“The Great Goodbye,” by Robert Charles Wilson. Copyright © 2000 by Robert Charles Wilson. First published in Nature, 11 September 2000. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Tendeléo’s Story,” by Ian McDonald. Copyright © 2000 by Ian McDonald. First published as a chapbook, Tendeléo’s Story (PS Publishing). Reprinted by permission of the author.
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ANTHOLOGIES
A DAY IN THE LIFE
ANOTHER WORLD
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FUTURE EARTHS: UNDER AFRICAN SKIES (WITH MIKE RESNICK)
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RIPPER! (WITH SUSAN CASPER)
MODERN CLASSICS OF SCIENCE FICTION
MODERN CLASSIC SHORT NOVELS OF SCIENCE FICTION
MODERN CLASSICS OF FANTASY
KILLING ME SOFTLY
DYING FOR IT
THE GOOD OLD STUFF
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EXPLORERS
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THE FICTION OF JAMES TIPTREE, JR.
Author’s Note:
Where the lives of the fictional characters of this story parallel those of real historical figures, I’ve drawn on biographies by Andrew Hodges and A. N. Wilson. The self-dual formulation of general relativity was discovered by Abhay Ashtekar in 1986, and has since led to ground-breaking developments in quantum gravity, but the implications drawn from it here are fanciful.
Honorable Mentions: 2000
Daniel Abraham, “Chimera 8,” Vanishing Acts.
Linda Addison, “Twice, At Once, Separated,” Dark Matter.
Brian W. Aldiss, “Cognitive Ability and the Light-Bulb,” Nature, January 20.
———, “Steppenford,” F&SF, February.
Poul Anderson, “Consequences,” Nature, May 13.
Eleanor Arnason, “The Cloud Man,” Asimov’s, October/November.
———, “Origin Story,” Tales of the Unanticipated 19.
Catherine Asaro, “A Roll of the Dice,” Analog, July/August.
Fiona Avery, “Luring the Tiger Out of the Mountain,” Bookface, August.
Kage Baker, “Black Smoker,” Asimov’s, January.
———, “Merry Christmas from Navarro Lodge, 1928,” Asimov’s, December.
———, “Two Old Men,” Asimov’s, March.
———, “The Young Master,” Asimov’s, July.
Dale Bailey, “Inheritance,” F&SF, July.
Tony Ballantyne, “Single-Minded,” Interzone, December.
William Barton, “Heart of Glass,” Asimov’s, January.
Barrington J. Bayley, “The Sky Tower,” Spectrum SF 2.
Stephen Baxter, “Behold Now Behemoth,” Asimov’s, January.
———, “Cadre Siblings,” Interzone, March.
———, “The Gravity Mine,” Asimov’s, April.
———, “Open Loops,” Skylife.
———, “Reality Dust,” PS Publishing.
———, “Saddle Point: The Children’s Crusade,” Science Fiction Age, March.
———, “Sheena 5,” Analog, May.
———, “Silver Ghost,” Asimov’s, September.
Greg Bear, “Deep Ice and DNA Languages,” Nature, January 13.
Chris Beckett, “Snapshots of Apirania,” Interzone, October.
———, “The Welfare Man Retires,” Interzone, August.
Susan Beetlestone, “Fly,” Interzone, March.
M. Shayne Bell, “At Bud Light Old Faithful,” Interzone, February.
———, “Balance Due,” Asimov’s, December.
———, “Homeless, with Aliens,” Science Fiction Age, March.
Gregory Benford, “Taking Control,” Nature, August 20.
Christopher L. Bennett, “Among the Wild Cybers of Cybele,” Analog, December.
Judith Berman, “Dream of Rain,” Interzone, May.
Michael Bishop, “Blue Kansas Sky,” Blue Kansas Sky.
———, “How Beautiful with Banners,” Century 6.
Russell Blackford, “The King with Three Daughters,” Black Heart, Ivory Bones.
———, “Two Thousand Years,” Eidolon 29/30.
James Blaylock, “The War of the World,” Sci Fiction, May 24.
Ben Bova, “Death on Venus,” Analog, March.
