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by Gardner Dozois (ed)


  Joan Slonczewski, “Microbe,” Analog, August.

  Dave Smeds, “The Eighth of December,” David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible.

  _____, “Survivor,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.

  Dean Wesley Smith, “Two Roads, No Choices,” Sherlock Holmes in Orbit.

  S. P. Somtow, “Diamonds Aren’t Forever,” David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible.

  Martha Soukup, “Jones and the Stray,” A Starfarer’s Dozen.

  William Browning Spencer, “The Death of the Novel,” Century 1.

  _____, “The Oddskeeper’s Daughter,” Wheel of Fortune.

  Brian Stableford, “The Age of Innocence,” Asimov’s, June.

  _____, “The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires,” Interzone, January.

  _____, “Inherit the Earth,” Analog, July.

  _____, “Out of Touch,” Asimov’s, October.

  _____, “The Road to Hell,” Interzone, July.

  _____, “The Skin Trade,” Asimov’s, November.

  Michael A. Stackpole, “Peer Review,” Superheroes.

  _____, “Tip-Off,” Wheel of Fortune.

  Allen Steele, “The Good Rat,” Analog, Mid-December.

  _____, “Jonathan Livingston Seaslug,” SF Age, Jan.

  _____, “The War Memorial,” Asimov’s, September.

  _____, “The Weight,” The Weight.

  _____, “Working for Mr. Chicago,” Absolute Magnitude, Fall.

  Ellen Steiber, “The Fox Wife,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.

  Neal Stephenson, “Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of Tribes of the Pacific Coast,” Full Spectrum 5.

  Sue Storm, “The Price of Water,” Xizquil 13.

  Charles Stross, “Ship of Fools,” Interzone, August.

  Michael Swanwick, “North of Diddy-Wah-Diddy,” Killing Me Softly.

  _____, “Walking Out,” Asimov’s, February.

  Beverly Suarez-Beard, “The Hands Remember,” Century 2.

  _____, “The Ruby,” Realms of Fantasy, August.

  Judith Tarr, “Dame à la Licorne,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.

  _____, “Sitting Shiva,” Women at War.

  Mark W. Tiedemann, “After,” SF Age, July.

  Lois Tilton, “The Clearing,” Enchanted Forests.

  Harry Turtledove, “Must and Shall,” Asimov’s, November.

  _____, “The Maltese Elephant,” Analog, August.

  Jeff VanderMeer, “The Bone-Carver’s Tale,” Asimov’s, April.

  John Varley, “Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path,” Superheroes.

  Susan Wade, “Ruby Slippers,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.

  Howard Waldrop, “El Castillo de la Perseverancia,” The Twenty-first Annual World Fantasy Convention Program Book.

  _____, “Occam’s Ducks,” Omni, February.

  Sage Walker, “Stealth and the Lady,” An Armory of Swords.

  Ian Watson, “The Amber Room,” F&SF, August.

  Lawrence Watt-Evans, “An American Hero,” Pulphouse 19.

  _____, “Hearts and Flowers,” Full Spectrum 5.

  _____, “One of the Boys,” Superheroes.

  _____, “Paradise Lost,” Asimov’s, September.

  Don Webb, “A Bigger Game,” Wheel of Fortune.

  K. D. Wentworth, “As You Sow,” F&SF, March.

  Leslie What, “How to Feed Your Inner Troll,” Asimov’s, December.

  Deborah Wheeler, “Transfusion,” Realms of Fantasy, August.

  Rick Wilber, “Elements of Self-Destruction,” SF Age, March.

  _____, “Mounting the Monkeys,” Pulphouse 19.

  Kate Wilhelm, “All for One,” A Flush of Shadows.

  _____, “Torch Song,” A Flush of Shadows.

  Jack Williamson, “Dark Star,” F&SF, February.

  Terri Windling, “The Green Children,” The Armless Maiden.

  Amy Wolf, “The Hour of Their Need,” Realms of Fantasy, April.

  Gene Wolfe, “The Death of Koshchei the Deathless,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.

  _____, “The Ziggurat,” Full Spectrum 5.

  Dave Wolverton, “In the Teeth of Glory,” David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible.

