Genre short fiction, 1970–1979

1970
Best of 1970
James Sallis, 'Faces and Hands'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
Honourable mentions
Brian W. Aldiss, 'Swastika!'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
Gordon R. Dickson, 'Jean Duprès'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
Howard Fast, 'The General Zapped an Angel'  (THE GENERAL ZAPPED AN ANGEL, 1970)
Howard Fast, 'The Wound'  (THE GENERAL ZAPPED AN ANGEL, 1970)
Bob Shaw, 'The Happiest Day of Your Life'  (ANALOG, OCTOBER 1970)
Jim Theis, 'The Eye of Argon'  (OSFAN #10, AUGUST 1970; J.T. RIKOSH AWARD)
All stories
Piers Anthony, 'The Whole Truth'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
James Blish, 'A Style in Treason'  (GALAXY MAGAZINE, MAY 1970)
Sydney J. Bounds, 'Limbo Rider'  (VISION OF TOMORROW, APRIL 1970)
Ray Bradbury, 'And This Did Dante Do'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
John Brunner, 'Fairy Tale'  (RONALD E. GRAHAM, ed., VISION OF TOMORROW, 1970)
John Brunner, 'Fifth Commandment'  (RONALD E. GRAHAM, ed., VISION OF TOMORROW, 1970)
Arthur C. Clarke, 'Neutron Tide'  (GALAXY MAGAZINE, MAY 1970)
Chan Davis, 'Hexamnion'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
Howard Fast, 'The Insects'  (THE GENERAL ZAPPED AN ANGEL, 1970)
Howard Fast, 'The Interval'  (THE GENERAL ZAPPED AN ANGEL, 1970)
Howard Fast, 'The Mohawk'  (THE GENERAL ZAPPED AN ANGEL, 1970)
Howard Fast, 'The Movie House'  (THE GENERAL ZAPPED AN ANGEL, 1970)
Howard Fast, 'Tomorrow's Wall Street Journal'  (THE GENERAL ZAPPED AN ANGEL, 1970)
Howard Fast, 'The Vision of Milty Boil'  (THE GENERAL ZAPPED AN ANGEL, 1970)
Charles E. Fritch, 'The Misfortune Cookie'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, NOVEMBER 1970)
David Gerrold, 'Love Story in Three Acts'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
James E. Gunn, 'Kindergarten'  (GALAXY MAGAZINE, APRIL 1970)
Lee Harding, 'Spaceman'  (IF, APRIL 1970)
Frank Herbert, 'Seed Stock'  (ANALOG, APRIL 1970)
John Jakes, 'Merry Xmas, Post/Gute'  (AMAZING STORIES, JANUARY 1970)
Barry N. Malzberg, 'Terminus Est'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'Death Constant Beyond Love'  (UNKNOWN, 1970)
David I. Masson, 'The Show Must Go On'  (GEORGE HAY, ed., THE DISAPPEARING FUTURE, 1970)
David I. Masson, 'Take It Or Leave It'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., THE YEAR 2000, 1970)
K.M. O'Donnell, 'In the Pocket'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
J.R. Pierce, 'The Higher Things'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
Bill Pronzini, 'Dry Spell'  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, SEPTEMBER 1970)
Josephine Saxton, 'The Triumphant Head'  (ANNE McCAFFREY, ed., ALCHEMY AND ACADEME, 1970)
Robin Scott, 'The Big Connection'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
Bob Shaw, 'Invasion of Privacy'  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, JULY 1970)
Robert Silverberg, 'A Happy Day in 2381'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
E.C. Tubb, 'Trojan Horse'  (VISION OF TOMORROW, JANUARY 1970)
Donald E. Westlake, 'The Winner'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
Gene Wolfe, 'The Horars of War'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA ONE, 1970)
George Zebrowski, 'The Water Sculptor of Station 233'  (ROBERT HOSKINS, ed., INFINITY ONE, 1970)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
James Blish, Anywhen  (DOUBLEDAY, 1970)
Howard Fast, The General Zapped an Angel  (WILLIAM MORROW, 1970)  [ review ]
Harry Harrison, ed., Nova One  (XXXX, 1970)
Robert Silverberg, ed., The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One  (DOUBLEDAY, 1970)

1971
Best of 1971
Arthur C. Clarke, 'A Meeting with Medusa'  (PLAYBOY, DECEMBER 1971)
Arthur C. Clarke, 'Transit of Earth'  (PLAYBOY, JANUARY 1971)
Larry Niven, 'Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex'  (ALL THE MYRIAD WAYS, 1971)
Honourable mentions
Arthur C. Clarke, 'Reunion'  (INFINITY 2, 1971)
Thomas M. Disch, 'Bodies'  (QUARK 4, AUGUST 1971)
Thomas M. Disch, 'Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come'  (ROBERT SILVERBERG, ed., NEW DIMENSIONS 1, 1971)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles'  (UNKNOWN, 1971)
Ted Hughes, 'The Iron Man'  (FABER AND FABER, 1971)
Alan E. Nourse, 'The Last House Call'  (℞ FOR TOMORROW, 1971)
Christopher Priest, 'Real-Time World'  (JOHN CARNELL, ed., NEW WRITINGS IN S-F 19, 1971)
Josephine Saxton, 'Black Sabbatical'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, DECEMBER 1971)
Josephine Saxton, 'Living Wild'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, OCTOBER 1971)
All stories
Woody Allen, 'Count Dracula'  (GETTING EVEN, 1971)
John Brunner, 'The Inception of the Epoch of Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid'  (QUARK 2, FEBRUARY 1971)
A. Bertram Chandler, 'The Mountain Movers'  (GALAXY MAGAZINE, MARCH 1971)
Michael G. Coney, 'The Sharks of Pentreath'  (GALAXY MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 1971)
Samuel R. Delany & James Sallis, 'They Fly at Çiron'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, JUNE 1971)
Thomas M. Disch, 'Angouleme'  (NEW WORLDS QUARTERLY 1, SEPTEMBER 1971)
Shinichi Hoshi, 'A Tale of a Night'  (1971)
William F. Nolan, 'The Worlds of Monty Willson'  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, JULY 1971)
Alan E. Nourse, 'Plague!'  (℞ FOR TOMORROW, 1971)
William Rotsler, 'Bohassian Learns'  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, JULY 1971)
Joanna Russ, 'Gleepsite'  (DAMON KNIGHT, ed., ORBIT 9, 1971)
Josephine Saxton, 'The Power of Time'  (ROBERT SILVERBERG, ed., NEW DIMENSIONS 1, 1971)
Roger Zelazny, 'Corrida'  (THE DOORS OF HIS FACE, THE LAMPS OF HIS MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES, 1971)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
Larry Niven, All the Myriad Ways  (BALLANTINE, 1971)  [ review ]
Alan E. Nourse, ℞ for Tomorrow  (DAVID McKAY, 1971)

