his Year’s Best Science Fiction, volume 25 (covering 2007, and appearing this Summer). His choices as the best stories of the year are (in the order in which he listed them):
“Finisterra” by David Moles
“Lighting Out” by Ken MacLeod
“The Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away” by John Barnes
“Saving Tiamaat” by Gwyneth Jones
“Of Late I Dreamt of Venus” by James Van Pelt
“Verthandi’s Ring” by Ian McDonald
“Sea Change” by Una McCormack
“The Sky is Large and the Earth is Small” by Chris Roberson
“Glory” by Greg Egan
“Against the Current” by Robert Silverberg
“Alien Archeology” by Neal Asher
“The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang
“Beyond the Wall” by Justin Stanchfield
“Kiosk” by Bruce Sterling
“Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter
“The Sledge-Maker’s Daughter” by Alastair Reynolds
“Sanjeev and Robotwallah” by Ian McDonald
“The Skysailor’s Tale” by Michael Swanwick
“Of Love and Other Monsters” by Vandana Singh
“Steve Fever” by Greg Egan
“Hellfire at Twilight” by Kage Baker
“The Immortals of Atlantis” by Brian Stableford
“Nothing Personal” by Pat Cadigan
“Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear
“The Accord” by Keith Brooke
“Laws of Survival” by Nancy Kress
“The Mists of Time” by Tom Purdom
“Craters” by Kristine Kathyrn Rusch
“The Prophet of Flores” by Ted Kosmatka
“Stray” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & David Ackert
“Roxie” by Robert Reed
“Dark Heaven” by Gregory Benford
In addition to the stories, his book also usually includes a 50-100 page summation of the year in science fiction, and a 10-12 page list of “honorable mention” stories.