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Year’s Best SF 4 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperPrism, June 1999, 0-06-105902-1, $6.50, 484pp, pb, cover by John Harris)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 20 stories from 1998, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Hartwell discusses the year in his very short introduction. ix · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 1999 1 · Market Report · Alexander Jablokov · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1998 31 · A Dance to Strange Musics · Gregory Benford · nv Science Fiction Age November 1998 65 · The Year of the Mouse · Norman Spinrad · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1998 75 · The Day Before They Came · Mary Soon Lee · ss Interzone #133, July 1998 83 · This Side of Independence · Rob Chilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1998 103 · The Twelfth Album · Stephen Baxter · ss Interzone #130, April 1998 119 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 183 · Whiptail · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1998 209 · The Eye of God · Mary Rosenblum · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1998 243 · Rules of Engagement · Michael F. Flynn · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1998 269 · Radiant Doors · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1998 291 · Unravelling the Thread · Jean-Claude Dunyach; translated by Ann Cale, Sheryl Curtis & Brian Stableford · ss Interzone #133, July 1998 translated from the French (“Déchiffrer la Trame”, Galaxies #4, April 1997). 303 · That Thing Over There · Dominic Green · ss Interzone #132, June 1998 323 · The Allies · Mark S. Geston · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1998 377 · My Pal Clunky · Ron Goulart · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 1998 397 · Life in the Extreme [Uplift] · David Brin · ss Popular Science August 1998 417 · Near Enough to Home · Michael Skeet · ss Arrowdreams ed. Mark Shainblum & John Dupuis, Nuage Editions, 1998 437 · A Game of Consequences · David Langford · ss Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 451 · State of Nature · Nancy Kress · ss Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel, Overlook Press, 1998 461 · Maneki Neko · Bruce Sterling · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1998 originally published in Japanese in Hayakawa’s Science Fiction Magazine.

Year’s Best SF 5 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2000, 0-06-102054-0, $6.99, xv+494pp, pb)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 25 stories from 1998, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Hartwell discusses the year in his introduction. xiii · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 2000 1 · Everywhere · Geoff Ryman · ss Interzone #140, February 1999 14 · Evolution Never Sleeps · Elisabeth Malartre · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1999 36 · Sexual Dimorphism · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, 1999 57 · Game of the Century · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1999 94 · Secrets of the Alien Reliquary · Michael Bishop · pm Time Pieces by Michael Bishop, Edgewood Press, 1998 97 · Kinds of Strangers · Sarah Zettel · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 1999 124 · Visit the Sins · Cory Doctorow · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999 145 · Border Guards · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #148, October 1999 174 · macs · Terry Bisson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 186 · Written in Blood · Chris Lawson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999 204 · Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon? · Gene Wolfe · ss Moon Shots ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 222 · The Blue Planet · Robert J. Sawyer · ss Toronto Globe and Mail December 11 1999, as “Mars Reacts!” 229 · Lifework · Mary Soon Lee · ss Interzone #144, June 1999 238 · Rosetta Stone · Fred Lerner · ss Artemis #1, Spring 2000 255 · An Apollo Asteroid · Brian Aldiss · ss Moon Shots ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 271 · 100 Candles · Curt Wohleber · ss TransVersions #10, 1999 288 · Democritus’ Violin · G. David Nordley · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1999 311 · Fossil Games · Tom Purdom · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1999 362 · Valour · Chris Beckett · ss Interzone #141, March 1999 379 · Huddle [Manifold] · Stephen Baxter · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1999 404 · Ashes and Tombstones · Brian M. Stableford · ss Moon Shots ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 422 · Ancient Engines · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1999 433 · Freckled Figure · Hiroe Suga; translated by Dana Lewis & Stephen Baxter · nv Interzone #141, March 1999; dated 1992. 457 · Shiva · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Science Fiction Age May 1999 466 · The Queen of Erewhon · Lucy Sussex · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1999