———, “High Jump,” Amazing, Summer.
David Brin, “Stones of Significance,” Analog, January.
Damian Broderick, “Infinite Monkey,” Eidolon 29/30.
Keith Brooke, “Liberty Spin,” Interzone, August.
———, “zipped,” Spectrum SF 2.
———& Eric Brown, “Mind’s Eye,” Spectrum SF 1.
Eric Brown, “The Crimes of Domini Duvall,” Science Fiction Age, May.
———, “Destiny on Tartarus,” Spectrum SF 2.
———, “The Kings of Eternity,” Science Fiction Age, January.
———, “The Miracle at Kallithea,” Spectrum SF 3.
———, “The Ultimate Sacrifice,” Spectrum SF 4.
Stephen Brown & Alison Tokloy, “A Serpent in Eden,” Eidolon 29/30.
Chris Bunch, “Queen Bee,” Fantastic, Spring.
Michael A Burstein, “Kaddish for the Last Survivor,” Analog, November.
Eugene Byrne, “H.M.S. Habakkuk,” Interzone, May.
Pat Cadigan & Chris Fowler, “Freeing the Angels,” Sci Fiction, May 19.
James L. Cambias, “A Diagram of Rapture,” F&SF, April.
Orson Scott Card, “The Elephants of Poznan,” GalaxyOnline, January.
Michael Carroll, “The Terrible Lizards of Luna,” Asimov’s, June.
Amy Sterling Casil, “Letters from Arles,” Talesbones, 14.
———, “Mad for the Mints,” F&SF, July.
Robert R. Chase, “Cheetahs,” Analog, July/August.
———, “From Mars and Venus,” Asimov’s, April.
Ted Chiang, “Catching Crumbs from the Table,” Nature, June 1.
———, “Seventy-two Letters,” Vanishing Acts.
David Ira Cleary, “In the Squeeze,” Science Fiction Age, May.
Hal Clement, “Under,” Analog, January.
Jim Cowan, “The True Story of Professor Trabuc,” Asimov’s, January.
Albert E. Cowdrey, “Mosh,” F&SF, December.
F. Brett Cox, “The Light of the Ideal,” Century 5.
Jack Dann, “Marilyn,” F&SF, August.
Stephen Dedman, “A Sentiment Open to Doubt,” Ticonderoga On-Line, May.
———, “Chosen,” Altair V.
———, “The Devotee,” Eidolon 29/30.
———, “Shades of Green,” Science Fiction Age, May.
Jack Deighton, “The Gentlemen Go By,” Spectrum SF 2.
A. M. Dellamonica, “Nevada,” Sci Fiction, October 11.
Bradley Denton, “Bloody Bunnies,” F&SF, April.
O’Neil De Noux, “Tyrannous and Strong,” Asimov’s, February.
Paul Di Filippo, “The Reluctant Book,” Science Fiction Age, May.
———, “Singing Each to Each,” Interzone, May.
———, “Stealing Happy Hours,” Interzone, March.
———, “Stink Lines,” F&SF, February.
Cory Doctorow, “At Lightspeed, Slowing,” Asimov’s, April.
———, “A Place So Foreign,” Science Fiction Age, January.
———, “The Fundamental Unit of Memory,” On Spec, Fall.
———, “The Rebranding of Billy Bailey,” Interzone, August.
———, “Return to Pleasure Island,” Realms of Fantasy, April.
———& Michael Skeet, “I Love Paree,” Asimov’s, December.
Stefano Donati, “After the Rain,” Terra Incognita, Summer.
———, “1900 Night,” Talesbones, 14.
Terry Dowling, “The Saltimbanques,” Eidolon 29/30.
L. Timmel Duchamp, “The Daddy’s Little Helper,” Terra Incognita, Summer.
———, “How Josiah Taylor Lost His Soul,” Asimov’s, February.
Tananarive Due, “Like Daughter,” Dark Matter.
Andy Duncan, “Fenneman’s Mouth,” Beluthahatchie & Other Stories.
———, “Lincoln in Frogmore,” Beluthahatchie & Other Stories.