  John C. Wright, “Farthest Man from Earth,” Asimov’s, April.

  William F. Wu, “On the Sun and Moon Mountain,” Ancient Enchantresses.

  Jane Yolen, “Allerleirauh,” The Armless Maiden.

  _____, “The Traveler and the Tale,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.

  George Zebrowski, “Swift Thoughts,” Amazing Stories: The Anthology.

  Roger Zelazny, “Epithalamium,” Fantastic Alice.

  _____, “The Long Crawl of Hugh Glass,” Superheroes.

  _____, “The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker,” F&SF, July.

  Neal Stephenson, “Excerpt from the Third and Last Volume of Tribes of the Pacific Coast,” Full Spectrum 5.

  Sue Storm, “The Price of Water,” Xizquil 13.

  Charles Stross, “Ship of Fools,” Interzone, August.

  Michael Swanwick, “North of Diddy-Wah-Diddy,” Killing Me Softly.

  _____, “Walking Out,” Asimov’s, February.

  Beverly Suarez-Beard, “The Hands Remember,” Century 2.

  _____, “The Ruby,” Realms of Fantasy, August.

  Judith Tarr, “Dame à la Licorne,” Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn.

  _____, “Sitting Shiva,” Women at War.

  Mark W. Tiedemann, “After,” SF Age, July.

  Lois Tilton, “The Clearing,” Enchanted Forests.

  Harry Turtledove, “Must and Shall,” Asimov’s, November.

  _____, “The Maltese Elephant,” Analog, August.

  Jeff VanderMeer, “The Bone-Carver’s Tale,” Asimov’s, April.

  John Varley, “Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path,” Superheroes.

  Susan Wade, “Ruby Slippers,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.

  Howard Waldrop, “El Castillo de la Perseverancia,” The Twenty-first Annual World Fantasy Convention Program Book.

  _____, “Occam’s Ducks,” Omni, February.

  Sage Walker, “Stealth and the Lady,” An Armory of Swords.

  Ian Watson, “The Amber Room,” F&SF, August.

  Lawrence Watt-Evans, “An American Hero,” Pulphouse 19.

  _____, “Hearts and Flowers,” Full Spectrum 5.

  _____, “One of the Boys,” Superheroes.

  _____, “Paradise Lost,” Asimov’s, September.

  Don Webb, “A Bigger Game,” Wheel of Fortune.

  K. D. Wentworth, “As You Sow,” F&SF, March.

  Leslie What, “How to Feed Your Inner Troll,” Asimov’s, December.

  Deborah Wheeler, “Transfusion,” Realms of Fantasy, August.

  Rick Wilber, “Elements of Self-Destruction,” SF Age, March.

  _____, “Mounting the Monkeys,” Pulphouse 19.

  Kate Wilhelm, “All for One,” A Flush of Shadows.

  _____, “Torch Song,” A Flush of Shadows.

  Jack Williamson, “Dark Star,” F&SF, February.

  Terri Windling, “The Green Children,” The Armless Maiden.

  Amy Wolf, “The Hour of Their Need,” Realms of Fantasy, April.

  Gene Wolfe, “The Death of Koshchei the Deathless,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.

  _____, “The Ziggurat,” Full Spectrum 5.

  Dave Wolverton, “In the Teeth of Glory,” David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible.

  John C. Wright, “Farthest Man from Earth,” Asimov’s, April.

  William F. Wu, “On the Sun and Moon Mountain,” Ancient Enchantresses.

  Jane Yolen, “Allerleirauh,” The Armless Maiden.

  _____, “The Traveler and the Tale,” Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears.

  George Zebrowski, “Swift Thoughts,” Amazing Stories: The Anthology.

  Roger Zelazny, “Epithalamium,” Fantastic Alice.

