Jonathan Strahan (Editor) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Eight. Oxford, UK: Solaris, 2014. First printing. 9781781082164 614 pages. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. Contents: Introduction by Jonathan Strahan. "Some Desperado" by Joe Abercrombie; "Zero for Conduct" by Greg Egan; "Effigy Nights" by Yoon Ha Lee; "Rosary and Goldenstar" by Geoff Ryman; "The Sleeper and the Spindle" by Neil Gaiman; "Cave and Julia" by M. John Harrison; "The Herons of Mer de l'Ouest" by M. Bennardo; "Water"  by Ramez Naam; "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" by Ted Chiang; "The Ink Readers of Doi Saket" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; "Cherry Blossoms on the River of Souls" by Richard Parks; "Rag and Bone" by Priya Sharma; "The Book Seller" by Lavie Tidhar; "The Sun and I" by KJ Parker; "The Promise of Space" by James Patrick Kelly; "The Master Conjurer" by Charlie Jane Anders; "The Pilgrim and the Angel" by E. Lily Yu; "Entangled" by Ian R. Macleod; "Fade to Gold" by Benjanun Sriduangkaew; "Selkie Stories Are for Losers" by Sofia Samatar; "In Metal, in Bone" by An Owomoyela; "Kormak the Lucky" by Eleanor Arnason; "Sing" by Karin Tidbeck; "Social Services" by Madeline Ashby; "The Road of Needles" by Caitlín R. Kiernan; "Mystic Falls" by Robert Reed; "The Queen of Night's Aria" by Ian McDonald; "The Irish Astronaut" by Val Nolan.