The Year's Best SF 22 # 2004

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by Gardner Dozois (ed)


  FUTURE EARTHS: UNDER AFRICAN SKIES (with Mike Resnick)

  FUTURE EARTHS: UNDER SOUTH AMERICAN SKIES (with Mike Resnick)

  RIPPER! (with Susan Casper)

  MODERN CLASSIC SHORT NOVELS OF SCIENCE FICTIION

  MODERN CLASSICS OF FANTASY

  KILLING ME SOFTLY

  DYING FOR IT

  THE GOOD OLD STUFF

  THE GOOD NEW STUFF

  EXPLORERS

  THE FURTHEST HORIZON

  WORLDMAKERS

  SUPERMEN

  COEDITED WITH SHEILA WILLIAMS

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S PLANET EARTH

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S ROBOTS

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S VALENTINES

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S SKIN DEEP

  ISAAC AIMOV’S GHOSTS

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S VAMPIRE

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S MOONS

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S CHRISTMAS

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S CAMELOT

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S WEREWOLVES

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S SOLAR SYSTEM

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S DETECTIVES

  ISAAC ASIMOV’S CYBERDREAMS

  COEDITED WITH JACK DANN

  ALIENS!

  UNICORNS!

  MAGICATS!

  MAGICATS 2!

  BESTIARY!

  MERMAIDS!

  SORCERERS!

  DEMONS!

  DOGTALES!

  SEASERPENTS!

  DINOSAURS!

  LITTLE: PEOPLE!

  DRAGONS!

  HORSES!

  UNICORNS 2

  INVADERS!

  ANGELS!

  DINOSAURS II

  HACKERS

  TIMEGATES

  CLONES

  NANOTECH

  IMMORTALS

  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.

  honorable mentions: 2004

  Daniel Abraham, “Flat Diane,” F&SF, October/November.

  John Aegard, “The Great Old Pumpkin,” Strange Horizons, October 25.

  Brian W. Aldiss, “Tarzan of the Alps,” Postscripts, Spring.

  Barth Anderson, “Live from the Volgograd Blackout,” Abyss & Apex, March/April.

  Colleen Anderson, “Hold Back the Night,” Open Space.

  Kevin J. Anderson, “The Bistro of Alternate Realities,” Analog, June.

  Poul Anderson, “The Bog Sword,” The First Heroes.

  Lou Antonelli, “Circe in Virto,” Astounding Stories.

  ——, “I Got You,” Bewildering Stories, May.

  ——, “Pen Pal,” RevolutionSF, July 2.

  ——, “The Rocket-Powered Cat,” RevolutionSF, December 24.

  Lynette Aspey, “Sleeping Dragons,” Asimov’s, September.

  Neal Asher, “Strood,” Asimov’s, December.

  ——, “The Veteran,” Asimov’s, June.

  A. A. Attanasio, “Zero’s Twin,” F&SF, June.

  Kate Bachus, “Echo, Sonar,” Strange Horizons, November 8.

  Paolo Bacigalupi, “The Pasho,” Asimov’s, September.

  Kage Baker, “The Catch,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  ——, “Leaving His Cares Behind Him,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ——, “Recipes for the Professional Writer,” Mother Aegypt.

  ——, “Silent Leonardo,” ReVisions.

  Dale Bailey, “The End of the World as We Know It,” F&SF, October/November.

  Neal Barrett Jr., “Tourists,” Flights.

  William Barton, “The Gods of a Lesser Creation,” Asimov’s, August.

  ——, “Moments of Inertia,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ——, “Though I Sang in My Chains Like the Sea,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Lee Battersby, “Ecdysis,” Andromeda Spaceways, February/March.

  ——. “Father Muerte and the Rain,” Aurealis, 33/34/35.

  Stephen Baxter, “Between Worlds,” Between Worlds.

  ——, “The Burster,” The Hunters of Pangaea.

  ——, “The Mandate of Heaven,” The Hunters of Pangaea.

  ——, “Periandry’s Quest,” Analog, June.

  ——, “The We Who Sing,” Microcosms.

  Peter S. Beagle, “Quarry,” F&SF, May.

  Elizabeth Bear, “This Tragic Glass,” SCI FICTION, April 7.

  Greg Beatty, “Aliens Enter the Conversation,” Fortean Bureau, March.

  ——, “Cycle of Predator and Prey,” Full Unit Hookup, #5.

  Chris Beckett, “Tammy Pendant,” Asimov’s, March.

  ——, “We Could Be Sisters,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  Van Begamundré, “Out of Sync,” So Long Been Dreaming.

  Gregory Benford, “Blood’s a Rover,” Cosmic Tales.

  ——, “The First Commandment,” SCI FICTION, May 19.

  ——, “Station Spaces,” Space Stations.

  ——, “Twenty Two Centimeters,” Oceans of the Mind, XIV.

