The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection

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by Gardner Dozois


  Scott Edelman, “10 Things I’ve Learned About Writing,” Nexus 2.

  George Alec Effinger, “Prince Pat,” Alternate Kennedys.

  Greg Egan, “Before,” Interzone, Mar.

  ———, “Closer,” Eidolon, Winter.

  ———, “Into Darkness,” IAsfm, Jan.

  ———, “Reification Highway,” Interzone, Oct.

  ———, “Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies,” Interzone, July.

  ———, “The Walk,” Asimov’s SF, Dec.

  Monica Eiland, “Anne’s Pen,” Forbidden Lines, Jan./Feb.

  Harlan Ellison, “The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore,” Omni, July.

  Jennifer Evans, “Gate Crashing,” IAsfm, Feb.

  Donna Farley, “The Passing of the Eclipse,” Universe 2.

  Sharon N. Farber, “Why I Shot Kennedy,” IAsfm, Oct.

  Nancy Farmer, “Origami Mountain,” F&SF, Mar.

  Joe Clifford Faust, “Going to Texas (Extradition Version),” Amazing, May.

  Sheila Fitch, “If There Be Cause,” Amazing, Feb.

  Maggie Flinn,”Black Velvet,” Omni Best Science Fiction Two.

  Robert Frazier, “Chasing the Dragon, Tibet,” Amazing, Feb.

  Esther M. Friesner, “All Vows,” Asimov’s SF, Nov.

  Neil Gaiman, “Chivalry,” Grails.

  R. Garcia y Robertson, “Breakfast Cereal Killers,” IAsfm, June.

  ———, “Gypsy Trade,” Asimov’s SF, Nov.

  ———, “The Virgin and the Dinosaur,” IAsfm, Feb.

  James Alan Gardner, “Kent State Descending the Gravity Well,” Amazing, Oct.

  David Garnett, “Off the Track,” Interzone, Sept.

  David Gerrold, “The Kennedy Enterprise,” Alternate Kenndys.

  John K. Gibbons, “Waterworld,” Universe 2.

  Carolyn Gilman, “Burning Bush,” Universe 2.

  Molly Gloss, “Verano,” IAsfm, Jan.

  Parke Godwin, “The Night You Could Hear Forever,” Pulphouse, Sept./Oct.

  Lisa Goldstein, “Alfred,” Asimov’s SF, Dec.

  Phyllis Gotlieb, “The Newest Profession,” Ark of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction.

  Kathleen Ann Goonan, “Daydots, Inc.,” Interzone, Mar.

  ———, “For a Future You,” Amazing, Mar.

  Joe Haldeman, “Job Security,” Universe 2.

  Jack C. Haldeman II, “Ashes to Ashes,” Grails.

  ———, “By the Sea,” F&SF, July.

  Elizabeth Hand, “The Have-Nots,” IAsfm, June.

  ———, “In the Month of Athyr,” Omni Best Science Fiction Two.

  M. John Harrison, “Anima,” Interzone, April.

  Paul Hellweg, “The Coke Boy,” IAsfm, May.

  Lee Hoffman, “Water,” Grails.

  Nina Kiriki Hoffman, “Messages Left on a Two-Way Mirror,” Amazing, May.

  Alexander Jablokov, “Above Ancient Seas,” Asimov’s SF, Nov.

  ———, “The Logic of Location,” Amazing, Aug.

  Phillip C. Jennings, “Deep Gladiators,” Amazing, May.

  ———, “The Final Page,” Amazing, Feb.

  Gwyneth Jones, “Blue Clay Blues,” Interzone, Aug.

  Janet Kagan, “Love Our Lockwood,” Alternate Presidents.

  ———, “The Nutcracker Coup,” Asimov’s SF, Dec.

  James Patrick Kelly, “Monsters,” IAsfm, June.

  Leigh Kennedy, “The Presevation of Lindy,” Omni, May.

  Eileen Kernaghan, “The Weighmaster of Flood,” Ark of Ice.

  John Kessel, “Man,” IAsfm, May.

  Garry Kilworth, “The Cave Painting,” Omni Best Science Fiction Two.

  ———, “Memories of the Flying Ball Bike Shop,” IAsfm, June.

  Kathe Koja, “Letting Go,” Pulphouse, June.

  ———, “Persephone,” Asimov’s SF, Nov.

  Stephen Kraus, “Bright River,” IAsfm, Sept.

  Nancy Kress, “Birthing Pool,” Murasaki.

  ———, “Eoghan,” Alternate Kennedys.

