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Year’s Best SF 7 ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2002, 0-06-106143-3, $7.99, 498pp, pb, an)     “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 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, an)     “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 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, an, 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, an)     “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 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

Year’s Best SF 11 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2006, 0-06-087341-8, $7.99, xiv+493pp, pb, an)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 31 stories from 2005, all strictly genre SF. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Gardner Dozois, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Cory Doctorow. ix · Introduction · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in 1 · New Hope for the Dead · David Langford · vi Nature #7041, May 26 2005 5 · Deus Ex Homine · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Nova Scotia ed. Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson, Crescent, 2005 22 · When the Great Days Came · Gardner R. Dozois · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2005 29 · Second Person, Present Tense · Daryl Gregory · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2005 54 · Dreadnought · Justina Robson · vi Nature #7033, March 31 2005 58 · A Case of Consilience · Ken MacLeod · ss Nova Scotia ed. Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson, Crescent, 2005 73 · Toy Planes · Tobias S. Buckell · vi Nature #7061, October 13 2005 77 · Mason’s Rats · Neal Asher · ss Orion #2, November 1992 85 · A Modest Proposal · Vonda N. McIntyre · vi Nature #7029, March 3 2005 89 · Guadalupe and Hieronymus Bosch · Rudy Rucker · ss Interzone #200, October 2005 106 · The Forever Kitten · Peter F. Hamilton · vi Nature #7050, July 28 2005 111 · City of Reason · Matthew Jarpe · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2005 136 · Ivory Tower · Bruce Sterling · vi Nature #7034, April 7 2005 140 · Sheila · Lauren McLaughlin · ss Interzone #201, December 2005 156 · Rats of the System · Paul McAuley · ss Constellations ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2005 176 · I Love Liver: A Romance · Larissa Lai · vi Nature #7035, April 14 2005 180 · The Edge of Nowhere · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2005 207 · What’s Expected of Us · Ted Chiang · vi Nature #7047, July 7 2005 211 · Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2005 241 · Lakes of Light [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Constellations ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2005 262 · The Albian Message · Oliver Morton · vi Nature #7068, December 1 2005 266 · Bright Red Star · Bud Sparhawk · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2005 281 · Third Day Lights · Alaya Dawn Johnson · nv Interzone #200, October 2005 305 · RAM Shift Phase 2 · Greg Bear · vi Nature #7070, December 15 2005 expanded, first published in “Signs of Life,” Facere Art Gallery. 310 · On the Brane · Gregory Benford · nv Oceans of the Mind #14, Winter 2004, as “Twenty Two Centimeters” 330 · Oxygen Rising [Slaver] · R. Garcia y Robertson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2005 377 · And Future King… · Adam Roberts · ss Postscripts #4, Summer 2005 387 · Beyond the Aquila Rift · Alastair Reynolds · nv Constellations ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2005 425 · Angel of Light · Joe Haldeman · ss Cosmos #6, December 2005/January 2006 435 · Ikiryoh · Liz Williams · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2005 448 · I, Robot · Cory Doctorow · nv Infinite Matrix February 15 2005

Year’s Best SF 12 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2007, 978-0-06-125208-2, $7.99, 484pp, pb, an)     Year’s Best anthology of 26 stories from 2006, all strictly genre SF. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Joe Haldeman, and Nancy Kress. ix · Introduction · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in 1 · Nano Comes to Clifford Falls · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2006 21 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Terry Bisson · ss Golden Age SF ed. Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, 2006 33 · When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth · Cory Doctorow · nv Jim Baen’s Universe August 2006 74 · Just Do It! · Heather Lindsley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2006 89 · Counterfactual · Gardner R. Dozois · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2006 111 · Moon Does Run · Edd Vick · ss Electric Velocipede #11, Fall 2006 124 · Home Movies · Mary Rosenblum · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006 157 · Chu and the Nants [Postsingular] · Rudy Rucker · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 174 · Silence in Florence · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2006 188 · The Women of Our Occupation · Kameron Hurley · ss Strange Horizons July 31 2006 197 · This Is the Ice Age · Claude Lalumière · ss Mythspring ed. Julie E. Czerneda & Genevieve Kierans, Red Deer Press, 2006 210 · Speak, Geek · Eileen Gunn · vi Nature #7105, August 24 2006 214 · Expedition, with Recipes · Joe Haldeman · ss Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology ed. Steve Savile & Alethea Kontis, Tor, 2006 221 · The Age of Ice · Liz Williams · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006 233 · Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth · Michael F. Flynn · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2006 282 · Applied Mathematical Theology · Gregory Benford · vi Nature #7080, March 2 2006 286 · Quill · Carol Emshwiller · nv Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006 313 · Tiger, Burning · Alastair Reynolds · nv Forbidden Planets ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2006 342 · Dead Men Walking [Quiet War] · Paul J. McAuley · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2006 364 · Damascus · Daryl Gregory · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2006 399 · Tin Marsh · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2006 421 · Taking Good Care of Myself · Ian R. MacLeod · vi Nature #7089, May 4 2006 425 · The Lowland Expedition [Xeelee; Old Earth] · Stephen Baxter · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2006 444 · Heisenberg Elementary · Wil McCarthy · vi Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2006 449 · Rwanda · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2006 459 · Preemption · Charlie Rosenkranz · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2006

Year’s Best SF 13 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos, June 2008, 978-0-06-125209-9, $7.99, 496pp, pb, an)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 24 stories and one poem from 2007, all strictly genre SF. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Gwyneth Jones, and Greg Egan. x · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms (r) xi · Introduction · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in 1 · Baby Doll · Johanna Sinisalo; translated by David Hackston · nv The SFWA European Hall of Fame ed. James & Kathryn Morrow, Tor, 2007 translated from the Finnish (“Baby Doll”, Intohimosta Rikokseen, 2002). 27 · Aristotle OS · Tony Ballantyne · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 41 · The Last American · John Kessel · ss Foundation #100, Summer 2007 60 · Memorare · Gene Wolfe · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2007 143 · Plotters and Shooters [Mars] · Kage Baker · nv Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 164 · Repeating the Past · Peter Watts · vi Nature #7170, November 29 2007 168 · No More Stories · Stephen Baxter · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 185 · They Came from the Future · Robyn Hitchcock · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 189 · The Tomb Wife [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2007 207 · An Evening’s Honest Peril · Marc Laidlaw · nv Flurb #3, Spring/Summer 2007 229 · End Game · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007 244 · Induction · Greg Egan · ss Foundation #100, Summer 2007 261 · A Blue and Cloudless Sky · Bernhard Ribbeck; translated by Niels Dalgaard · nv The SFWA European Hall of Fame ed. James & Kathryn Morrow, Tor, 2007 translated from the Danish. 299 · Reasons Not to Publish · Gregory Benford · vi Nature Physics December 2007 304 · Objective Impermeability in a Closed System · William Shunn · ss An Alternate History of the 21st Century by William Shunn, Spilt Milk Press, 2007 319 · Always · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007 334 · Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359? · Ken MacLeod · ss The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 349 · Artifice and Intelligence · Tim Pratt · ss Strange Horizons August 6 2007 359 · Pirates of the Somali Coast · Terry Bisson · ss Subterranean #7, 2007 375 · Sanjeev and Robotwallah [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 395 · Third Person · Tony Ballantyne · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007 413 · The Bridge · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2007 originally published in French as “De l’autre côté du pont” in Détectives de l’Impossible, J’ai lu Millénaires, May 2002. 443 · As You Know, Bob · John G. Hemry · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2007 453 · The Lustration · Bruce Sterling · ss Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007 474 · How Music Begins · James Van Pelt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007