1972
Best of 1972
Keith Roberts, 'Weihnachtsabend'  (HARRY HARRISON, BRIAN ALDISS, eds., BEST SF: 2, 1972)
Joanna Russ, 'When It Changed'  (HARLAN ELLISON, ed., AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISIONS, 1972; 1972 NEBULA AWARD, 1995 JAMES TIPTREE JR. AWARD)
Robert Sheckley, 'Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerly Dead'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Honourable mentions
Poul Anderson, 'I Tell You, It's True'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA< 2/i>, 1972)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship'  (LEAF STORM AND OTHER STORIES, 1972)
Stephen Goldin, 'Stubborn'  (DAVID GERROLD, ed., GENERATION, 1972)
Keith Roberts, 'The Passing of the Dragons'  (JOHN CARNELL, ed., NEW WRITINGS IN SF 21, 1972)
Bob Shaw, 'A Dome of Many-Colored Glass'  (FANTASTIC, APRIL 1972)
Robert Silverberg, 'Now + n, Now – n'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), 'And I Have Come Upon This Place By Lost Ways'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), 'And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, MARCH 1972)
All stories
Brian Aldiss, 'The Ergot Show'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Brian Aldiss, 'Manuscript Found in a Police State' (WINTER'S TALES 18, 1972)
Ed Bryant, 'The Poet in the Hologram in the Middle of Prime Time'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
André Carneiro, 'Darkness'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Harlan Ellison, 'On the Downhill Side'  (TERRY CARR, ed., UNIVERSE 2, 1972)
Philip José Farmer, 'The Sumerian Oath'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Howard Fast, 'The Hoop'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, OCTOBER 1972)
Charles E. Fritch, 'If At First You Don't Succeed, to Hell With It!'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, AUGUST 1972)
Shinichi Hoshi, 'Shifts'  (1972)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'Nabo: The Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait...'  (LEAF STORM AND OTHER STORIES, 1972)
G.M. Glaskin, 'The Inheritors'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, NOVEMBER 1972)
James E. Gunn, 'The Old Folks'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Damon Knight, 'On the Wheel'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Barry N. Malzberg, 'Two Odysseys into the Center'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Naomi Mitchison, 'Miss Omega Raven'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Maggie Nadler, 'Latest Feature'  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, MAY 1972)
John Ossian (John Foyster), 'Let It Ring'  (ROBERT HOSKINS, ed., INFINITY THREE, 1972)
Keith Roberts, 'I Lose Medea'  (MICHAEL MOORCOCK, ed., NEW WORLDS QUARTERLY 3, 1972)
Frank M. Robinson, 'East Wind, West Wind'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
Josephine Saxton, 'Elouise and the Doctors of the Planet Pergamon'  (HARLAN ELLISON, ed., AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISIONS, 1972)
Bob Shaw, 'Deflation 2001'  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, SEPTEMBER 1972)
Bob Shaw, 'Stormseeker'  (GALAXY MAGAZINE, JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1972)
John Sladek, 'The Steam-Driven Boy'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 2, 1972)
James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), 'Painwise'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY 1972)
Robert E. Toomey Jr., 'The Re-Creation'  (DAVID GERROLD, ed., GENERATION, 1972)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
John Brunner, From This Day Forward  (DOUBLEDAY, 1972)
Arthur C. Clarke, Of Time and Stars  (GOLLANCZ, 1972)
Arthur C. Clarke, The Wind from the Sun  (HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH, 1972)
Thomas M. Disch, 334  (MacGIBBON & KEE, 1972)
Gabriel García Márquez, Leaf Storm and Other Stories  (HARPER & ROW, 1972)
Harry Harrison, ed., Nova 2  (WALKER & CO., 1972)