  Paul Berger, “Voice of the Hurricane,” Zeppelin Adventure Stories.

  Judith Berman, “The Fear Gun,” Asimov’s, July.

  ——, “The Poison Well,” Black Gate, 7.

  Ruth Berman, “The Buried Sword,” Asimov’s, June.

  Ilsa J. Bick, “The Key,” SCI FICTION, August 11.

  Michael Bishop, “The Angst of God,” F&SF, October/November.

  ——, “The Sacerdotal Owl,” Weird Tales, March/April.

  Terry Bisson, “Super 8,” SCI FICTION, November 24.

  Russell Blackford, “Idol,” Oceans of the Mind, XIII.

  ——, “The Name of the Beast Is Number,” Microcosms.

  James P. Blaylock, “Hula Ville,” SCI FICTION, November 3.

  Steven Bratman, “Deletion,” Analog, January/February.

  Damien Broderick, “Yggdrasil,” Synergy SF.

  Eric Brown, “A Choice of Eternities,” Postscripts, Spring.

  Tobias S. Buckell, “Aerophillia,” Zeppelin Adventure Stories.

  ——, “Her,” Fortean Bureau, January.

  ——, “Necahual,” So Long Been Dreaming.

  Emma Bull, “De La Tierra,” The Faery Reel.

  Michael A. Burstein, “Time Ablaze,” Analog, June.

  Richard Butner, “The Wounded,” Crossroads.

  Jack Cady, “Fog,” F&SF, December.

  Orson Scott Card, “Keeper of Lost Dreams,” Flights.

  James L. Cambias, “The Eckener Alternative,” Zeppelin Adventure Stories.

  ——, “See My King All Dressed in Red,” Crossroads.

  Jay Caselberg, “Herd Mentality,” ReVisions.

  Robert R. Chase, “Turing Test,” Asimov’s, June.

  E. I. Chin, “The Moment of Truth,” On Spec, Autumn.

  Richard Chwedyk, “In Tibor’s Cardboard Castle,” F&SF, October/November.

  Matthew Claxton, “The Anatomist’s Apprentice,” SCI FICTION, July 14.

  ——, “Changing of the Guard,” SCI FICTION, December 8.

  Brenda Clough, “How the Bells Came from Yang to Hu Bei,” The First Heroes.

  Deborah Coates, “Articles of a Personal Nature,” SCI FICTION, February 4.

  James Cobb, “Dancers of the Gate,” Space Stations.

  Brenda Cooper, “Savant Songs,” Analog, December.

  ——, “Star Gardens,” Oceans of the Mind, Spring.

  ——, “The War of the Flowers,” Strange Horizons, January 12.

  Elizabeth Counihan, “The Star Called Wormwood,” Asimov’s, December.

  Albert E. Cowdrey, “A Balance of Terrors,” F&SF, July.

  ——, “The Name of the Sphinx,” F&SF, December.

  ——, “Rapper,” F&SF, February.

  ——, “Silent
Echoes,” F&SF, April.

  Ian Creasey, “Best in Show,” Oceans of the Mind, XIII.

  Julie E. Czerneda, “The Franchise,” Space Stations.

  ——, “Out of China,” ReVisions.

  Jack Dann, “Bugs,” Postscripts 2.

  ——, “Good Deeds,” Concqueror Fantastic.

  Colin P. Davies, “The Girl with the Four-Dimensional Head,” Andromeda Spaceways, April/May.

  Russell Davis, “Countdown,” Space Stations.

  Stephen Dedman, “Changes,” Andromeda Spaceways, April/May.

  ——, “Twilight of Idols,” Conqueror Fantastic.

  ——, “The Whole of the Law, Andromeda Spaceways, June/July.

  Charles de Lint, “Riding Shotgun,” Flights.

  A. M. Dellamonica, “The Children of Port Allain,” On Spec, Summer.

  ——, “The Dream Eaters,” The Faery Reel.

  ——, “Ruby, in the Storm,” SCI FICTION, October 6.

  Bradley Denton, “Sergeant Chip,” F&SF, September.

  Lena DeTar, “Steep Silence,” Asimov’s, June.

  Paul Di Filippo, “Observable Things,” Conqueror Fantastic.

  ——, “Shadowboxer,” Amazing, December.

  Thomas M. Disch, “The White Man,” Flights.

  Cory Doctorow, “Anda’s Game,” Salon, November 15.

  ——& Charles Stross, “Unwirer,” ReVisions.

  Rudi Dorneman, “Embers,” Realms of Fantasy, October.

  Gardner Dozois, George R. R. Martin, & Daniel Abraham, “Shadow Twin,” SCI FICTION, June 9

  L. Timmel Duchamp, “The Gift,” Love’s Body, Dancing Through Time.

  ——, “The Heloise Archive,” Love’s Body, Dancing Through Time.

