The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection

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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection
Author Edited by Gardner Dozois
Country United States
Language English
Series The Year's Best Science Fiction
Genre(s) Science fiction anthology
Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
Publication date 1985
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 573 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-312-94484-5
Followed by The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (ISBN 0-312-94484-5) is a science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois that was published in 1985. It is the 2st in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.

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  • 9 • Summation: 1984 • Gardner Dozois • ar
  • 27 • SalvadorLucius Shepard • ss F&SF Apr ’84
  • 45 • Promises to Keep • Jack McDevitt • nv IASFM Dec ’84
  • 63 • Bloodchild • Octavia E. Butler • nv IASFM Jun ’84
  • 82 • Blued Moon • Connie Willis • nv IASFM Jan ’84
  • 113 • A Message to the King of Brobdingnag • Richard Cowper • nv F&SF May ’84
  • 135 • The Affair • Robert Silverberg • ss Playboy Jun ’84
  • 153 • PRESS ENTER [] • John Varley • na IASFM May ’84
  • 207 • New Rose Hotel • William Gibson • ss Omni Jul ’84
  • 219 • The Map • Gene Wolfe • ss Light Years and Dark, ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984
  • 232 • Interlocking Pieces • Molly Gloss• ss Universe 14, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984
  • 239 • Trojan Horse • Michael Swanwick • nv Omni Dec ’84
  • 269 • Bad Medicine • Jack Dann • nv IASFM Oct ’84
  • 291 • At the Embassy Club • Elizabeth A. Lynn • ss Omni Jun ’84
  • 301 • Pursuit of Excellence • Rena Yount • nv The Clarion Awards, ed. Damon Knight, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984
  • 319 • The Kindly Isle • Frederik Pohl • nv IASFM Nov ’84
  • 341 • Rock On • Pat Cadigan • ss Light Years and Dark, ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984
  • 350 • Sunken Gardens [Mechanist-Shapers] • Bruce Sterling • ss Omni Jun ’84
  • 365 • Trinity • Nancy Kress • na IASFM Oct ’84
  • 409 • The Trouble with the Cotton People • Ursula K. Le Guin • ss The Missouri Review v7 #2 ’84
  • 420 • Twilight Time • Lewis Shiner • nv IASFM Apr ’84
  • 440 • Black Coral • Lucius Shepard • nv Universe 14, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984
  • 466 • Friend • James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel • ss F&SF Jan ’84
  • 484 • Foreign Skins • Tanith Lee • nv Tamastara, DAW, 1984
  • 511 • Company in the Wings • R. A. Lafferty • ss Heart of Stone, Dear and Other Stories, Drumm, 1983
  • 524 • A Cabin on the CoastGene Wolfe • ss F&SF Feb ’84
  • 536 • The Lucky Strike • Kim Stanley Robinson • nv Universe 14, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984
  • 569 • Honorable Mentions: 1984 • Gardner Dozois • bi