“Strangers on Paradise,” by Damon Knight. Copyright © 1986 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Pretty Boy Crossover,” by Pat Cadigan. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, January 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Against Babylon,” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 1986 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, May 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes,” by Somtow Sucharitkul. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Analog, April 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Into Gold,” by Tanith Lee. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, March 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sea Change,” by Scott Baker. Copyright © 1986 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Merilee Heifetz.
“Covenant of Souls,” by Michael Swanwick. Copyright © 1986 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, December 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“The Pure Product,” by John Kessel. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, March 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Grave Angels,” by Richard Kearns. Copyright © 1986 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Tangents,” by Greg Bear. Copyright © 1986 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, January 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Beautiful and the Sublime,” by Bruce Sterling. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Tattoos,” by Jack Dann. Copyright © 1986 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, November 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Night Moves,” by Tim Powers. Copyright © 1986 by Tim Powers. First published in Night Moves (Axolotl Press). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Russell Galen.
“The Prisoner of Chillon,” by James Patrick Kelly. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Chance,” by Connie Willis. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, May 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“And So to Bed,” by Harry Turtledove. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Analog, January 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Russell Galen.
“Fair Game,” by Howard Waldrop. Copyright © 1986 by Howard Waldrop. First published in Afterlives (Vintage). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Video Star,” by Walter Jon Williams. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sallie C.,” by Neal Barrett, Jr. Copyright © 1986 by Western Writers of America. First published in Best of the West (Doubleday). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Jeff Beck,” by Lewis Shiner. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, January 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Surviving,” by Judith Moffett. Copyright © 1986 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“Down and Out in the Year 2000,” by Kim Stanley Robinson. Copyright © 1986 by Davis Publications, Inc. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Patrick Delahunt.
“Snake-Eyes,” by Tom Maddox. Copyright © 1986 by Omni Publication International, Ltd. First published in Omni, April 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Gate of Ghosts,” by Karen Joy Fowler. Copyright © 1986 by Karen Joy Fowler. First published in Artificial Things (Bantam-Spectra). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Winter Market,” by William Gibson. Copyright © 1986 by William Gibson. First appeared in Stardate, February 1986. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Martha Millard.
THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: FOURTH ANNUAL COLLECTION.
Copyright © 1987 by Gardner R. Dozois. All rights reserved.
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The Year’s best science fiction.
1. Science fiction, American. I. Dozois, Gardner R.
PS648.S3Y38 1987 813'.0876'08 87-4445
ISBN 0-312-00709-4 (pbk.)
eISBN 9781466829923
First eBook edition: September 2012
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