  Thomas R. Dulski, “To Emily on the Ecliptic,” Analog, July/August.

  Andy Duncan, “Zora and the Zombie,” SCI FICTION, February 4.

  Greg Van Eekhout, “Native Aliens,” So Long Been Dreaming.

  ——, “Tales from the City of Seams,” Polyphony 4.

  Scott Edelman, “My Life Is Good,” Crossroads.

  George Alec Effinger, “Walking Gods,” Conqueror Fantastic.

  Suzette Haden Elgin, “Honor Is Golden,” Analog, May.

  ——, “We Have Always Spoken Panglish,” SCI FICTION, October 27.

  Carol Emshwiller, “All of Can Almost,” SCI FICTION, November 17.

  ——, “The Library,” F&SF, August.

  ——, “My General,” Argosy, May/June.

  Esther M. Friesner, “Johnny Beansprout,” F&SF, July.

  Nancy Etchemendy, “Nimitseahpah,” F&SF, January.

  Gregory Feeley, “Arabian Wine,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ——, “Giliad,” The First Heroes.

  Keith Ferrell, “A Reunion,” Asimov’s, December.

  Sheila Finch, “Confessional,” F&SF, January.

  ——, “So Good a Day,” F&SF, May.

  Charles Coleman Finlay, “After the Guad Chrysalis, F&SF, June.

  ——, “The Factwhore Proposition,” Futurismic.

  ——, “The Ill-Fated Crusade,” Paradox, November.

  ——, “Pervert,” F&SF, March.

  ——, “The Seal Hunter,” F&SF, January.

  Eliot Fintushel, “Gwendolyn Is Happy to Serve You,” Asimov’s, July.

  ——, “Women Are Ugly,” Strange Horizons, June 21.

  Karen Fishler, “Country Life,” Realms of Fantasy, June.

  ——, “Misson Memory,” The Third Alternative, Spring.

  ——, “Safe Haven,” The Infinite Matrix, March 12.

  ——, “Someone Else,” Interzone, September/October.

  Richard Flood, “Jagganath,” Asimov’s, March.

  Jeffrey Ford, “A Night in the Tropics,” Argosy, January/February.

  ——, “The Annals of Eellin-Ok,” The Faery Reel.

  ——, “Jupiter’s Skull,” Flights.

  Hugh David Francis, “The Three Hats of Mutt and Jeff,” Albedo, 28.

  Peter Friend, “The Christmas Tree,” Asimov’s, December.

  Esther M. Friesner, “Johnny Beansprout,” F&SF, July.

  Gregory Frost, “Tengu Mountain,” The Faery Reel.

  Susan Fry, “Father Gregori’s Relic,” The Third Alternative, Autumn.

  Neil Gaiman, “The Problem of Susan,” Flights.

  Stephen Gallagher, “Restraint,” Postscripts, Spring.

  R. Garcia y Robertson, “Long Voyage Home,” Asimov’s, February.

  ——, “Stuck Inside of Mobile,” F&SF, July.

  Tom Gerencer, “Almost (But Not Quite) Heaven,” Realms of Fantasy, October.

  David Gerrold, “Dancer in the Dark,” F&SF, April.

  Laura Anne Gilman, “In the Aftermath of Something Happening,” Oceans of the Mind, XII.

  ——, “Site Fourteen,” ReVisions.

  Lisa Goldstein, “Finding Beauty,” F&SF, October/November.

  Kathleen Ann Goonan, “Dinosaur Songs,” Asimov’s, July.

  Theodora Goss, “The Wings of Meister Wilhelm,” Polyphony 4.

  Gavin J. Grant, “Hold Tight,” Strange Horizons, August 23.

  Glenn Grant, “Burning Day,” Island Dreams.

  John Grant, “Has Anyone Here Seen Kristie?,” The Third Alternative, Summer.

  ——, “Q,” SCI FICTION, October 20.

  Dominic Green, “Three Lions on the Armband,” Interzone, Spring.

  Daryl Gregory, “The Continuing Adventures of Rocket Boy,” F&SF, July.

  Eileen Gunn, “Coming to Terms,” Stable Strategies and Others.

  ——& Leslie What, “Nirvana High,” Stable Strategies and Others.

  James Gunn, “Elixir,” Analog, May.

  George Gutheridge, “Nine Whispered Opinions Regarding the Alaskan Secession,” F&SF, July.

  Sally Gwylan, “Rapture,” Strange Horizons, March 15—March 22.

  Andrea Hairston, “Griots of the Galaxy,” So Long Been Dreaming.

  Joe Haldeman, “Faces,” F&SF, June.

  Elizabeth Hand, “Wonderwall,” Flights.

  Charles L. Harness, “In the Catacombs,” Weird Tales, January/February.

  ——, “Polly,” Synergy SF.