1973
Best of 1973
Ursula Le Guin, 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas'  (ROBERT SILVERBERG, ed., NEW DIMENSIONS 3, 1973; 1974 HUGO AWARD)
James Sutherland, 'Swords of Ifthan'  (ROGER ELWOOD, ed., OMEGA, 1973)
Honourable mentions
Eddy C. Bertin, 'Something Ending'  (MORGEN 5, 1973)
Philip José Farmer, 'Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
All stories
Forrest J. Ackerman, 'Cosmic Report Card: Earth'  (VERTEX, JUNE 1973)
Brian W. Aldiss, 'The Expensive Delicate Ship'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
David R. Bunch, 'Breakout in Ecol 2'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
Hank Dempsey (Harry Harrison), 'The Defensive Bomber'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
Thomas M. Disch, 'Everyday Life in the Later Roman Empire'  (THOMAS M. DISCH, ed., BAD MOON RISING, 1973)
Scott Edelstein, 'The Exhibition'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'Cephes 5'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'The Egg'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'General Hardy's Profession'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'The Hole in the Floor'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'A Matter of Size'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'The Mind of God'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'Not with a Bang'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'The Pragmatic Seed'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'The Price'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'Show Cause'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'The Talent of Harvey'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Howard Fast, 'UFO'  (A TOUCH OF INFINITY, 1973)
Frank Herbert, 'Encounter in a Lonely Place'  (THE BOOK OF FRANK HERBERT, 1973)
Frank Herbert, 'Gambling Device'  (THE BOOK OF FRANK HERBERT, 1973)
Frank Herbert, 'Passage for Piano'  (THE BOOK OF FRANK HERBERT, 1973)
Dick Glass, 'The Ultimate End'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
Barry N. Malzberg, 'The Truth Of It'  (ROGER ELWOOD, ed., SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE FROM WAY OUT, 1973)
Barry N. Malzberg, 'Dreaming and Conversions: Two Rules by Which to Live'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
David McLaughlin, 'Endorsement, Personal'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
Naomi Mitchison, 'The Factory'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
Bill Pronzini, 'I Wish I May, I Wish I Might'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, SEPTEMBER 1973)
Edward Rager, 'Crying Willow'  (ANALOG, SEPTEMBER 1973)
Mack Reynolds, 'The Cold War... Continued'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
Keith Roberts, 'The Lake of Tuonela'  (KENNETH BULMER, ed., NEW WRITINGS IN SF 23, 1973)
Keith Roberts, 'The Trustie Tree'  (MICHAEL MOORCOCK, ed., NEW WORLDS QUARTERLY 5, 1973)
Robert Sheckley, 'Welcome to the Standard Nightmare'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
Philip Shofner, 'Pity the Poor Outdated Man'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
John Sladek, 'The Great Wall of Mexico'  (THOMAS M. DISCH, ed., BAD MOON RISING, 1973)
Paula Smith, 'A Trekkie's Tale'  (MENAGERIE #2, 1973) ~ STAR TREK FANFIC ~
Norman Spinrad, 'The National Pastime'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 3, 1973)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
Gordon Dickson, The Star Road  (DOUBLEDAY, 1973)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Howard Fast, A Touch of Infinity  (WILLIAM MORROW, 1973)
Harry Harrison, ed., Nova 3  (WALKER & CO., 1973)
Frank Herbert, The Book of Frank Herbert  (DAW, 1973)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1974
Best of 1974
Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund, 'If the Stars are Gods'  (TERRY CARR, ed., UNIVERSE 4, 1974; 1974 NEBULA AWARD)
Naomi Mitchison, 'Out of the Waters'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
James E. Thompson, 'The Amphibious Cavalry Gap'  (ANALOG, FEBRUARY 1974)
Honourable mentions
Mildred Downey Broxon, 'Source Material'  (VERTEX: THE MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE FICTION, DECEMBER 1974)
F.M. Busby, 'I'm Going To Get You'  (BRIAN ALDISS, ed., SPACE ODYSSEYS, 1974)
Grant Carrington, 'After You've Stood on the Log at the Center of the Universe, What Is There Left to Do?'  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, APRIL 1974)
Angela Carter, 'The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter'  (FIREWORKS, 1974)
Jeffrey S. Hudson & Isaac Asimov, 'Half-Baked Publisher's Delight'  (WORLDS OF IF, JULY–AUGUST 1974)
Tensei Kōno, 'Triceratops'  (1974)  (OMNI, AUGUST 1982)
George R. R. Martin, 'FTA'  (ANALOG, MAY 1974)
David I. Masson, 'Doctor Fausta'  (GEORGE HAY, ed., STOPWATCH, 1974)
Edward Wellen, 'If Eve Had Failed to Conceive'  (DAMON KNIGHT, ed., ORBIT 15, 1974)
All stories
Duane Ackerson, 'Sign at the End of the Universe'  (DAVID GERROLD, ed., ALTERNITIES, 1974)
Michael Addobati, 'Side View of a Circle'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Brian Aldiss, 'The Monsters of Ingratitude IV'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Richard Bireley, 'Not a Petal Falls'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Paul Bond, 'The Mars Stone'  (VERTEX: THE MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY 1974)
Peter Carey, 'Conversations with Unicorns'  (THE FAT MAN IN HISTORY, 1974)
Daniel A. Darlington, 'Patent Rights'  (VERTEX: THE MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE FICTION, DECEMBER 1974)
Thomas M. Disch, 'The Death of Socrates' (aka. 'Problems of Creativeness')  (334, 1974)
Jeff Duntemann, 'Our Lady of the Endless Sky'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Jeffrey Jones, 'Downfall'  (AMAZING STORIES, OCTOBER 1974)
Bill Garnett, 'Singular'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Gerard E. Giannattasio, 'Protective Temporal Strike'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Barry N. Malzberg, 'Making It All The Way Into the Future on Gaxton Falls of the Red Planet'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Thomas F. Monteleone, 'Present Perfect'  (FANTASTIC, SEPTEMBER 1974)
Michael Moorcock, 'Pale Roses' (NEW WORLDS 7, 1974)
Larry Niven, 'Singularities Make Me Nervous'  (JUDY-LYNN DEL REY, ed., STELLAR 1, 1974)
Larry Niven, 'Plaything'  (WORLDS OF IF, JULY–AUGUST 1974)
Larry Niven, 'Night on Mispec Moor'  (VERTEX, AUGUST 1974)
Larry Niven, 'The Nonesuch'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, DECEMBER 1974)
Tom Reamy, 'Beyond the Cleft'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Kit Reed, 'Songs of War'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Bob Shaw, 'A Full Member of the Club' (GALAXY, JULY 1974)
Robert Sheckley, 'Slaves of Time'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
Edward Wellen, 'Too Long at the Fair'  (HARRY HARRISON, ed., NOVA 4, 1974)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
Arthur J. Arkley, ed., Far Out 4  (NELSON, 1974)
Harry Harrison, ed., Nova 4  (WALKER & CO., 1974)

1975
Best of 1975
R. Chetwynd-Hayes, 'Shipwreck'  (R. CHETWYND-HAYES, ed., TALES OF TERROR FROM OUTER SPACE, 1975)
Honourable mentions
Michael Bishop, 'Rogue Tomato'  (ROBERT SILVERBERG, ed., NEW DIMENSIONS 5, 1975)
Barry N. Malzberg, 'January 1975'  (ANALOG, JANUARY 1975)
Tom Reamy, 'Under the Hollywood Sign'  (DAMON KNIGHT, ed., ORBIT 17, 1975)
Brian Stableford, 'The Engineer and the Executioner'  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, MAY 1975)
Edward Wellen, 'Sanity Clause'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, JANUARY 1975)
All stories
David Bischoff, 'The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls' (1975)  (ISAAC ASIMOV, MARTIN GREENBERG & JOSEPH D. OLANDER, eds., 100 GREAT SCIENCE FICTION SHORT SHORT STORIES, 1978)
Sydney J. Bounds, 'The Animators'  (R. CHETWYND-HAYES, ed., TALES OF TERROR FROM OUTER SPACE, 1975)
Paul Dellinger, 'A Little Knowledge' (1975)  (ISAAC ASIMOV, MARTIN GREENBERG & JOSEPH D. OLANDER, eds., 100 GREAT SCIENCE FICTION SHORT SHORT STORIES, 1978)
Leroy Kettle, 'One Tun Mischief in Space'  (TRUE RAT 6, 1975)
Stephen King, 'The Lawnmower Man'  (CAVALIER, MAY 1975)
Hayford Peirce, 'Mail Supremacy'  (ANALOG, MARCH 1975)
Joanna Russ, 'Innocence'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY 1975)
Josephine Saxton, 'Food and Love'  (COSMOPOLITAN, 1975)
Steven Utley, 'Getting Away'  (GALAXY, JANUARY 1976)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
Isaac Asimov, Buy Jupiter  (DOUBLEDAY, 1975)
Larry Niven, Tales of Known Space  (BALLANTINE, 1975)
Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger), The Best of Cordwainer Smith / The Rediscovery of Man  (NELSON DOUBLEDAY, 1975)