Year’s Best SF 6 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2001, 0-06-102055-9, $7.50, xii+500pp, pb)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 27 stories from 2000, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Hartwell discusses the year in his introduction. ix · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 2001 1 · Reef [Quiet War] · Paul J. McAuley · nv Skylife ed. Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski, Harcourt, 2000 35 · Reality Check · David Brin · vi Nature #6775, March 16 2000 39 · The Millennium Express · Robert Silverberg · ss Playboy January 2000 61 · Patient Zero · Tananarive Due · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2000 81 · The Oort Crowd · Ken MacLeod · vi Nature #6792, July 13 2000 85 · The Thing About Benny · M. Shayne Bell · ss Vanishing Acts ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2000 95 · The Last Supper · Brian Stableford · ss Science Fiction Age March 2000 113 · Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN · Joan Slonczewski · vi Nature #6790, June 29 2000 117 · Our Mortal Span · Howard Waldrop · ss Black Heart, Ivory Bones ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon, 2000 130 · Different Kinds of Darkness [Blit] · David Langford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2000 143 · New Ice Age, or Just Cold Feet? · Norman Spinrad · vi Nature #6787, June 8 2000 147 · The Devotee · Stephen Dedman · nv Eidolon Autumn 2000 189 · The Marriage of Sky and Sea · Chris Beckett · ss Interzone #153, March 2000 210 · In the Days of the Comet · John M. Ford · vi Nature #6789, June 22 2000 214 · The Birthday of the World [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2000 248 · Oracle · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2000 303 · To Cuddle Amy · Nancy Kress · vi Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2000 308 · Steppenpferd · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2000 322 · Sheena 5 [Manifold] · Stephen Baxter · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2000 343 · The Fire Eggs · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Interzone #153, March 2000 358 · The New Horla · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2000 372 · Madame Bovary, C’est Moi · Dan Simmons · vi Nature #6801, September 14 2000 377 · Grandma’s Jumpman · Robert Reed · ss Century #6, Spring 2000 398 · Bordeaux Mixture · Charles Dexter Ward · vi Nature #6776, March 23 2000 402 · The Dryad’s Wedding · Robert Charles Wilson · nv Star Colonies ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2000 427 · Built Upon the Sands of Time · Michael F. Flynn · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2000 445 · Seventy-two Letters · Ted Chiang · na Vanishing Acts ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2000

Year’s Best SF 7 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2002, 0-06-106143-3, $7.99, 498pp, pb)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 19 stories from 2001, all strictly SF (no fantasy). Hartwell discusses the year in his introduction. Authors include Nancy Kress, Terry Bisson, Gene Wolfe, and Ursula K. Le Guin. xi · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 2002 1 · Computer Virus · Nancy Kress · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April 2001 53 · Charlie’s Angels · Terry Bisson · nv Sci Fiction August 15 2001 77 · The Measure of All Things [saurs] · Richard Chwedyk · nv Tails from the Pet Shop ed. Tina L. Jens, 1999 100 · Russian Vine · Simon Ings · ss Sci Fiction June 6 2001 121 · Under’s Game · Michael Swanwick · ss Sci Fiction 2001 125 · A Matter of Mathematics · Brian Aldiss · ss Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time by Brian Aldiss, Orbit, 2001 140 · Creative Destruction [InterstellarNet] · Edward M. Lerner · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2001 186 · Resurrection · David Morrell · nv Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 209 · The Cat’s Pajamas · James Morrow · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2001 234 · The Dog Said Bow-Wow [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2001 254 · The Building · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 265 · Grey Earth [Manifold] · Stephen Baxter · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2001 284 · The Lagan Fishers · Terry Dowling · ss Sci Fiction April 11 2001 305 · In Xanadu · Thomas M. Disch · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 323 · The Go-Betweens · Lisa Goldstein · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2001 347 · Viewpoint · Gene Wolfe · nv Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 396 · Anomalies · Gregory Benford · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 410 · Glacial [Revelation Space] · Alastair Reynolds · na Spectrum SF #5, February 2001 462 · Undone · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001

