A colony survives among the icy rings of a planet, hiding from alien robots determined to destroy them \u2026 at a remote site on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a group of scientists, engineers, and physicians gather to gamble humanity\u2019s future on one last-ditch experiment \u2026 a man who can\u2019t feel pain has been bioengineered to be a killing machine, but he refuses to give in to his fate \u2026 a man is contacted by three future versions of himself, each trying to save their world from destruction.<\/p>\n
For decades, science fiction has compelled us to imagine futures both inspiring and cautionary. Whether it\u2019s a warning message from a survey ship, a harrowing journey to a new world, or the adventures of well-meaning AI, science fiction inspires the imagination and delivers a lens through which we can view ourselves and the world around us. With The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five, award-winning editor Neil Clarke provides a year-in-review and twenty-eight of the best stories published by both new and established authors in 2019.<\/p>\n