———, “Tourist,” Asimov’s, February.
Beverly Suarez-Beard, “Bertrand’s Bride,” Talebones, Fall.
Michael Swanwick, “Absolute Zero,” SCI FICTION, 8/23.
———, “A Sad Story,” Infinite Matrix, 9/26.
———, “Castles in the Air,” SCI FICTION, 7/26.
———, “Cecil Rhodes in Hell,” SCI FICTION, 5/3.
———, “The Child Buyer,” Infinite Matrix, 4/15.
———, “Claimjumper and Ting,” SCI FICTION, 4/19.
———, “Dirty Little War,” In the Shadow of the Wall.
———, “A Great Day for Brontosaurs,” Asimov’s, May.
———, “Elena’s Heart,” Infinite Matrix, 4/4.
———, “Fallout,” SCI FICTION, 3/8.
———, “Five British Dinosaurs,” Interzone, March.
———, “ ‘Hello,’ Said the Stick,” Analog, March.
———, “In Loco Parentis,” SCI FICTION, 7/12.
———, “It: A Preliminary Account,” SCI FICTION, 3/15.
———, “Land of Our Fathers,” SCI FICTION, 4/26.
———, “A Letter from Hell,” SCI FICTION, 10/18.
———, “The Little Cat Laughed To See Such Sport,” Asimov’s, October/November.
———, “Living in the Shadow of the Molly-Be-Damned,” SCI FICTION, 4/12.
———, “Nanotechnologist’s Lung,” SCI FICTION, 10/25.
———, “Space Pirates,” SCI FICTION,
———, “Spontaneous Human Combustion,” Infinite Matrix, 4/29.
———, “Starry Night,” SCI FICTION, 5/24.
———, “War of the Worlds,” SCI FICTION, 5/10.
———, “Warrior Princess,” SCI FICTION, 7/19.
Cecilia Tan, “Touch Pain,” Asimov’s, February.
Judith Tarr, “Devil’s Bargain,” Alternate Generals II.
John Alfred Taylor, “Catalyst,” Oceans of the Mind IV.
Karen Traviss, “A Slice at a Time,” Asimov’s, July.
———, “Chocolate Kings,” On Spec, Fall.
Harry Turtledove, “The Daimon,” Worlds That Weren’t.
Steven Utley, “Beyond the Sea,” Revolution SF, September.
———, “Foodstuff,” F&SF, February.
———, “Walking in Circles,” Asimov’s, January.
James Van Pelt, “Do Good,” Polyphony 1.
———, “Far from the Emerald Isle,” Analog, September.
———, “Its Hour Come Round,” Talebones, Spring.
———, “The Last of the O-Forms,” Asimov’s, September.
———, “Like a Film Gone Twice,” Future Orbits 4.
———, “Perceptual Set,” Analog, January.
———, “Safety of the Herd,” Asimov’s, January.
Rajnar Vajra, “The Great Prayer Wheel,” Analog, July/August.
John Varley, “Beyond Bedford Falls,” Infinite Matrix, 12/23.
Ray Vukcevich, “In the Flesh,” Infinite Matrix, 2/4.
———, “The Wages of Syntax,” SCI FICTION, 10/16.
Ian Watson, “A Free Man,” The Third Alternative, Spring.
———, “A Speaker for the Wooden Sea,” Asimov’s, March.
———, “The Black Wall of Jerusalem,” 30th Anniversary DAW.
Bud Webster, “Frog Level,” Interzone, October.
Catherine Wells, “The Sea-Maid,” Realms of Fantasy, February.
Julian West, “Vita Brevis Ars Longa,” Interzone, October.
Michelle Sagara West, “How to Kill an Immortal,” The Bakka Anthology.
Leslie What, “Blind Date with the Invisible Man,” Polyphony 1.
———, “Of Two Minds,” Infinite Matrix, 3/9.
Lori Ann White, “Target Audience,” Asimov’s, July.
Kate Wilhelm, “The Man on the Persian Carpet,” F&SF, February.
Liz Williams, “The Banquet of the Lords of Night,” Asimov’s, June.
———, “Honeydark,” Realms of Fantasy, October.
———, “Quantum Anthropology,” Asimov’s, February.
———, “The Sharecropper,” Interzone, January.
Tad Williams, “Not with a Whimper, Either,” 30th Anniversary DAW.
Walter Jon Williams, “The Last Ride of German Freddie,” Worlds That Weren’t.
Jack Williamson, “After Life,” F&SF, February.
———, “The Planet of Youth,” F&SF, April.
———, “Shakespeare & Co.,” Shelf Life.
Chris Willrich, “King Rainjoy’s Tears,” F&SF, July.
Gene Wolfe, “From the Cradle,” Shelf Life.
———, “Shields of Mars,” Mars Probes.
———, “Under Hill,” Infinite Matrix, 5/6.
———, “The Waif,” F&SF, January.
Jane Yolen, “Dark Seed, Dark Stone,” Realms of Fantasy, February.
Timothy Zahn, “The Big Picture,” 30th Anniversary DAW.
———, “Old-Boy Network,” Sol’s Children.
———, “Protocol,” Analog, September.
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Table of Contents
About the e-Book
Contents . 4
Acknowledgments . 5
Summation: 2002 . 6
Breathmoss . 23
The Most Famous Little Girl in the World . 51
The Passenger 63
Lambing Season . 101
Coelacanths . 106
Presence . 118
Halo . 130
In Paradise . 146
The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars . 152
Stories for Men . 165
To Become a Warrior 201
The Clear Blue Seas of Luna . 209
V.A.O . 226
Winters Are Hard . 243
At the Money . 257
Agent Provocateur 273
Singleton . 279
Slow Life . 303
A Flock of Birds . 315
The Potter of Bones . 324
The Whisper of Disks . 346
The Hotel at Harlan’s Landing . 364
The Millennium Party . 370
Turquoise Days . 372
Honorable Mentions 2002 . 408
About the e-Book . 415