Nebula Awards Showcase 2002

This satisfying annual compilation contains fiction and commentary selected by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Picked by their peers, the writers represented herein represent a fine diversity of talent. Contributors include Greg Bear, Terry Bisson, Eleanor Arnason, Linda Nagat, Gardner Dozois, Damon Knight, and Nalo Hopkinson.Contents1 • Introduction (Nebula Awards Showcase 2002) • essay by Kim Stanley Robinson20 • Philip Jose Farmer: An Appreciation • essay by Robert Silverberg25 • Robert Sheckley: An Appreciation • essay by David G. Hartwell29 • Daddy's World • (1999) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams60 • Darwin's Radio (excerpt) • shortfiction by Greg Bear97 • macs • (1999) • shortstory by Terry Bisson107 • Stellar Harvest • [Lydia Duluth] • (1999) • novelette by Eleanor Arnason150 • Goddesses • (2000) • novella by Linda Nagata239 • Commentary: Science Fiction and the World • essay by Ken MacLeod and Nalo Hopkinson and Paul J. McAuley and John Clute and Kathleen Ann Goonan and Gene Wolfe and Damon Knight and Andy Duncan and Gwyneth Jones [as by Gwyneth Jones and Andy Duncan and Damon Knight and Gene Wolfe and Kathleen Ann Goonan and Ken MacLeod and Paul McAuley and Nalo Hopkinson and John Clute ]255 • A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows • (1999) • novelette by Gardner Dozois