1976
Best of 1976
Christopher Priest, 'An Infinite Summer'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Robert Sheckley, 'What Is Life?'  (PLAYBOY, DECEMBER 1976)
Kōno Tensei, 'Hikari'  (SHUKAN SHOSETSU, MAY 1976)
Honourable mentions
Robert Holdstock, 'Travellers'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Barry Malzberg & Bill Pronzini, 'Inaugural'  (GALAXY MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 1976)
George R. R. Martin, 'A Beast for Norn'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
All stories
Brian Aldiss, 'Appearance of Life'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Martin Amis, 'Denton's Death'  (ENCOUNTER, 1976)
J.G. Ballard, 'The 60 Minute Zoom'  (BANANAS 5, 1976)
Gregory Benford, 'How It All Went'  (AMAZING STORIES, MARCH 1976)
Damien Broderick, 'Growing Up'  (GALILEO, SEPTEMBER 1976)
Michael G. Coney, 'Starthinker 9'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Harlan Ellison, 'Seeing'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Terry Greenhough, 'Doll'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Leroy Kettle, 'Bigles and the Jiant Algy from Outer Spase'  (TRUE RAT 7, APRIL 1976)
Naomi Mitchison, 'Valley of the Bushes'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Larry Niven, 'Mistake'  (JUDY-LYNN DEL REY, ed., STELLAR 2, 1976)
Fred Saberhagen, 'Martha'  (AMAZING STORIES, DECEMBER 1976)
Bob Shaw, 'Waltz of the Bodysnatchers'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Andrew M. Stephenson, 'The Giant Killers'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 1, 1976)
Patrick Süskind, 'Maître Mussard's Bequest'  (NEUE DEUTSCHE HEFTE 149, 1976)
Steven Utley, 'Predators'  (TERRY CARR, ed., THE IDES OF TOMORROW, 1976)
Steven Utley, 'To 1966'  (CHACAL, 1976)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
Larry Niven, The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton  (BALLANTINE, 1976)
Keith Roberts, The Grain Kings  (HUTCHINSON, 1976)
Peter Weston, ed., Andromeda 1  (ORBIT, 1976)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]

1977
Best of 1977
Harlan Ellison, 'Jeffty is Five'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, JULY 1977; 1977 NEBULA AWARD, 1978 HUGO AWARD & LOCUS POLL AWARD, 1979 BRITISH FANTASY AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Tom Allen (Tom Alan Shippey), 'King, Dragon'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
Stephen Cook, 'The Kitten'  (DAMIEN BRODERICK, ed., THE ZEITGEIST MACHINE, 1977)
James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), 'The Screwfly Solution'  (ANALOG, JUNE 1977)
Steven Utley, 'Upstart'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY 1977)
All stories
E. Michael Blake, 'Science Fiction for Telepaths' (1977)  (ISAAC ASIMOV, MARTIN GREENBERG & JOSEPH D. OLANDER, eds., 100 GREAT SCIENCE FICTION SHORT SHORT STORIES, 1978)
Marion Zimmer Bradley, 'The Engine' (1977)  (THE BEST OF MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY, 1985)
Arthur C. Clarke, 'Quarantine'  (ASIMOV'S, SPRING 1977)
Scott Edelstein, 'Heritage'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
Richard E. Geis, 'One Immortal Man'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
Robert Holdstock, 'A Small Event'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
David Langford, 'Accretion'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
Sharon Lerner & Christopher Cerf, 'The Prisoner of Vega'  (1977) [ STAR TREK ]
Larry Niven, 'Cruel and Unusual'  (COSMOS SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY, MAY 1977)
Larry Niven, 'Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation'  (ANALOG, AUGUST 1977)
Larry Niven, 'Grammar Lesson'  (1977)  (CONVERGENT SERIES, 1979)
Larry Niven, 'The Subject Is Closed'  (1977)  (CONVERGENT SERIES, 1979)
Robert J.M. Rickard, 'Three Into One, Recurring,'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
Michael Scott Rohan, 'Fidei Defensor'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
Cherry Wilder, 'Point of Departure'  (DAMIEN BRODERICK, ed., THE ZEITGEIST MACHINE, 1977)
Michael Wilding, 'Illumination'  (DAMIEN BRODERICK, ed., THE ZEITGEIST MACHINE, 1977)
Bob Shaw, 'Crossing the Line'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
Charles Sheffield, 'Legacy'  (GALAXY, JUNE 1977)
Steven Utley, 'Spectator Sport'  (AMAZING STORIES, JULY 1977)
Steven Utley, 'The Maw'  (ASIMOV'S, JULY 1977)
Steven Utley, 'Time and Hagakure'  (ASIMOV'S, WINTER 1977)
Ian Watson, 'Agoraphobia, A.D. 2000'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
William F. Wu, 'By the Flicker of the One-Eyed Flame'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 2, 1977)
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Damien Broderick, ed., The Zeitgeist Machine  (ANGUS & ROBERTSON, 1977)
Joe Haldeman, All My Sins Remembered  (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1977)
John Sladek, Keep the Giraffe Burning  (PANTHER, 1977)
Peter Weston, ed., Andromeda 2  (ORBIT, 1977)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]

