The Year's Best Science Fiction
Each year science fiction's premiere short fiction editor, Gardner Dozois, collects dozens of excellent stories in a chunky volume that is eagerly anticipated by readers and writers alike. The anthology also includes an invaluable summation about the state of the science fiction publishing field, and a list of honorable mentions (think of them as almost-made-its) for 1997. Contents xi * Summation: 1997 * essay by Gardner Dozois 1 * Beauty in the Night * (1997) * novelette by Robert Silverberg 30 * Second Skin * (1997) * shortstory by Paul J. McAuley 49 * Steamship Soldier on the Information Front * (1997) * novelette by Nancy Kress 69 * Reasons to Be Cheerful * (1997) * novelette by Greg Egan 95 * Moon Six * (1997) * novelette by Stephen Baxter 122 * We Will Drink a Fish Together . . . * (1997) * novelette by Bill Johnson 155 * Escape Route * [Confederation Universe Stories] * (1997) * novella by Peter F. Hamilton 197 * Itsy Bitsy Spider * (1997) * shortstory by James Patrick Kelly 207 * A Spy in Europa * [Revelation Space] * (1997) * shortstory by Alastair Reynolds 224 * The Undiscovered * (1997) * novelette by William Sanders 245 * Echoes * (1997) * novelette by Alan Brennert 267 * Getting to Know You * [North American future] * (1997) * novelette by David Marusek 288 * Balinese Dancer * (1997) * shortstory by Gwyneth Jones 306 * Marrow * [The Great Ship Universe] * (1997) * novella by Robert Reed 348 * Heart of Whitenesse * (1997) * shortstory by Howard Waldrop 364 * The Wisdom of Old Earth * (1997) * shortstory by Michael Swanwick 373 * The Pipes of Pan * (1997) * novelette by Brian Stableford 391 * Crossing Chao Meng Fu * (1997) * novelette by G. David Nordley 418 * Yeyuka * (1997) * shortstory by Greg Egan 432 * Frost Painting * (1997) * shortstory by Carolyn Ives Gilman 447 * Lethe * (1997) * novelette by Walter Jon Williams 474 * Winter Fire * (1997) * shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis 488 * Nevermore * (1997) * novelette by Ian R. MacLeod 505 * Open Veins * (1997) * shortstory by Simon Ings 520 * After Kerry * (1997) * novelette by Ian McDonald 543 * The Masque of Agamemnon * [Troy Stories] * (1997) * novelette by Sean Williams and Simon Brown 565 * Gulliver at Home * (1997) * novelette by John Kessel 576 * A Cold Dry Cradle * (1997) * novella by Elisabeth Malartre and Gregory Benford 617 * Honorable Mentions: 1997 * essay by Gardner Dozois