Year’s Best SF 8 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2003, 0-06-106453-X, $7.99, 496pp, pb)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 23 stories from 2002, all strictly genre SF. Only Hartwell is mentioned on the cover. Hartwell discusses the year in his introduction. Authors include Michael Moorcock, Gene Wolfe, and Ursula K. Le Guin. xiii · Introduction · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in 2003 1 · In Paradise · Bruce Sterling · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2002 14 · Slow Life · Michael Swanwick · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2002 41 · Knapsack Poems [Goxhat] · Eleanor Arnason · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2002 62 · At Dorado · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2002 76 · Coelacanths · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2002 105 · Flight Correction · Ken Wharton · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2002 129 · Shoes · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2002 137 · The Diamond Drill · Charles Sheffield · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2002 142 · The Seasons of the Ansarac · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Infinite Matrix June 3 2002 161 · A Few Kind Words for A.E. van Vogt · Richard Chwedyk · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #23, April 2002/April 2003 165 · Halo [Macx Family] · Charles Stross · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2002 205 · I Saw the Light · Terry Bisson · ss Sci Fiction October 2 2002 222 · A Slow Day at the Gallery · A. M. Dellamonica · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2002 240 · Ailoura · Paul Di Filippo · nv Once Upon a Galaxy ed. Wil McCarthy, Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2002 275 · The Names of All the Spirits · J. R. Dunn · nv Sci Fiction July 24 2002 301 · Grandma · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2002 309 · Snow in the Desert [Polity] · Neal Asher · nv Spectrum SF #8, May 2002 341 · Singleton · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #176, February 2002 403 · Geropods · Robert Onopa · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2002 418 · Afterlife · Jack Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2002 435 · Shields of Mars · Gene Wolfe · ss Mars Probes ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2002 448 · Patent Infringement · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2002 458 · Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel · Michael Moorcock · nv Mars Probes ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2002 495 · Story Copyrights · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Year’s Best SF 9 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2004, 0-06-057559-X, $7.99, xii+500pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 20 stories from 2003, all strictly genre SF. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. · Amnesty · Octavia E. Butler · ss Sci Fiction January 22 2003 · Birthdays · Geoff Ryman · ss Interzone #188, April 2003 · The Waters of Meribah · Tony Ballantyne · ss Interzone #189, May/June 2003 · EJ-ES · Nancy Kress · nv Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian ed. Janis Ian, Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2003 · Four Short Novels · Joe Haldeman · gp The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2003 _ · Remembrance of Things Past · Joe Haldeman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2003 _ · Crime and Punishment · Joe Haldeman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2003 _ · War and Peace · Joe Haldeman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2003 _ · The Way of All Flesh · Joe Haldeman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2003 · Rogue Farm · Charles Stross · ss Live Without a Net ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2003 · The Violet’s Embryos · Angélica Gorodischer · ss Cosmos Latinos ed. Andrea L. Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán, Wesleyan University Press, 2003 · Coyote at the End of History · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2003 · In Fading Suns and Dying Moons · John Varley · nv Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian ed. Janis Ian, Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2003 · Castaway · Gene Wolfe · ss Sci Fiction February 5 2003 · The Hydrogen Wall · Gregory Benford · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2003 · The Day We Went Through the Transition · Ricard de la Casa & Pedro Jorge Romero · ss Cosmos Latinos ed. Andrea L. Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán, Wesleyan University Press, 2003 translated from the Spanish (“El día que hicimos la Transición”, Visiones 1997 ed. Rafael Marín, AEFCFT, October 1997). · Nimby and the Dimension Hoppers · Cory Doctorow · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2003 · Night of Time [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · ss The Silver Gryphon ed. Gary Turner & Marty Halpern, Golden Gryphon Press, 2003 · A Night on the Barbary Coast [The Company] · Kage Baker · ss The Silver Gryphon ed. Gary Turner & Marty Halpern, Golden Gryphon Press, 2003 · Annuity Clinic · Nigel Brown · ss Interzone #188, April 2003 · The Madwoman of Shuttlefield [Coyote] · Allen M. Steele · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2003 · Bread and Bombs · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2003 · The Great Game [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2003 · The Albertine Notes · Rick Moody · na McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books, 2003

Year’s Best SF 10 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2005, 0-06-057561-1, $7.99, xiii+498pp, pb)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 23 stories from 2004, all strictly genre SF. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Gregory Benford, Terry Bisson, Pamela Sargent, and Gene Wolfe. xi · Introduction · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in 2005 1 · Sergeant Chip · Bradley Denton · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2004 53 · The First Commandment · Gregory Benford · ss Sci Fiction May 19 2004 69 · Burning Day · Glenn Grant · nv Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic ed. Claude Lalumière, Véhicule Press, 2003 111 · Scout’s Honor · Terry Bisson · ss Sci Fiction January 28 2004 128 · Venus Flowers at Night · Pamela Sargent · na Microcosms ed. Gregory Benford, DAW, 2004 169 · Pulp Cover · Gene Wolfe · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2004 182 · The Algorithms for Love · Ken Liu · nv Strange Horizons July 12 2004 199 · Glinky · Ray Vukcevich · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2004 219 · Red City · Janeen Webb · nv Synergy SF: New Science Fiction ed. George Zebrowski, Five Star, 2004 253 · Act of God · Jack McDevitt · ss Microcosms ed. Gregory Benford, DAW, 2004 265 · Wealth · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2004 279 · Mastermindless [Archonate: Henghis Hapthorn] · Matthew Hughes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2004 304 · Time, as It Evaporates… · Jean-Claude Dunyach; translated by Jean-Louis Trudel · ss The Night Orchid by Jean-Claude Dunyach, Black Coat Press, 2004 323 · The Battle of York · James Stoddard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2004 347 · Loosestrife · Liz Williams · ss Interzone #193, Spring 2004 360 · The Dark Side of Town · James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2004 377 · Invisible Kingdoms [Silurian Tales] · Steven Utley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2004 390 · The Cascade · Sean McMullen · ss Agog! Smashing Stories ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2004 409 · Pervert · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2004 422 · The Risk-Taking Gene as Expressed in Some Asian Subjects · Steve Tomasula · nv The Denver Quarterly Fall 2004 453 · Strood · Neal Asher · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2004 469 · The Eckener Alternative · James L. Cambias · ss All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories ed. David Moles & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press & All-Star Stories, 2004 479 · Savant Songs · Brenda Cooper · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2004