Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction books in order

Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction is a series of anthology volumes collecting outstanding British science fiction, with Stephen Baxter among the authors featured. The series spans several decades of the field.
Series · Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Fiction

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Best SF 1967 1968 Stephen Baxter N/A
2 Zenith 1989 Stephen Baxter Buy
3 Zenith 2: The Best In New British Science Fiction 1989 Stephen Baxter Buy
4 The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Volume 2 2021 Stephen Baxter N/A
5 The 6th Annual Best SF 72 1973 Stephen Baxter N/A
6 The 7th Annual Best SF 73 1974 Stephen Baxter N/A
7 The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 8 1976 Stephen Baxter N/A
8 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 10 1997 Stephen Baxter N/A
9 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 17 2004 Stephen Baxter N/A
10 The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection 2010 Stephen Baxter N/A
11 The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection 2011 Stephen Baxter N/A
12 The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection 2012 Stephen Baxter N/A
13 The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection 2015 Stephen Baxter N/A
14 The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection 2017 Stephen Baxter N/A
15 Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection 2018 Stephen Baxter N/A

The Zenith anthology series has served as a showcase for British science fiction across multiple decades, gathering work from both established authors and newer voices in the field. Baxter appears in these volumes as part of a broader tradition of British hard SF that includes writers like Greg Bear, Brian Aldiss, and Alastair Reynolds.

For readers interested in the context around Baxter’s individual work, the Zenith anthologies offer a useful snapshot of what was happening in British SF at different points in his career. His own pieces in these collections often represent experiments or shorter explorations of ideas that appear in more developed form in his novels.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction series?

There are fifteen books in the Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction series, published between 1968 and 2021.

What is the first book in the Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction series?

The first book in the Zenith: The Best in New British Science Fiction series is Best SF 1967, published in 1968.

Did Stephen Baxter edit the Zenith anthologies or just contribute to them?

Baxter’s involvement varies across the series. He appears as a contributor in some volumes and may have had editorial involvement in others.

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