———, “The Pottawatomie Giant,” Sci Fiction, November 1.
J. R. Dunn, “Arcadia,” F&SF, August.
———, “For the Sake of Another Man’s Wife,” Century 5.
Greg Egan, “Only Connect,” Nature, February 10.
Harlan Ellison, “The Toad Prince or, Sex Queen of the Martian Pleasure-Domes,” Amazing #600.
Dennis Fisher, “Waterdogs,” Aboriginal SF, Summer.
Lawrence Fitzgerald, “Snowball’s Chance,” The Age of Wonder.
Michael F. Flynn, “Built Upon the Sands of Time,” Analog, July/August.
———, “Maiden Flight,” Analog, April.
Jeffrey Ford, “Exo-Skeleton Town,” Black Gate 1.
———, “The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant,” F&SF, February.
———, “Malthusian’s Zombie,” Sci Fiction, May 31.
John M. Ford, “In the Days of the Comet,” Nature, June 22.
Esther M. Friesner, “Big Hair,” Black Heart, Ivory Bones.
———, “The Shunned Trailer,” Asimov’s, February.
Neil Gaiman, “The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch,” Tales of the Unanticipated, 20.
R. Garcia y Robertson, “Bird Herding,” F&SF, May.
———, “The Iron Wood,” F&SF, August.
———, “One-Eyed Jacks and Suicide Kings,” Asimov’s, August.
James Alan Gardner, “Ars Longa, Vita Brevis,” Nature, November 9.
Carolyn Ives Gilman, “Dreamseed,” F&SF, October/November.
Greer Gilman, “Jack Daw’s Pack,” Century 5.
Alexander Glass, “The Language of the Dead,” Interzone, November.
———, “The Watcher’s Curse,” Interzone, December.
Jewelle Gomez, “Chicago 1927,” Dark Matter.
Ed Gorman, “The Broker,” Fantastic, Summer.
Peni R. Griffin, “The Troops,” Realms of Fantasy, February.
Nicola Griffith, “Lessons in What Matters,” Realms of Fantasy, June.
Jim Grimsley, “Peggy’s Plan,” Asimov’s, October/November.
James Gunn, “Pow’r,” Analog, January.
Joe Haldeman, “Brochure,” Nature, May 25.
Peter F. Hamilton, “Watching Trees Grow,” PS Publishing.
Elizabeth Hand, “Chip Crockett’s Christmas Carol,” Sci Fiction, December 6-27.
Charles Harness, “The Money Tree,” Analog, June.
———, “Red Skies,” Analog, February.
M. John Harrison, “The Neon Heart Murders,” F&SF, April.
David J. Hoffman-Dachelet, “They’re Not Coming Home,” Terra Incognita, Summer.
Nalo Hopkinson, “Ganger (Ball Lightning),” Dark Matter.
———, “Greedy Choke Puppy,” Dark Matter.
Charlee Jacob, “White Phantom,” Space & Time, Spring.
Matthew Jarpe, “Vasquez Orbitial Salvage and Satellite Repair,” Asimov’s, July.
Kij Johnson, “The Horse Raiders,” Analog, May.
Gwyneth Jones, “Total Internal Reflection,” Nature, February 17.
Graham Joyce, “Partial Eclipse,” Sci Fiction, Aug. 9.
———, “Xenos Beach,” The Third Alternative, 23.
Michael Kandel, “Aliens,” Century 6.
James Patrick Kelly, “Feel the Zaz,” Asimov’s, June.
Garry Kilworth, “Bonsai Tiger,” Spectrum SF 1.
Ellen Klages, “Flying Over Water,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 7.
Nancy Kress, “To Cuddle Amy,” Asimov’s, August.
———, “Wetlands Preserve,” Sci Fiction, September 27. Douglas Lain,
Geoffrey A. Landis, “A History of the Human and Post-Human Species,” Science Fiction Age, January.
David Langford, “Comp.basilisk.FAQ,” Asimov’s, September.
———, “Different Kinds of Darkness,” F&SF, January.
