The year's best science fiction Book

Now a dozen years old, the award-winning collection continues to provide dozens of the best stories of the year, including work by remowned veterans and exciting newcomers... Rounded out with a long list of honorable mentions and Gardner Dozois's entertaining summation of the year in science fiction, this remains the one book for every science fiction reader. Contents xi • Summation: 1994 • (1995) • essay by Gardner Dozois 1 • Forgiveness Day • [Yeowe and Werel • 2] • (1994) • novella by Ursula K. Le Guin 40 • The Remoras • [The Great Ship Universe] • (1994) • novelette by Robert Reed 65 • Nekropolis • (1994) • novelette by Maureen F. McHugh 93 • Margin of Error • (1994) • shortstory by Nancy Kress 98 • Cilia-of-Gold • (1994) • novelette by Stephen Baxter 118 • Going After Old Man Alabama • (1994) • shortstory by William Sanders 131 • Melodies of the Heart • (1994) • novella by Michael F. Flynn 206 • The Hole in the Hole • [Wilson Wu and Irving • 1] • (1994) • novelette by Terry Bisson 230 • Paris in June • (1994) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan 243 • Flowering Mandrake • (1994) • novelette by George Turner 273 • None So Blind • (1994) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman 281 • Cocoon • (1994) • novelette by Greg Egan 305 • Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge • [Birthright Universe] • (1994) • novella by Mike Resnick 343 • Dead Space for the Unexpected • (1994) • shortstory by Geoff Ryman 355 • Cri de Coeur • (1994) • novella by Michael Bishop 402 • The Sawing Boys • (1994) • novelette by Howard Waldrop 417 • The Matter of Seggri • (1994) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin 446 • Ylem • (1994) • novelette by Eliot Fintushel 465 • Asylum • (1994) • novella by Katharine Kerr 492 • Red Elvis • (1994) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams 507 • California Dreamer • (1994) • shortstory by Mary Rosenblum 520 • Split Light • (1994) • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein 531 • Les Fleurs Du Mal • [Biotech Revolution] • (1994) • novella by Brian Stableford 585 • Honorable Mentions: 1994 • (1995) • essay by Gardner Dozois