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The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection ed. Gardner R. Dozois (St. Martin’s, May 1988, 0-312-01853-3, $19.95, 678pp, hc)     Anthology of the best sf and fantasy stories of 1987, including two Nebula nominees. xv · Summation: 1987 · Gardner R. Dozois · in 1988 1 · Rachel in Love · Pat Murphy · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987 28 · Dream Baby · Bruce McAllister · nv In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987 57 · Flowers of Edo · Bruce Sterling · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 first published in Japanese in Hayakawa’s Science Fiction Magazine. 80 · Forever Yours, Anna · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni July 1987 93 · At the Cross-Time Jaunter’s Ball · Alexander Jablokov · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1987 119 · Dinosaurs · Walter Jon Williams · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1987 143 · The Temporary King · Paul J. McAuley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1987 165 · Perpetuity Blues · Neal Barrett, Jr. · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 193 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987 220 · The Pardoner’s Tale · Robert Silverberg · nv Playboy June 1987 240 · Glass Cloud · James Patrick Kelly · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1987 280 · The Evening and the Morning and the Night · Octavia E. Butler · nv Omni May 1987 303 · Night of the Cooters [War of the Worlds] · Howard Waldrop · nv Omni April 1987 322 · Angel · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 338 · Shades · Lucius Shepard · nv In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987 369 · The Faithful Companion at Forty · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1987 378 · Candle in a Cosmic Wind · Joseph Manzione · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact August 1987 413 · The Emir’s Clock · Ian Watson · ss Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987 428 · Ever After · Susan Palwick · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987 449 · The Forest of Time · Michael F. Flynn · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1987 495 · The Million-Dollar Wound · Dean Whitlock · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1987 505 · Moon of Popping Trees · R. Garcia y Robertson · nv Amazing Stories September 1987 536 · Diner · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss Omni November 1987 551 · All the Hues of Hell · Gene Wolfe · ss The Universe ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam Spectra, 1987 564 · Halley’s Passing · Michael McDowell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1987 580 · America [Carpenter] · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1987 605 · For Thus Do I Remember Carthage · Michael Bishop · ss The Universe ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam Spectra, 1987 622 · Mother Goddess of the World [Freds] · Kim Stanley Robinson · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1987 675 · Honorable Mentions: 1987 · Gardner Dozois · bi 1988

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection ed. Gardner R. Dozois (St. Martin’s, May 1989, 0-312-03009-6, $13.95, 596pp, tp)     Anthology of 28 stories with an introductory summation of 1988 by Dozois. Published simultaneously in hardcover (-03008-8, $24.95). ix · Summation: 1988 · Gardner R. Dozois · in 1989 1 · Surfacing · Walter Jon Williams · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1988 51 · Home Front [Home Front] · James Patrick Kelly · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988 62 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian M. Stableford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1988 81 · Peaches for Mad Molly · Steven Gould · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1988 101 · The Last Article · Harry Turtledove · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1988 128 · Stable Strategies for Middle Management · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988 140 · In Memoriam · Nancy Kress · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988 147 · Kirinyaga [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] · Mike Resnick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November 1988 164 · The Girl Who Loved Animals · Bruce McAllister · nv Omni May 1988 181 · The Last of the Winnebagos · Connie Willis · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1988 223 · Love in Vain · Lewis Shiner · nv Ripper! ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988 241 · The Hob [Hefn] · Judith Moffett · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1988 273 · Our Neural Chernobyl · Bruce Sterling · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1988 280 · House of Bones · Robert Silverberg · ss Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 298 · Schrödinger’s Kitten [Budayeen] · George Alec Effinger · nv Omni September 1988 319 · Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? · Howard Waldrop · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1988 345 · The Growth of the House of Usher · Brian M. Stableford · nv Interzone #24, Summer 1988 364 · Glacier · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1988 383 · Sanctuary [Montezuma Strip] · James Lawson · nv Amazing Stories November 1988 423 · The Dragon Line · Michael Swanwick · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 438 · Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner · John Kessel · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988 449 · Emissary · Stephen Kraus · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact November 1988 468 · It Was the Heat · Pat Cadigan · ss Tropical Chills ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1988 482 · Skin Deep · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Amazing Stories January 1988 496 · Dying in Hull · David Alexander Smith · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1988 509 · Distances · Kathe Koja · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1988 526 · Famous Monsters · Kim Newman · ss Interzone #23, Spring 1988 535 · The Scalehunter’s Beautiful Daughter [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · na Mark V. Ziesing, April 1988 591 · Honorable Mentions: 1988 · Gardner Dozois · bi 1989

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection ed. Gardner R. Dozois (St. Martin’s, June 1990, 0-312-04451-8, $24.95, 598pp, tp, cover by Tom Kidd)     Anthology of 25 stories with an introductory summation of 1989 by Dozois. Also available in trade paperback (-04452-6, $14.95). ix · Summation: 1989 · Gardner R. Dozois · in 1990 1 · Tiny Tango [Hefn] · Judith Moffett · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1989 40 · Out of Copyright · Charles Sheffield · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1989 56 · For I Have Touched the Sky [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] · Mike Resnick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1989 78 · Alphas · Gregory Benford · nv Amazing Stories March 1989 109 · At the Rialto · Connie Willis · nv Omni October 1989 129 · Skin Deep · Kathe Koja · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1989 137 · The Egg · Steven Popkes · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1989 174 · Tales from the Venia Woods [Roma Eterna] · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1989 190 · Visiting the Dead · William King · ss Interzone #28, March/April 1989 202 · Dori Bangs · Bruce Sterling · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1989 215 · The Ends of the Earth · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1989 267 · The Price of Oranges · Nancy Kress · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1989 289 · Lottery Night · S. P. Somtow · nv The Roots of Fantasy ed. Shelley Dutton Berry, World Fantasy Convention 1989, 1989 310 · A Deeper Sea · Alexander Jablokov · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1989 352 · The Edge of the World · Michael Swanwick · ss Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 366 · Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man · Megan Lindholm · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1989 385 · The Third Sex · Alan Brennert · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue 3 ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1989 402 · Winter on the Belle Fourche · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss The New Frontier ed. Joe R. Lansdale, Doubleday, 1989 418 · Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another [Time Gate] · Robert Silverberg · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1989 452 · Relationships · Robert Sampson · ss Strange Plasma #1, 1989 459 · Just Another Perfect Day · John Varley · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1989 472 · The Loch Moose Monster [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1989 504 · The Magic Bullet · Brian M. Stableford · nv Interzone #29, May/June 1989 521 · The Odd Old Bird [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · ss Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989 530 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 593 · Honorable Mentions: 1989 · Gardner R. Dozois · bi 1990

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection ed. Gardner R. Dozois (St. Martin’s, July 1991, 0-312-06009-2, $15.95, 624pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 25 sf stories, with a summation of the year in the field by Dozois. A hardcover edition (-06008-4, $27.95) is also available. xi · Summation: 1990 · Gardner R. Dozois · in 1991 1 · Mr. Boy · James Patrick Kelly · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1990 55 · The Shobies’ Story [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Universe 1 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Doubleday Foundation, 1990 79 · The Caress · Greg Egan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1990 101 · A Braver Thing · Charles Sheffield · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1990 129 · We See Things Differently · Bruce Sterling · nv Semiotext(e) #14, 1989 147 · And the Angels Sing · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni May 1990 165 · Past Magic · Ian R. MacLeod · ss Interzone #39, September 1990 179 · Bears Discover Fire · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990 190 · The All-Consuming · Lucius Shepard & Robert Frazier · nv Playboy July 1990 213 · Personal Silence · Molly Gloss · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1990 232 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 253 · The Cairene Purse [von Bek family] · Michael Moorcock · na Zenith 2 ed. David S. Garnett, Orbit, 1990 307 · The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk · Dafydd ab Hugh · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990 332 · Tower of Babylon · Ted Chiang · nv Omni November 1990 354 · The Death Artist · Alexander Jablokov · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990 382 · The First Since Ancient Persia · John Brunner · nv Amazing Stories July 1990 421 · Inertia · Nancy Kress · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact January 1990 447 · Learning to Be Me · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #37, July 1990 461 · Cibola · Connie Willis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1990 478 · Walking the Moons · Jonathan Lethem · vi New Pathways #18, November 1990 483 · Rainmaker Cometh · Ian McDonald · ss Other Edens III ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1989 496 · Hot Sky · Robert Silverberg · nv Playboy February 1990 517 · White City · Lewis Shiner · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1990 523 · Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates · Pat Murphy · ss Alien Sex ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, 1990 533 · The Hemingway Hoax · Joe W. Haldeman · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1990 619 · Honorable Mentions: 1990 · Gardner Dozois · bi 1991

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s, July 1992, 0-312-07891-9, $15.95, 575pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 28 stories plus a summation of the year in the field by Dozois. A hardcover edition (-07889-7, $27.95) is also available, but the limited edition listed on the copyright page was cancelled. xiii · Summation: 1991 · Gardner R. Dozois · in 1992 1 · Beggars in Spain [Sleepless] · Nancy Kress · na Axolotl Press, 1991 63 · Living Will · Alexander Jablokov · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1991 79 · A Just and Lasting Peace · Lois Tilton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1991 90 · Skinner’s Room · William Gibson · ss San Francisco Image June 10 1990 98 · Prayers on the Wind · Walter Jon Williams · na When the Music’s Over ed. Lewis Shiner, Bantam Spectra, 1991 134 · Blood Sisters · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #44, February 1991 149 · The Dark · Karen Joy Fowler · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1991 163 · Marnie · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1991 185 · A Tip on a Turtle · Robert Silverberg · nv Amazing Stories May 1991 204 · Übermensch! · Kim Newman · ss New Worlds 1 ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1991 215 · Dispatches from the Revolution · Pat Cadigan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1991 231 · Pipes · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1991 243 · Matter’s End · Gregory Benford · nv Cheap Street, March 8 1991 276 · A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1991 302 · Gene Wars · Paul J. McAuley · ss Interzone #48, June 1991 previously published in an abridged form as “Evan’s Progress” in New Internationalist, March 1991. 308 · The Gallery of His Dreams · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · na Pulphouse, 1991 346 · A Walk in the Sun · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1991 360 · Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria · Ian McDonald · nv Tales of the Wandering Jew ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus, 1991 382 · Angels in Love · Kathe Koja · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1991 388 · Eyewall · Rick Shelley · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact January 1991 422 · Pogrom [Home Front] · James Patrick Kelly · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1991 436 · The Moat · Greg Egan · ss Aurealis #3, 1991 446 · Voices · Jack M. Dann · ss Omni August 1991 454 · FOAM · Brian W. Aldiss · nv New Worlds 1 ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1991 471 · Jack · Connie Willis · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1991 511 · La Macchina [The Holy Machine] · Chris Beckett · ss Interzone #46, April 1991 520 · One Perfect Morning, with Jackals [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] · Mike Resnick · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1991 527 · Desert Rain · Mark L. Van Name & Pat Murphy · na Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 571 · Honorable Mentions: 1991 · Gardner Dozois · bi 1992