  Marc Laidlaw, “The Vulture Maiden,” F&SF, Aug.

  Geoffrey A. Landis, “Embracing the Alien,” Analog, Nov.

  David Langford, “Blossoms That Coil and Decay,” Interzone, Mar.

  Roberta Lannes, “Dancing on a Blade of Dreams,” Pulphouse, Mar.

  Tanith Lee, “Exalted Hearts,” Grails.

  ———, “The Lily Garden,” Weird Tales, Spring.

  Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Rock That Changed Things,” Amazing, Sept.

  Jonathan Lethem, “Program’s Progress,” Universe 2.

  ———, “Vanilla Dunk,” IAsfm, Sept.

  Richard K. Lyon, “The Secret Identity Diet,” Aboriginal SF, Winter.

  Ian R. MacLeod, “Returning,” Interzone, Oct.

  Paul J. McAuley, “Prison Dreams,” F&SF, April.

  Jack McDevitt, “Auld Lang Boom,” IAsfm, Oct.

  Ian McDonald, “Big Chair,” Interzone, Dec.

  ———, “Fat Tuesday,” In Dreams.

  ———, “Innocents,” New Worlds 2.

  ———, “The Luncheonette of Lost Dreams,” Narrow Houses.

  Maureen McHugh, “The Beast,” IAsfm, Mar.

  ———, “The Missionary’s Child,” IAsfm, Oct.

  ———, “Render unto Caesar,” Asimov’s SF, Mid-Dec.

  Vonda N. McIntyre, “Steelcollar Worker,” Analog, Nov.

  Dean McLaughlin, “Mark on the World,” Analog, July.

  Sean McMullen, “An Empty Wheelhouse,” Analog, Jan.

  ———, “Pacing the Nightmare,” Interzone, May.

  Barry N. Malzberg, “In the Stone House,” Alternate Kennedys.

  ———, “Ship Full of Jews,” Omni, April.

  Diane Mapes, “Love Walked In,” IAsfm, Mar.

  ———, “The Man in the Red Suit,” Asimov’s SF, Dec.

  ———, “She-Devil,” Interzone, Sept.

  Lisa Mason, “Destination,” F&SF, Sept.

  Paula May, “Memories of Muriel,” Universe 2.

  Beth Meacham, “The Tale of Ali the Camel Driver,” Aladdin.

  Bill Merrick, “Scoring,” Aurealis 7.

  Jamil Nasir, “The Heaven Tree,” IAsfm, Feb.

  ———, “The Shining Place,” Universe 2.

  Kim Newman and Eugene Byrne, “Tom Joad,” Interzone, Nov.

  G. David Nordley, “Poles Apart,” Analog, Mid-Dec.

  Claudia O’Keefe, “Cameo,” Aboriginal SF, Winter.

  Lawrence Person, “Huddled Masses,” Alternate Presidents.

  Terry Pratchett, “Troll Bridge,” After the King.

  Paul Preuss, “Rhea’s Time,” The Ultimate Dinosaur.

  Frederik Pohl, “The Martians,” IAsfm, Mar.

  ———, “The Treasure of Chujo,” Murasaki.

  Tom Purdom, “Chamber Music,” IAsfm, Aug.

  ———, “Sepoy,” Asimov’s SF, Dec.

  David Redd, “The Blackness,” Interzone, Feb.

  Robert Reed, “Burger Love,” Asimov’s SF, Nov.

  Garfield Reeves-Stevens, “Outport,” Ark of Ice.

  Laura Resnick, “We Are Not Amused,” Alternate Presidents.

  Mike Resnick, “Lady in Waiting,” Alternate Kennedys.

  ———, “The Lotus and the Spear,” IAsfm, Aug.

  ———, “Song of a Dry River,” IAsfm, Mar.

  Joel Richards, “Overlays,” IAsfm, Feb.

  Kim Stanley Robinson, “Red Mars,” Interzone, Sept.

  Madeleine E. Robins, “Willie,” F&SF, Dec.

  Mary Rosenblum, “Second Chance,” Asimov’s SF, Dec.

  ———, “The Stone Garden,” Asimov’s SF, Mid-Dec.

  ———, “Synthesis,” IAsfm, Mar.

  Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “Alien Influences,” F&SF, July.

  ———, “Hitchiking Across an Ancient Sea,” Grails.

  Richard Paul Russo, “Just Drive, She Said,” Asimov’s SF, Mid-Dec.

>   James Sallis, “Ansley’s Demons,” F&SF, Sept.

  Robert Sampson, “The Yellow Clay Bowl,” Grails.