1978
Best of 1978
Christopher Priest, 'The Watched'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, APRIL 1978)
Honourable mentions
Tom Allen (Tom Alan Shippey), 'Not Absolute'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
Larry Niven, 'Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!'  (JIM BAEN, ed., DESTINIES, NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 1978)
Christopher Priest, 'The Negation'  (CHRISTOPHER PRIEST, ed., ANTICIPATIONS, 1978)
Christopher Priest, 'The Cremation'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
Josephine Saxton, 'Woe, Blight, and in Heaven, Laughs: a Grim Household Tale'  (GEORGE HAY, ed., PULSAR 1, 1978)
Charles Sheffield, 'Killing Vector'  (GALAXY, MARCH 1978)
Ian Watson, 'Immune Dreams'  (GEORGE HAY, ed., PULSAR 1, 1978)
All stories
J.G. Ballard, 'One Afternoon at Utah Beach'  (CHRISTOPHER PRIEST, ed., ANTICIPATIONS, 1978)
Michael G. Coney, 'In Search of Professor Greatrex'  (GEORGE HAY, ed., PULSAR 1, 1978)
Lee Killough, 'A Cup of Hemlock'  (ISAAC ASIMOV, MARTIN GREENBERG & JOSEPH D. OLANDER, eds., 100 GREAT SCIENCE FICTION SHORT SHORT STORIES, 1978)
Robert T. Kurosaka, 'A Lot to Learn'  (ISAAC ASIMOV, MARTIN GREENBERG & JOSEPH D. OLANDER, eds., 100 GREAT SCIENCE FICTION SHORT SHORT STORIES, 1978)
David Langford, 'Connections'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
Fritz Leiber, 'Black Glass'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
Larry Niven, 'Transfer of Power'  (THOMAS DURWOOD, ed., ARIEL: THE BOOK OF FANTASY, Vol. 3, 1978)
Larry Niven, 'Cautionary Tales'  (ASIMOV'S, JULY–AUGUST 1978)
Larry Niven, 'Flare Time'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
Patricia Nurse, 'One Rejection Too Many'  (ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE, JULY–AUGUST 1978)
Christopher Priest, 'Whores'  (ROBERT SILVERBERG, ed., NEW DIMENSIONS 8, 1978)
David Redd, 'Brother Ape'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
Darrell Schweitzer, 'Wanderers and Travellers We Were'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
Bob Shaw, 'Small World'  (GEORGE HAY, ed., PULSAR 1, 1978)
A.E. van Vogt, 'Death Talk'  (GEORGE HAY, ed., PULSAR 1, 1978)
Ian Watson, 'A Time-Span to Conjure With'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
William F. Wu, 'Silver Paw'  (PETER WESTON, ed., ANDROMEDA 3, 1978)
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Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, eds., 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (DOUBLEDAY, 1978)
George Hay, ed., Pulsar 1 (PENGUIN, 1978)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Gabriel García Márquez, Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories (HARPER & ROW, 1978)
Peter Weston, ed., Andromeda 3  (ORBIT, 1978)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]

1979
Best of 1979
Honourable mentions
Barrington J. Bayley, 'Sporting with the Chid'  (THE SEED OF EVIL, 1979)
S.P. Somtow, 'Fire from the Wine-Dark Sea'  (ROY TORGESEN, ed., OTHER WORLDS 1, 1979)
All stories
Samuel R. Delany, 'The Tale of Small Sarg'  (TALES OF NEVÈRŸON, 1979)
Samuel R. Delany, 'The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers'  (TALES OF NEVÈRŸON, 1979)
Frank Herbert, 'Frogs and Scientists'  (DESTINIES, AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 1979)
Larry Niven, 'The Schumann Computer'  (JIM BAEN, ed., DESTINIES, JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1979)
Bob Shaw, 'Well Wisher'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, NOVEMBER 1979)
Steve Sneyd, 'A Fly One'  (WHISPERS 13–14, OCTOBER 1979)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
Samuel R. Delany, Tales Of Nevèrÿon  (BANTAM, 1979)
Larry Niven, Convergent Series  (DEL REY / BALLANTINE, 1979)

genre short fiction, 1990–1999

Short stories and novelettes

1990
Best of 1990
Michael Bishop, 'Snapshots from the Butterfly Plague'  (OMNI, DECEMBER 1990)
Ted Chiang, 'Tower of Babylon'  (OMNI, NOVEMBER 1990; 1990 NEBULA AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Jamil Nasir, 'The Allah Stairs'  (TALES OF THE UNANTICIPATED, SPRING/SUMMER/FALL 1990)
Alastair Reynolds, 'Nunivak Snowflakes'  (INTERZONE 36, JUNE 1990)
All stories
David Langford, 'A Surprisingly Common Omission'  (ROB MEADES, DAVID B. WAKE, eds., DRABBLE II – DOUBLE CENTURY, 1990)
James Lovegrove, 'Satisfaction Guaranteed'  (FEAR!, OCTOBER 1990)
Elizabeth Moon, 'Politics'  (BILL FAWCETT, ed., THE FAR STARS WAR, 1990)
Elizabeth Moon, 'Those Who Walk in Darkness'  (LUNAR ACTIVITY, 1990)
Brian Stableford, 'The End'  (SPACE BAR, JULY 1990)
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1991
Best of 1991
Terry Bisson, 'They're Made out of Meat'  (OMNI, APRIL 1991)
S.P. Somtow, 'The Pavilion of Frozen Women'  (TIM SULLIVAN, ed., COLD SHOCKS, 1991)
Michael Swanwick, 'The Dead'  (PATRICK NIELSEN HAYDEN, ed., STARLIGHT 1, 1991)
Honourable mentions
Chris Beckett, 'La Macchina'  (INTERZONE 46, APRIL 1991)
Ted Chiang, 'Understand'  (ASIMOV'S, AUGUST 1991; 1992 ASIMOV'S READERS' POLL AWARD)
S.P. Somtow, 'Chui Chai'  (MILLER, KELLER, PREISS & BETANCOURT, eds., THE ULTIMATE FRANKENSTEIN, 1991)
All stories
J.G. Ballard, 'Neil Armstrong Remembers His Journey to the Moon'  (INTERZONE 53, NOVEMBER 1991)
Sydney J. Bounds, 'The News at One'  (FANTASY BOOKLET #2, 1991)
Greg Knauss, 'New Orleans Wins the War'  (INTERTEXT 2, JULY–AUGUST 1991)
David Langford, 'A Drabble Inspired by Exceedingly Vague Memories of Twentycon's Call My Bluff Game'  (ROBERT LICHTMAN, ed., TRAP DOOR 11, 1991)
David Langford, '*Dekalogy: A Group of Ten Volumes'  (ROBERT LICHTMAN, ed., TRAP DOOR 11, 1991)
David Langford, 'Leaks'  (MARY GENTLE & ROZ KAVENEY, eds., TEMPS, 1991)
David Langford, 'The Robots of Environment by Is**c As*m*v'  (ROBERT LICHTMAN, ed., TRAP DOOR 11, 1991)
Steven Utley, 'Where or When'  (ASIMOV'S, JANUARY 1991)
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Iain M. Banks, The State of the Art  (ORBIT, 1991)

