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John Joseph Adams is the series editor of BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY. He is also the bestselling editor of many other anthologies, such as ROBOT UPRISINGS, DEAD MAN'S HAND, BRAVE NEW WORLDS,WASTELANDS, and THE LIVING DEAD. Recent and forthcoming books include WHAT THE #@&% IS THAT?, OPERATION ARCANA, PRESS START TO PLAY, LOOSED UPON THE WORLD, and THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH (consisting of THE END IS NIGH, THE END IS NOW, and THE END HAS COME). Called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, John is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award (for which he has been nominated nine times), is a seven-time World Fantasy Award finalist, and served as a judge for the 2015 National Book Award. John is also the editor and ...more

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	The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Stephen King (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Robert J. Sawyer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.39 avg rating — 22,864 ratings — published 2009 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), George R.R. Martin (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 10,744 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), George R.R. Martin 3.85 avg rating — 9,225 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End is Nigh (The Apocalypse Triptych, #1) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ben H. Winters (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 3,425 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brave New Worlds by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author), Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,673 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Dead 2 (The Living Dead, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 2,440 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epic: Legends of Fantasy by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brent Weeks (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 2,205 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End is Now (The Apocalypse Triptych, #2) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author), Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author), Scott Sigler (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,046 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.61 avg rating — 1,896 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End Has Come (The Apocalypse Triptych, #3) by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author), Megan Arkenberg (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 1,611 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Awards Eligibility Post for 2025

Below is a list of all of the original short fiction I edited that was published in 2025.

In addition to those stories, I’m eligible in Best Editor (Short-Form) for the Hugos and the World Fantasy special award, and possibly other awards with editor categories. Lightspeed is not eligible for Best Semiprozine and there is no Best Prozine category, so if you want to nominate it for a Hugo, the only o

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Wastelands (3 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Richard Kadrey (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Carmen Maria Machado (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) (contributor),

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3.76 avg rating — 13,146 ratings

The Living Dead (2 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor)

3.87 avg rating — 11,665 ratings

The Apocalypse Triptych (3 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author),

Megan Arkenberg (Goodreads Author),

Chris Avellone,

Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author),

Annie Bellet (Goodreads Author),

Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author),

Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author),

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3.89 avg rating — 7,082 ratings

The Dystopia Triptych (4 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author),

Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author),

Christie Yant (Goodreads Author)

3.86 avg rating — 739 ratings

The Aetherian Revolution (5 books)
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John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author),

Daniel H. Wilson (Goodreads Author),

Caroline M. Yoachim (Goodreads Author),

Sean McMullen (Goodreads Author),

Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads Author),

Megan Arkenberg (Goodreads Author),

Theodora Goss (Goodreads Author),

Rae Carson,

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“They almost killed me.” “I guess they didn’t.”
― John Joseph Adams, Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse

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“They say you can’t remember pain—the fact of it, yes, but the truth of it, the physical texture of agony? Gone and forgotten. Which makes it easy to forget that pain hurts, that the wounded life isn’t always worth living.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

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“It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognized.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Now

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