  _____, “The Long Crawl of Hugh Gla
ss,” Superheroes.

  _____, “The Three Descents of Jeremy Baker,” F&SF, July.

  ALSO BY GARDNER DOZOIS

  ANTHOLOGIES

  A Day in the Life

  Another World

  Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year #6–10

  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 SF Lite

  Isaac Asimov’s Mars

  Isaac Asimov’s War

  Isaac Asimov’s Planet Earth (with Sheila Williams)

  Isaac Asimov’s Robots (with Sheila Williams)

  Isaac Asimov’s Cyberdreams (with Sheila Williams)

  Isaac Asimov’s Skin Deep (with Sheila Williams)

  Isaac Asimov’s Ghosts (with Sheila Williams)

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction, #1–12

  Future Earths: Under African Skies (with Mike Resnick)

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

  Future Power (with Jack Dann)

  Unicorns! (with Jack Dann)

  Magicats 2 (with Jack Dann)

  Mermaids! (with Jack Dann)

  Demons! (with Jack Dann)

  Ripper! (with Susan Casper)

  Dinosaurs! (with Jack Dann)

  Dragons! (with Jack Dann)

  Unicorns 2 (with Jack Dann)

  Angels! (with Jack Dann)

  Aliens! (with Jack Dann)

  Magicats! (with Jack Dann)

  Bestiary! (with Jack Dann)

  Sorcerers! (with Jack Dann)

  Dogtales! (with Jack Dann)

  Seaserpents! (with Jack Dann)

  Little People! (with Jack Dann)

  Horses! (with Jack Dann)

  Invaders! (with Jack Dann)

  Dinosaurs II (with Jack Dann)

  Modern Classics of Science Fiction

  Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction

  Killing Me Softly

  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:

  “A Woman’s Liberation,” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1995 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.

  “Starship Day,” by Ian R. MacLeod. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Owlswick Literary Agency.

  “A Place with Shade,” by Robert Reed. Copyright © 1995 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Luminous,” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Promise of God,” by Michael F. Flynn. Copyright © 1995 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Death in the Promised Land,” by Pat Cadigan. Copyright © 1995 by Pat Cadigan. First published electronically on Omni Online, March 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “For White Hill,” by Joe Haldeman. Copyright © 1995 by Joe Haldeman. First published in Far Futures, edited by Gregory Benford (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Some Like It Cold,” by John Kessel. Copyright © 1995 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, Fall 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Death of Captain Future,” by Allen Steele. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  Captain Future was a popular pulp-fiction character created by Better Publications editor Mort Weisinger during the 1939 World Science Fiction Convention. The quotations from the original Captain Future stories are reprinted by permission of the literary estate of Edmond Hamilton, the author of most of the Captain Future adventures, and the state executor Eleanor Wood of the Spectrum Literary Agency.

  “The Lincoln Train,” by Maureen F. McHugh. Copyright © 1995 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy,” by David Marusek. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, November 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Radio Waves,” by Michael Swanwick. Copyright © 1995 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, Winter 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Wang’s Carpets,” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1995 by Greg Egan. First appeared in New Legends, edited by Greg Bear (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Casting at Pegasus,” by Mary Rosenblum. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Looking for Kelly Dahl,” by Dan Simmons. Copyright © 1995 by Dan Simmons. First published electronically on Omni Online, September 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Think Like a Dinosaur,” by James Patrick Kelly. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Coming of Age in Karhide,” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Copyright © 1995 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First published in New Legends, edited by Greg Bear (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.

  “Genesis,” by Poul Anderson. Copyright © 1995 by Poul Anderson. First published in Far Futures, edited by Gregory Benford (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Feigenbaum Number,” by Nancy Kress. Copyright © 1995 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, Winter 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Home,” by Geoff Ryman. Copyright © 1995 by Interzone. First published in Interzone 93, March 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “There Are No Dead,” by Terry Bisson. Copyright © 1995 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, January 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Recording Angel,” by Paul J. McAuley. Copyright © 1995 by Paul J. McAuley. First published in New Legends, edited by Greg Bear (Tor Books). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Elvis Bearpaw’s Luck,” by William Sanders. Copyright © 1995 by William Sanders. First published in Wheel of Fortune, edited by Roger Zelazny (AvoNova). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Mortimer Gray’s History of Death,” by Brian Stableford. Copyright © 1995 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: THIRTEENTH ANNUAL COLLECTION. Copyright © 1996 by Gardner Dozois. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

  ISBN 0-312-14451-2

  eISBN 9781466829527

  First eBook edition: September 2012


 

 

 


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