1992
Best of 1992
David Castleman, 'I Stammer It to Angels'  (DUSTY DOG PRESS, 1992)
S.P. Somtow, 'The Steel American'  (GILLIAM, GREENBERG & KRAMER, eds., GRAILS: QUESTS, VISITATIONS AND OTHER OCCURENCES, 1992)
Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Chapter 1  (BANTAM SPECTRA, 1992)
Connie Willis, 'Even the Queen'  (ASIMOV'S, APRIL 1992; 1992 NEBULA AWARD, 1993 ASIMOV'S READERS' POLL AWARD, HUGO AWARD, LOCUS POLL AWARD, SF CHRONICLE AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Graham Joyce, 'Under the Pylon'  (NICK ROYLE, ed., DARKLANDS 2, 1992)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'The Ghosts of August'  (STRANGE PILGRIMS, 1992)
Gabriel García Márquez, '"I Only Came to Use the Phone"'  (STRANGE PILGRIMS, 1992)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'I Sell My Dreams'  (STRANGE PILGRIMS, 1992)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'Light Is Like Water'  (STRANGE PILGRIMS, 1992)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'The Saint'  (STRANGE PILGRIMS, 1992)
Ian McDonald, 'Innocents'  (DAVID GARNETT, ed., NEW WORLDS 2, 1992; 1992 BSFA AWARD)
Charles Sheffield, 'The Hidden Matter of McAndrew'  (ANALOG, JUNE 1992)
All stories
Rowena Akinyemi, 'Under the Moon'  (UNDER THE MOON, 1992)
Martin Amis, 'Career Move'  (NEW YORKER, 1992)
Neal Barrett Jr., 'Four Times One'  (SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER, 1992)
Arthur C. Clarke, 'The Hammer of God'  (TIME, SEPTEMBER 1992)
Bruce Coville, 'Space Brat'  (SPACE BRAT, 1992)
Katharine Kerr, 'Its Own Reward'  (MIKE RESNICK, ed., WHATDUNITS, 1992)
David Langford, 'If Looks Could Kill'  (ALEX STEWART, ed., EUROTEMPS, 1992)
David Langford, 'The Arts of the Enemy'  (MARY GENTLE & ROZ KAVENEY, eds., VILLAINS!, 1992)
James Lovegrove, 'Britworld™'  (INTERZONE 66, DECEMBER 1992)
James Lovegrove, 'The Landlady's Dog'  (PETER CROWTHER, ed., NARROW HOUSES, 1992)
Vonda N. McIntyre, 'Steelcollar Worker'  (ANALOG, NOVEMBER 1992)
S.P. Somtow, 'Hunting the Lion'  (WEIRD TALES, SPRING 1992)
S.P. Somtow, 'Kingdoms in the Sky'  (ASIMOV'S, FEBRUARY 1992)
Brian Stableford, 'First Paragraph of a Story'  (STRANGE BREW 1, AUTUMN 1992)
Steven Utley, 'Now That We Have Each Other'  (ASIMOV'S, JULY 1992)
Steven Utley, 'The Glowing Cloud'  (ASIMOV'S, JANUARY 1992)
Ian Watson, 'Swimming with the Salmon'  (INTERZONE, SEPTEMBER 1992)
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Gabriel García Márquez, Strange Pilgrims  (EDITORIAL OVEJA NEGRA, 1992)

1993
Best of 1993
S.P. Somtow, 'Darker Angels'  (GILLIAM, GREENBERG & KRAMER, eds., CONFEDERACY OF THE DEAD, 1993)
Honourable mentions
Michael Blumlein, 'Hymenoptera'  (CRANK! #1, FALL 1993)
Ted Hughes, 'The Iron Woman'  (FABER AND FABER, 1993)
Paul McAuley 'Doctor Luther's Assistant'  (INTERZONE, FEBRUARY 1993)
Carter Scholz, 'Blumfeld, An Elderly Bachelor'  (CRANK! #1, FALL 1993)
Charles Sheffield, 'The Invariants of Nature'  (ANALOG, APRIL 1993)
S.P. Somtow, 'Though I Walk Through the Valley'  (BETANCOURT & PREISS, eds., THE ULTIMATE ZOMBIE, 1993)
All stories
D.C. Bradley, 'Manna'  (INTERTEXT 16, NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 1993)
Bruce Coville, 'Space Brat 2: Blork's Evil Twin'  (SPACE BRAT 2: BLORK'S EVIL TWIN, 1993)
Samuel R. Delany, 'Return to Çiron'  (THEY FLY AT ÇIRON, 1993)
Nicholas Royle, 'The Nightingale'  (CHRISTOPHER KENWORTHY, ed., SUGAR SLEEP, 1993)
S.P. Somtow, 'Gingerbread' (1993)  (JOHN GREGORY BETANCOURT, ed., NEW MASTERPIECES OF HORROR, 1996)
S.P. Somtow, 'Fish are Jumpin', and the Cotton is High'  (ROBERT BLOCH, ed., MONSTERS IN OUR MIDST, 1993)
Judith Tarr, 'Revenants'  (MIKE RESNICK, MARTIN H. GREENBERG, eds., DINOSAUR FANTASTIC, 1993)
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Brian Aldiss, A Tupolev Too Far  (HARPERCOLLINS, 1993)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1994
Best of 1994
Steven Utley, 'One Kansas Night'  (ASIMOV'S, JUNE 1994)
Honourable mentions
Daniel K. Appelquist, 'Tracks'  (INTERTEXT 19, MAY–JUNE 1994)
Harlan Ellison, 'Sensible City'  (FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 1994)
Peter Hamilton, 'Starlight Dreamer'  (DAVID GARNETT, ed., NEW WORLDS 4, 1994)
Greg Knauss, 'Novalight, part 1, 2, 3'  (INTERTEXT 19, MAY–JUNE 1994)
Sila Komchai, 'A Traffic-wise Couple'  (CARAVAN, JANUARY 1994)
Darrell Schweitzer, 'On the Last Night of the Festival of the Dead'  (INTERZONE 90, DECEMBER 1994)
All stories
James Lovegrove, 'Rosemary for Remembrance'  (PETER CROWTHER, ed., BLUE MOTEL, 1994)
Eric Skjei, Bright Time, Dark Time'  (INTERTEXT 19, MAY–JUNE 1994)
Jason Snell, 'The Watcher'  (INTERTEXT 19, MAY–JUNE 1994)
S.P. Somtow, 'Mr. Death's Blue-Eyed Boy'  (GILLIAM, KRAMER, GREENBERG & WEBB, eds., PHOBIAS: STORIES OF YOUR DEEPEST FEARS, 1994)
Steven Utley, 'Living It'  (ASIMOV'S, AUGUST 1994)
Rachel R. Walker, 'Fallen Star, Live-In God'  (INTERTEXT 21, SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1994)
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Spider Robinson, Off the Wall at Callahan's  (TOR, 1994)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Theodore Sturgeon, The Ultimate Egoist  (NORTH ATLANTIC, 1994)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Connie Willis, Uncharted Territory  (NEL, 1994)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1995
Best of 1995
Madeleine E. Robins, 'Abelard's Kiss'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, AUGUST 1995)
Honourable mentions
Greg Egan, 'Luminous'  (ASIMOV'S, SEPTEMBER 1995; 1995 AUREALIS AWARD)
Harlan Ellison, 'Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral'  (DREAM CORRIDOR, 1995)
Jonathan Lethem & Carter Scholz, 'Receding Horizon'  (CRANK!, SUMMER 1995)
James Lovegrove, 'Wings'  (PETER CROWTHER, ed., HEAVEN SENT, 1995)
S.P. Somtow, 'Dragon's Fin Soup' (1995)  (BYRON PREISS, ed, THE ULTIMATE DRAGON, 2003)
All stories
Martin Amis, 'Straight Fiction'  (ESQUIRE, DECEMBER 1995)
Terry Bisson, 'There Are No Dead'  (OMNI, JANUARY 1995)
Harlan Ellison, 'Anywhere But Here, With Anybody But You'  (DREAM CORRIDOR, 1995)
Harlan Ellison, 'Chatting With Anubis'  (DREAM CORRIDOR, 1995)
Harlan Ellison, 'The Museum on Cyclops Avenue'  (DREAM CORRIDOR, 1995)
Harlan Ellison, 'Pulling Hard Time'  (DREAM CORRIDOR, 1995)
Elizabeth Moon, 'Horse of Her Dreams'  (SUSAN SHWARTZ, MARTIN H. GREENBERG, eds., SISTERS IN FANTASY, 1995)
Elizabeth Moon, 'Knight of Other Days'  (KATHERINE KURTZ, ed., TALES OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, 1995)
Alastair Reynolds, 'Byrd Land Six'  (INTERZONE 96, JUNE 1995)
Michael Marshall Smith, 'More Tomorrow'  (DAVID SUTTON, STEPHEN JONES, eds., DARK TERRORS: THE GOLLANCZ BOOK OF HORROR, 1995; 1996 BSFA AWARD)
Andrew Matthews, 'Galactacus the Awesome'  (GALACTACUS THE AWESOME, 1995)
Andrew Solberg, 'Mad as Hell'  (TALK.BIZARRE, JANUARY 1995)
Judith Tarr, 'Sitting Shiva'  (LOIS McMASTER BUJOLD, ROLAND J. GREEN, eds., WOMEN AT WAR, 1995)
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Peter Haining, Ed., Space Movies / Classic Science Fiction  (SEVERN HOUSE, 1995)