  Pamela Sargent, “Danny Goes to Mars,” IAsfm, Oct.

  ———, “The Sleeping Serpent,” Amazing, Jan.

  Karl Schroeder, “Hopscotch,” On Spec, Spring.

  Charles Sheffield, “Deep Safari,” IAsfm, Mar.

  Lucius Shepard, ‘“Beast of the Heartland,” Playboy, Sept.

  ———, “Barnacle Bill the Spacer,” IAsfm, July.

  Lewis Shiner, “Sticks,” In Dreams.

  John Shirley, “‘I Want To Get Married!’ Says the World’s Smallest Man,” Midnight Graffiti.

  W.M. Shockley, “A Father’s Gift,” IAsfm, April.

  Susan Shwartz, “Suppose They Gave a Peace…,” Alternate Presidents.

  Robert Silverberg, “It Comes and Goes,” Playboy, Jan.

  ———, “Looking for the Fountain,” IAsfm, May.

  ———, “The Perfect Host,” Omni Best Science Fiction One.

  ———, “The Way to Spook City,” Playboy, Aug.

  Dave Smeds, “Reef Apes,” IAsfm, Aug.

  S.P. Somtow, “Hunting the Lion,” Weird Tales, Spring.

  ———, “Kingdoms in the Sky,” IAsfm, Feb.

  ———, “The Steel American,” Grails.

  Martha Soukup, “The Arbitrary Placement of Walls,” IAsfm, April.

  ———, “Plowshare,” Alternate Presidents.

  Brian Stableford, “Upon the Gallows-Tree,” Narrow Houses.

  ———, “Virtuous Reality,” Interzone, Jan.

  Allen Steele, “Sugar’s Blues,” IAsfm, Feb.

  Lorina J. Stephens, “Sister Sun,” On Spec, Fall.

  Bruce Sterling, “Are You for 86?,” Globalhead.

  James Stevens-Arce, “The Devil’s Sentrybox,” Amazing, Mar.

  S.A. Stolnack, “Straw for the Fire,” IAsfm, Mar.

  Dirk Strasser, “Waiting for the Rain,” Universe 2.

  Tim Sullivan, “Anodyne,” Pulphouse, Nov.

  ———, “Atlas at Eight A.M.,” Asimov’s SF, Mid-Dec.

  Michael Swanwick, “In Concert,” IAsfm, Sept.

  Judith Tarr, “Death and the Lady,” After the King.

  ———, “Persepolis,” Aladdin.

  Melanie Tern, “Trail of Crumbs,” Asimov’s SF, Nov.

  Mark W. Tiedemann, “Shattered Template,” F&SF, June.

  ———, “Thanatrope,” Asimov’s SF, Dec.

  Larry Tritten, “The Lord of the Land Beyond (Book One),” Asimov’s SF, Nov.

  Harry Turtledove, “In the Presence of Mine Enemies,” IAsfm, Jan.

  ———, “The Last Reunion,” Amazing, June.

  Lisa Tuttle, “Honey, I’m Home!” In Dreams.

  Steven Utley, “Die Rache,” IAsfm, June.

  ———, “Haiti,” IAsfm, May.

  ———, “Look Away,” F&SF, Feb.

  ———, “Now that We Have Each Other,” IAsfm, July.

  Jeff VanderMeer, “Mahout,” Asimov’s SF, Mid-Dec.

  John Varley, “Her Girl Friday,” IAsfm, Aug.

  Susan Wade, “Living In Memory,” Amazing, Oct.

  Karl Edward Wagner, “One Paris Night,” Grails.

  Howard Waldrop, “The Effects of Alienation,” Omni, June.

  Ian Watson, “Swimming with the Salmon,” Interzone, Sept.

  Lawrence Watt-Evans, “Fragments,” Interzone, July.

  ———, “Pickman’s Modem,” IAsfm, Feb.

  Don Webb, “The Shiny Surface,” In Dreams.

  Andrew Weiner, “Seeing,” F&SF, Sept.

  ———, “Streak,” IAsfm, May.

  Deborah Wessell, “The Cool Equations,” Universe 2.

  Leslie What, “King for a Day,” IAsfm, Sept.

  Wendy Wheeler, “June 14, 1959,” Aboriginal SF, Fall.

  Rick Wilber, “Ice Covers the Hole,” F&SF, Dec.

  Cherry Wilder, “Bird on a Time Branch,” Interzone, Mar.

  Jack Williamson, “The Birds’ Turn,” F&SF, Oct./Nov.