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s, July 1993, 0-312-09424-8, $16.95, 588pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 24 stories, with a summation of the year in the field by Dozois. A hardcover edition (-09423-X, $27.95) is also available. xi · Summation: 1992 · Gardner Dozois · in 1993 1 · Griffin’s Egg · Michael Swanwick · na Legend, 1991 62 · Even the Queen · Connie Willis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992 76 · The Round-Eyed Barbarians · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Amazing Stories January 1992 87 · Dust · Greg Egan · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1992 113 · Two Guys from the Future · Terry Bisson · ss Omni August 1992 123 · The Mountain to Mohammed · Nancy Kress · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992 137 · The Coming of Vertumnus · Ian Watson · nv Interzone #56, February 1992 175 · A Long Night’s Vigil at the Temple · Robert Silverberg · nv After the King ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1992 195 · The Hammer of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Time Fall 1992 205 · Grownups · Ian R. MacLeod · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1992 238 · Graves · Joe Haldeman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1992 245 · The Glowing Cloud · Steven Utley · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1992 296 · Gravity’s Angel · Tom Maddox · ss Omni November 1992 312 · Protection · Maureen F. McHugh · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992 346 · The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee · Neal Barrett, Jr. · pl Slightly Off Center by Neal Barrett, Jr., Swan Press, 1992 357 · Birth Day · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1992 367 · Naming Names · Pat Cadigan · nv Narrow Houses: Volume I ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK, 1992 390 · The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa · Jonathan Lethem & Lukas Jaeger · ss In Dreams ed. Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman, Gollancz, 1992 394 · The Territory · Bradley Denton · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1992 432 · The Best and the Rest of James Joyce · Ian McDonald · ss Interzone #58, April 1992 448 · Naming the Flowers · Kate Wilhelm · na Axolotl Press, 1992 491 · Snodgrass · Ian R. MacLeod · nv In Dreams ed. Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman, Gollancz, 1992 511 · By the Mirror of My Youth · Kathe Koja · ss Universe 2 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Bantam Spectra, 1992 519 · Outnumbering the Dead · Frederik Pohl · na Legend, 1991 583 · Honorable Mentions: 1992 · Gardner Dozois · bi 1993

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s, August 1994, 0-312-11104-5, $16.95, 593pp, tp, cover by Kim Poor)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 23 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois. A hardcover edition (-11105-3, $26.95) is also available. xi · Summation: 1993 · Gardner Dozois · in 1994 1 · Papa · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1993 35 · Sacred Cow · Bruce Sterling · ss Omni January 1993 49 · Dancing on Air · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1993 95 · A Visit to the Farside · Don Webb · ss Amazing Stories April 1993 107 · Alien Bootlegger · Rebecca Ore · na Alien Bootlegger and Other Stories by Rebecca Ore, Tor, 1993 179 · Death on the Nile · Connie Willis · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1993 200 · Friendship Bridge · Brian W. Aldiss · nv New Worlds 3 ed. David Garnett, Gollancz, 1993 223 · Into the Miranda Rift · G. David Nordley · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact July 1993 278 · Mwalimu in the Squared Circle · Mike Resnick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1993 290 · Guest of Honor · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1993 319 · Love Toys of the Gods · Pat Cadigan · ss Omni Best Science Fiction Three ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni Books, 1993 333 · Chaff · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #78, December 1993 352 · Georgia on My Mind · Charles Sheffield · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 1993 390 · Cush · Neal Barrett, Jr. · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1993 422 · On the Collection of Humans · Mark Rich · vi Nova SF #5, 1994 425 · There and Then [Silurian Tales] · Steven Utley · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1993 461 · The Night We Buried Road Dog · Jack Cady · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1993 507 · Feedback · Joe Haldeman · nv Playboy March 1993 529 · Lieserl [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · ss Interzone #78, December 1993 545 · Flashback · Dan Simmons · nv Lovedeath by Dan Simmons, Warner, 1993 586 · A Child’s Christmas in Florida · William Browning Spencer · ss The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories by William Browning Spencer, The Permanent Press, 1993 592 · Whispers · Maureen F. McHugh & David B. Kisor · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993 612 · Wall, Stone, Craft · Walter Jon Williams · na Axolotl Press, 1993 683 · Honorable Mentions: 1993 · Gardner Dozois · bi 1994