The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection
Dust jacket of 1st edition  | |
| Editor | Gardner Dozois | 
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Alan Gutierrez | 
| Language | English | 
| Series | The Year's Best Science Fiction | 
| Genre | Science fiction | 
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press | 
Publication date  | 1988 | 
| Publication place | United States | 
| Media type | Print (hardcover & trade paperback) | 
| Pages | xxv & 678 pp | 
| ISBN | 9780312018535 | 
| OCLC | 18121368 | 
| 813.0876 | |
| LC Class | PN6071.S33 Y432 1988 | 
| Preceded by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection | 
| Followed by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection | 
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Gardner Dozois, the fifth volume in an ongoing series. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by St. Martin's Press in May 1988, with the latter reprinted in June 1994. The first British edition was published in hardcover and trade paperback by Robinson in September 1988, under the alternate title Best New SF 2.