Chris Lawson, “Matthew 24:36,” Eidolon 29/30.
Mary Soon Lee, “Pause Time,” Spectrum SF 4.
Rand B. Lee, “Tales from the Net: The Prince of Love,” F&SF, January.
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, “Changeling,” Absolute Magnitude, Summer.
Tanith Lee, “The Eye in the Heart,” F&SF, March.
———, “La Vampiresse,” Interzone, April.
———, “Rapunzel,” Black Heart, Ivory Bones.
———, “The Woman in Scarlet,” Realms of Fantasy, April.
Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Flyers of Gy,” Sci Fiction, 11/8.
———, “The Royals of Hegn,” Asimov’s, February.
Fred Lerner, “Rosetta Stone,” Artemis, Spring.
Kelly Link, “The Glass Slipper,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wrislet, 6.
———& Gavin Grant, “Sea, Ship, Mountain, Sky,” Altair 6&7.
Ian R. MacLeod, “Chitty Bang Bang,” Asimov’s, June.
———, “Two Sleepers,” Century 6.
Ken Macleod, “The Oort Crowd,” Nature, July 13.
Paul J. McAuley, “A Very British History,” Interzone, July.
———, “Danger—Hard Hack Area,” Nature, March 2.
———, “Interstitial,” Asimov’s, July.
———, “Making History,” PS Publishing.
———, “The Rift,” Vanishing Acts.
———, “Straight to Hell,” The Third Alternative, 24.
Ian McDowell, “Sunflowers,” Vanishing Acts.
Terry McGarry, “The Child Ephemeral,” Terra Incognita, Winter.
Sean McMullen, “Colors of the Soul,” Interzone, February.
Elisabeth Malartre, “Words, Words, Words,” Nature, August 24.
Geoffrey Maloney, “The Elephant Sways As It Walks,” Eidolon 29/30.
———, “The World According to Kipling,” Aurealis, June/July.
George R. R. Martin, “Path of the Dragon,” Asimov’s, December.
David Marusek, “VTV,” Asimov’s, March.
Kain Massin, “Wrong Dreaming,” On Spec, Fall.
A. R. Morlan, “Cine Rimettato,” Sci Fiction, August 16.
———, “Fast Glaciers,” Vanishing Acts.
Mike Moscow, “A Day’s Work on the Moon,” Analog, August.
Derryl Murphy, “Last Call,” On Spec, Fall.
Linda Nagata, “Goddesses,” Sci Fiction, July 26.
R. Neube, “Rules of the Game,” Tales of the Unanticipated, 19.
———, “The Wurst King vs Aluminum Foil Boy,” Asimov’s, August.
Kim Newman, “Tomorrow Town,” Sci Fiction, November 15.
Larry Niven, “Fly-By-Night,” Asimov’s, October/November.
———, “Loki,” Analog, January.
———, “The Missing Mass,” Analog, December.
———, “The Wisdom of Demons,” Analog, July/August.
G. David Nordley, “The Forest Between the Worlds,” Asimov’s, February.
Jerry Oltion, “A Star is Born,” Analog, February.
Kate Orman, “Cactus Land,” Realms of Fantasy, August.
Susan Palwick, “Wood and Water,” F&SF, February.
Severna Park, “The Golem,” Black Heart, Ivory Bones.
Richard Parks, “The God of Children,” Asimov’s, December.
———, “Golden Bell, Seven, and the Marquis of Zeng,” Black Gate 1.
Michaelene Pendelton, “The Great Economy of the Saurian Mode,” Asimov’s, July.
Therese Pieczynski, “Eden,” Asimov’s, January.
Brian Plante, “School of Thought,” The Age of Wonders.
Frederik Pohl, “Brain Drain,” Nature, November 23.
Tom Purdom, “The Noise of Their Joye,” Asimov’s, May.
———, “Romance in Extended Time,” Asimov’s, March.
———, “Sergeant Mother Glory,” Asimov’s, October/November.
Ken Rand, “Good Dog,” Aboriginal SF, Summer.
Robert Reed, “Birdy Girl,” Sci Fiction, September 20.
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