1996
Best of 1996
Steven Moffat, 'Continuity Errors'  (ANDY LANE, JUSTIN RICHARDS, eds., DECALOG 3: CONSEQUENCES, 1996)  ~ DOCTOR WHO ~
Honourable mentions
Paul Melko, 'Dysfunctional Family Cat' (1996) (pdf)  (ABERRATIONS 39, SEPTEMBER 2006)
Philip Pullman, 'Clockwork or All Wound Up'  (CLOCKWORK OR ALL WOUND UP, 1996)
All stories
Rupert Goodwins, 'Fade Out, Mrs. Bewley'  (INTERTEXT 33, SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1996)
Rupert Goodwins, 'Little Acorn'  (INTERTEXT 32, JULY–AUGUST 1996)
James Lovegrove, 'Giving and Taking' (aka. 'The Gift')  (INTERZONE 104, FEBRUARY 1996)
James Lovegrove, 'A Taste of Heaven'  (PETER CROWTHER, EDWARD E. KRAMER, eds., DANTE'S DISCIPLES, 1996)
Naiyer Masud, 'Sheesha Ghat'  (SAUGHAT, 1996)
Pati Nagle, 'Emancipation'  (ROGER ZELAZNY, ed., THE WILLIAMSON EFFECT, 1996)
Joyce Carol Oates, 'The Dream-Catcher'  (ELLEN DATLOW, ed., OFF LIMITS: TALES OF ALIEN SEX, 1996)
Lisa Tuttle, 'Background: The Dream'  (ELLEN DATLOW, ed., OFF LIMITS: TALES OF ALIEN SEX, 1996)
Ian Watson, 'How to be a Fictionaut: Chapter 19: Safety Check'  (INTERZONE 106, APRIL 1996)
Blake Linton Wilfong, 'The Star (Centennial)'  (1996)
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Arthur C. Clarke, The Songs of Distant Earth and Other Stories  (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1997
Best of 1997
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, 'Ask Arlen'  (ANALOG, SEPTEMBER 1997)
A.K. Ramanujan, 'A Story and a Song'  (A FLOWERING TREE AND OTHER ORAL TALES FROM INDIA, 1997)
Frank M. Robinson, 'Causes'  (MIKE RESNICK, ed., ALTERNATE TYRANTS, 1997)
Honourable mentions
Pul Di Filippo, 'The Jackdaw's Last Case'  (SCIENCE FICTION AGE, JANUARY 1997)
Jane Lindskold, 'Small Heroes'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
All stories
Linda P. Baker, 'The Allure of Bone and Ice'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Marc Bilgrey, 'Random Acts'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
David Bischoff, 'The Xaxrkling of J. Arnold Boysenberry'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Gary A. Braunbeck, 'Kite People'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter, 'The Wire Continuum'  (MARTIAN TIMES, DECEMBER 1997)
Peter Crowther, 'Palindromic'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Julie Czerneda, 'First Contact Inc.'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
John DeChancie, 'The Seepage Factor'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Barbara Delaplace, 'Black Ops'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Paul Dellinger, 'Absolution'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Rosemary Edghill, 'We Have Met the Enemy'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Gordon Eklund, 'Objects Unidentified (Flying)'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Francis Emery (Brian Stableford), 'Carpe Diem'  (THE PENNY DREADFUL #9, NOVEMBER 1997)
Rupert Goodwins, 'Neon Sea Dreams'  (INTERTEXT 38, SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1997)
Jack C. Haldeman II, 'If Pigs Could Fly'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Tunku Halim, 'Biggest Baddest Bomoh'  (THE RAPE OF MARTHA TEOH AND OTHER CHILLING STORIES, 1997)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, 'Heavenly Host'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Paul Kincaid, 'Last Day of the Carnival: 36 Exposures'  (CHRIS REED, ed., BACK BRAIN RECLUSE 23, 1997)
Tim Lees, 'The God House'  (THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE 12, 1997)
James Lovegrove, 'Dead Letters'  (SCAREMONGERS, 1997)
James Lovegrove, 'The Driftling'  (INTERZONE 121, 1997)
James Lovegrove, 'The House of Lazarus'  (PETER CROWTHER, ed., DESTINATION UNKNOWN, 1997)
Daniel Marcus, 'Killed in the Ratings'  (ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION, JANUARY 1997)
Paul Melko, 'Bolt' (pdf)  (TALEBONES 6, WINTER 1997)
Paul Melko, 'The Light of Evil' (pdf)  (TALEBONES 8, SUMMER 1997)
Elizabeth Moon, 'In Suspect Terrain'  (PHASES, 1997)
Jody Lynn Nye, 'Take Me to Your Leader'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Barbara Paul, 'Earth Surrenders'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Kristine Katherine Rusch, 'Fit to Print'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Josepha Sherman, 'A Game of Mehen'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
Dean Wesley Smith, 'Ambassador to the Promised Land'  (MARTIN H. GREENBERG, LARRY SEGRIFF, eds., FIRST CONTACT, 1997)
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Focus, Future Visions  (GOLLANCZ, 1997)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]
Elizabeth Moon, Phases  (BAEN, 1997)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Martin Greenberg, Larry Segriff, eds., First Contact  (DAW, 1997)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Theodore Sturgeon, Thunder and Roses  (NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS, 1997)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1998
Best of 1998
Martin Amis, 'The Janitor on Mars'  (THE NEW YORKER, OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 1998)
Gail Hareven, 'The Slows'  (THE ROAD TO PARADISE, 1998)
Alastair Reynolds, 'On the Oodnadatta'  (INTERZONE 128, FEBRUARY 1998)
Bruce Sterling, 'Taklamakan'  (ASIMOV'S, OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 1998)
Honourable mentions
George Saunders, 'Sea Oak'  (THE NEW YORKER, DECEMBER 1998)
Lucy Sussex, 'Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies'  (JACK DANN, JANEEN WEBB, eds., DREAMING DOWN-UNDER, 1998)
All stories
Ray Bradbury, 'Ahmed and the Oblivion Machines'  (AHMED AND THE OBLIVION MACHINES, 1998)
James Lovegrove, 'Thanatophile Seeks Similar'  (THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE 16, 1998)
Paul Melko, 'Ikara's Rose' (pdf)  (TALEBONES 13, FALL 1998)
China Miéville, 'Looking for Jake'  (NICHOLAS ROYLE, ed., NEONLIT: THE TIME OUT BOOK OF NEW WRITING, VOL. 1, 1998)
Alastair Reynolds, 'Stroboscopic'  (INTERZONE 134, AUGUST 1998)
Carter Scholz 'The Amount to Carry'  (STARLIGHT 2, NOVEMBER 1998)
S.P. Somtow, 'The Last Time I Died in Venice'  (DRAGON'S FIN SOUP, 1998)
Steven Utley, 'The Here and Now'  (ASIMOV'S, MARCH 1998)
K.D. Wentworth, 'Sand Dance'  (GALAXY ONLINE, FEBRUARY 1998)
Blake Linton Wilfong, 'The Good Witch'  (FANTASY MAGAZINE 38, WINTER 1998)
Yang Ping, 'Wizard World'  (SCIENCE FICTION WORLD, 1998)
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S.P. Somtow, Dragon's Fin Soup  (ASIA BOOKS, 1997)