  Gene Wolfe, “The Legend of Xi Cygnus,” F&S, Oct.

  ———, “The Sailor Who Sailed After The Sun,” Grails.

  Dave Wolverton, “Siren Song at Midnight,” The Ultimate Dinosaur.

  Jane Yolen, “The Tale of the Seventeenth Eunuch,” Aladdin.

  Roger Zelazny, “Come Back to the Killing Ground, Alice, My Love,” Amazing, Aug.

  ALSO BY GARDNER DOZOIS

  Anthologies

  A Day in the Life

  Another World

  Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Sixth Annual Collection

  Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Seventh Annual Collection

  Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Eighth Annual Collection

  Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Ninth Annual Collection

  Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Tenth Annual Collection

  The Best of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine

  Time-Travellers from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine

  Transcendental Tales from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine

  Isaac Asimov’s Aliens

  Isaac Asimov’s Mars

  Isaac Asimov’s SF Life

  Isaac Asimov’s Planet Earth (with Sheila Williams)

  Isaac Asimov’s Robots (with Sheila Williams)

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Second Annual Collection

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Third Annual Collection

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Fourth Annual Collection

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Fifth Annual Collection

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Sixth Annual Collection

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Seventh Annual Collection

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Eighth Annual Collection

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Ninth Annual Collection

  Future Earths: Under African Skies (with Mike Resnick)

  Future Earths: Under South American Skies (with Mike Resnick)

  Future Power (with Jack Dann)

  Aliens! (with Jack Dann)

  Unicorns! (with Jack Dann)

  Magicats! (with Jack Dann)

  Magicats 2 (with Jack Dann)

  Bestiary! (with Jack Dann)

  Mermaids! (with Jack Dann)

  Sorcerers! (with Jack Dann)

  Demons! (with Jack Dann)

  Dogtales! (with Jack Dann)

  Ripper! (with Susan Casper)

  Seaserpents! (with Jack Dann)

  Dinosaurs! (with Jack Dann)

  Little People! (with Jack Dann)

  Fiction

  Strangers

  The Visible Man (collection)

  Nightmare Blue (with George Alec Effinger)

  Slow Dancing Through Time (with Jack Dann, Michael Swanwick, Susan Casper and Jack C. Haldeman II)

  The Peacemaker

  Geodesic Dreams (collection)

  Nonfiction

  The Fiction of James Tiptree, Jr.

  Acknowledgment is made for permission to print the following material:

  “Griffin’s Egg,” by Michael Swanwick. Copyright © 1990 by Michael Swanwick. First published in Great Britain in 1991 by Random Century Group. Reprinted by permission of Random House UK Limited and St. Martin’s Press.

  “Even the Queen,” by Connie Willis. Copyright © 1992 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Round-Eyed Barbarians,” by L. Sprague de Camp. Copyright © 1992 by L. Sprague de Camp. First published in Amazing Stories, January 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Dust,” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1992 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 1992. Reprinted by perm
ission of the author.

  “Two Guys from the Future,” by Terry Bisson. Copyright © 1992 by Omni Publications International Ltd. First published in Omni, August 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Susan Ann Protter.

  “The Mountain to Mohammed,” by Nancy Kress. Copyright © 1992 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Coming of Vertumnus,” by Ian Watson. Copyright © 1992 by Interzone. First published in Interzone, February 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “A Long Night’s Vigil at the Temple,” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 1992 by Agberg, Ltd. First published in After The King (Tor). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Hammer of God,” by Arthur C. Clarke. Copyright © 1992 by Arthur C. Clarke. First published in Time, Fall 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022.

  “Grownups,” by Ian R. MacLeod. Copyright © 1992 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Owlswick Literary Agency.

  “Graves,” by Joe Haldeman. Copyright © 1992 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Glowing Cloud,” by Steven Utley. Copyright © 1992 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, January 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Gravity’s Angel,” by Tom Maddox. Copyright © 1992 by Omni Publications International Ltd. First published in Omni, November 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Protection,” by Maureen F. McHugh. Copyright © 1992 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee,” by Neal Barrett, Jr. Copyright © 1990 by Artists Writing For Film, Ltd. First published in Slightly Off Center (Swan Press), October 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Birth Day,” by Robert Reed. Copyright © 1992 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1992.

  “Naming Names,” by Pat Cadigan. Copyright © 1992 by Pat Cadigan. First published in Narrow House (Little, Brown UK). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa,” by Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger. Copyright © 1992 by Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger. First published in In Dreams (Gollancz). Reprinted by permission of the authors.

 

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