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 | Science fiction anthology |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 573 pp |
| ISBN | 0-312-94484-5 |
| OCLC | 12252028 |
| Preceded by | The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection |
| 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 2nd in The Year's Best Science Fiction series.
Contents
- 9 • Summation: 1984 • Gardner Dozois • ar
- 27 • Salvador • Lucius 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 Coast • Gene 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
External links
- Story synapses by Brian Davies