1999
Best of 1999
Jamie Barras, 'The Woman Who Saved The World'  (INTERZONE, OCTOBER 1999)
Terry Bisson, 'macs'  (FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, NOVEMBER 1999; 2000 NEBULA AWARD)
Alastair Reynolds, 'Galactic North'  (INTERZONE, JULY 1999)
Honourable mentions
Paolo Bacigalupi, 'Pocketful of Dharma'  (FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY 1999)
Jonathan Lethem, 'K for Fake'  (KAFKA AMERICANA, 1999)
Jonathan Lethem, 'The Notebooks of Bob K.'  (KAFKA AMERICANA, 1999)
Charles Sheffield, 'Packing Fraction'  (JULIE CZERNEDA, ed., PACKING FRACTION & OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE AND IMAGINATION, 1999)
Charles Sheffield, 'With McAndrew, Out of Focus'  (SCIENCE FICTION AGE, MARCH 1999)
Charles Sheffield, 'McAndrew and the Fifth Commandment'  (ANALOG, SEPTEMBER 1999)
Dean Wesley Smith, 'Scream and Scream Again'  (CAPTAIN PROTON: DEFENDER OF THE EARTH, 1999)
All stories
Arthur C. Clarke, 'Improving the Neighbourhood'  (NATURE, NOVEMBER 1999)
Julie E. Czerneda, 'Prospect Park'  (JULIE CZERNEDA, ed., PACKING FRACTION & OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE AND IMAGINATION, 1999)
Naomi Kritzer, 'Faust's SASE'  (SCAVENGER'S NEWSLETTER, SEPTEMBER 1999)
David Langford, 'comp.basilisk FAQ'  (NATURE 'FUTURES', DECEMBER 1999)
Tim Lees, 'Starlight'  (THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE 20, 1999)
Paul Melko, 'Death of the Egg King' (pdf)  (TALEBONES 16, SUMMER 1999)
China Miéville, 'Different Skies'  (TONY WHITE, ed., BRITPULP!, 1999)
Christopher Priest, 'The Equatorial Moment'  (THE DREAM ARCHIPELAGO, 1999)
Alastair Reynolds, 'Viper'  (ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION, DECEMBER 1999)
Robert J. Sawyer, 'Stream of Consciousness'  (JULIE CZERNEDA, ed., PACKING FRACTION & OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE AND IMAGINATION, 1999)
Josepha Sherman, 'Ancient Dreams'  (JULIE CZERNEDA, ed., PACKING FRACTION & OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE AND IMAGINATION, 1999)
Jan Stirling, 'Love is Chemistry'  (JULIE CZERNEDA, ed., PACKING FRACTION & OTHER TALES OF SCIENCE AND IMAGINATION, 1999)
Sarah Zettel, 'Kinds of Strangers'  (ANALOG, OCTOBER 1999)
Aleksander Ziljak, 'An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, with Lydia on My Mind'  (KRHOTINE SVJETOVA, 1999)
— ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS / FIX-UPS / MAGAZINES / SHARED WORLDS —
Julie Czerneda, ed., Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science and Imagination  (XXXX, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Jonathan Lethem, Carter Scholz, eds., Kafka Americana  (SUBTERRANEAN PRESS, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Christopher Priest, The Dream Archipelago  (EARTHLIGHT, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian  (SEVEN STORIES PRESS, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION