Last Year's Sci-Fi Was More Genre-Bending Than Ever

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022, which collects 20 of the best fantasy and science fiction stories of the past year, features a wide range of characters and settings. Guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse made the final selections for this year's volume. "This is not your father's science fiction and fantasy collection," Roanhorse says in Episode 538 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. "I'm excited to see what people are writing, and where the genre is going, and what sort of new voices can be discovered, and how far we can push boundaries and still tell universal stories." P. Djèlí Clark's genre-bending "If the Martians Have Magic" features Haitian priests battling the alien invaders from The War of the Worlds. "I always think my stories are too weird," Clark says.