  Guy Hasson, “The Perfect Girl,” Dreams of Aspamia #12.

  John G. Hemry, “Small Moments in Time,” Analog, December.

  Howard V. Hendrix, “Once Out of Nature,” Microcosms.

  Ernest Hogan, “Jailhouse Rock,” Cosmic Tales.

  Sarah A. Hoyt, “Ganymede,” Oceans of the Mind, XII.

  ——, “What She Left Behind,” Asimov’s, March.

  Tanya Huff, “Finding Marcus,” Sirius, the Dog Star.

  Matthew Hughes, “The Hat Thing,” Asimov’s, September.

  ——, “Falberoth’s Ruin,” F&SF, September.

  ——, “Mastermindless,” F&SF, March.

  ——, “Relics of the Thim,” F&SF, August.

  Rober J. Howe, “Miscarriage of Justice,” Salon, March 24.

  Alex Irvine, “Down in the Fog-Shrouded City,” Polyphony 4.

  ——, “For Now It’s Eight O’Clock,” Strange Horizons, March 1.

  ——, “Peter Skilling,” F&SF, September.

  ——, “Volunteers,” Sci Fiction, July 28.

  L. Blunt Jackson, “Early Adopters,” Challenging Destiny, June.

  Trent Jamison, “Porcelain Salli,” Aurealis, 33/34/35.

  Matt Jarpe, “Chicken Soup for Mars and Venus,” Asimov’s, August.

  ——, “Language Barrier,” Asimov’s, February.

  ——& Jonathan Andrew Sheeen, “The Bad Hamburger,” F&SF, December.

  Michael J. Jasper, “Coal Ash and Sparrows,” Asimov’s, January.

  ——, “Redemption, Drawing Near,” Interzone, November/December.

  Phillip C. Jennings, “The Saint,” Asimov’s, March.

  Jan Lars Jensen, “Bodily Surrender,” Synergy SF.

  Kij Johnson, “Elfrithe’s Ghost,” Realms of F
antasy, August.

  ——, “The Empress Jingu Fishes,” Conqueror Fantastic.

  Michael Handel, “Time to Go,” F&SF, October/November.

  Ian Donald Keeling, “The Archer,” Realms of Fantasy, June.

  James Patrick Kelly, “The Dark Side of Town,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  ——, “Serpent,” F&SF, May.

  ——, “The Wreck of the Godspeed,” Between Worlds.

  Kay Kenyon, “Acid Test,” Talebones, Winter.

  ——, “The Executioner’s Apprentice,” ReVisions.

  John Kessel, “The Baum Plan for Financial Independence,” SCI FICTION, March 24.

  Stephen King, “Lisey and the Madman,” McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories.

  Ellen Klages, “The Green Glass Sea,” Strange Horizons, September 6.

  Fruma Klass, “Two More for Tolstoi,” Synergy SF.

  Judy Klass, “We’ll Have Manhattan,” Asimov’s, April/May.

  Sean Klein, “Five Guys Named Moe,” SCI FICTION, February 25.

  Eric Kotani, “Orbital Base Fear,” Space Stations.

  Nancy Kress, “My Mother, Dancing,” Asimov’s, June.

  Bill Kte’pi, “You Can Walk on the Moon if the Mood’s Right,” Strange Horizons, November 22.

  ——, “David Bowie’s Mars Triptych,” Fortean Bureau, October.

  Marc Laidlaw, “Flight Risk,” SCI FICTION, April 21.

  Jay Lake, “The Algebra of Heaven,” Full Unit Hookup, Spring.

  ——, “Adagio for Flames and Jealousy,” Fortean Bureau, June.

  ——, “Benedice Te,” Challenging Destiny, June.

  ——, “Daddy’s Caliban,” The Third Alternative, Autumn.

  ——, “Dreams of the White City,” Interzone, September/October.

  ——, “The Dying Dream of Water,” Flytrap, November.

  ——, “The Git, the Dog, the Fish, and the Gray,” Electric Velocipede, #6.

  ——, “A Mythic Fear of the Sea,” Aeon One.

  ——, “The Rose Egg,” Postscripts, Spring.

  ——, “Those Boiled Bones,” Abyss & Apex, January/February.

  ——, “The Water Castle,” Realms of Fantasy, August.

  Geoffrey A. Landis, “Perfectible,” Asimov’s, October/November.

  ——, “The Resonance of Light,” ReVisions.

  Alexis Glynn Latner, “BLU 97-032D,” Analog, June.

  Tanith Lee, “Elvenbrood,” The Faery Reel.

  ——, “Israbel,” Realms of Fantasy, April.

  ——, “Midnight,” Weird Tales, March/April.

  ——, “Moon-Wolf,” Asimov’s, August.

  ——, “Stalking the Leopard,” Realms of Fantasy, June.

 

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