The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection

Contents 9 • Introduction: Summation: 1983 • essay by Gardner Dozois26 • Cicada Queen • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1983) • novelette by Bruce Sterling60 • Beyond the Dead Reef • [Quintana Roo] • (1983) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.76 • Slow Birds • (1983) • novelette by Ian Watson101 • Vulcan's Forge • (1983) • shortstory by Poul Anderson119 • Man-Mountain Gentian • (1983) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop136 • Hardfought • (1983) • novella by Greg Bear195 • Manifest Destiny • (1983) • novelette by Joe Haldeman209 • Full Chicken Richness • (1983) • shortstory by Avram Davidson219 • Multiples • (1983) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg237 • Cryptic • (1983) • shortstory by Jack McDevitt253 • The Sidon in the Mirror • (1983) • novelette by Connie Willis281 • Golden Gate • (1982) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty295 • Blind Shemmy • (1983) • novelette by Jack Dann316 • In the Islands • (1983) • shortstory by Pat Murphy329 • Nunc Dimittis • (1983) • novelette by Tanith Lee348 • Blood Music • (1983) • novelette by Greg Bear371 • Her Furry Face • (1983) • shortstory by Leigh Kennedy387 • Knight of Shallows • (1983) • novelette by Rand B. Lee419 • The Cat • [Solar Cycle] • (1983) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe426 • The Monkey Treatment • (1983) • novelette by George R. R. Martin452 • Nearly Departed • [Deadpan Allie] • (1983) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan467 • Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine • (1983) • novelette by John Kessel486 • Carrion Comfort • (1983) • novelette by Dan Simmons522 • Gemstone • (1983) • novelette by Vernor Vinge546 • Black Air • (1983) • novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson571 • Honorable Mentions: 1983 • essay by Gardner Dozois