The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985)

by Gardner R. Dozois (Editor)

Other authors: Octavia E. Butler (Contributor), Pat Cadigan (Contributor), Richard Cowper (Contributor), Jack Dann (Contributor), William Gibson (Contributor) — 20 more, Molly Gloss (Contributor), James Patrick Kelly (Contributor), John Kessel (Contributor), Nancy Kress (Contributor), R. A. Lafferty (Contributor), Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor), Tanith Lee (Contributor), Elizabeth A. Lynn (Contributor), Jack McDevitt (Contributor), Frederik Pohl (Contributor), Kim Stanley Robinson (Contributor), Lucius Shepard (Contributor), Lewis Shiner (Contributor), Robert Silverberg (Contributor), Bruce Sterling (Contributor), Michael Swanwick (Contributor), John Varley (Contributor), Connie Willis (Contributor), Gene Wolfe (Contributor), Rena Yount (Contributor)

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Series: Dozois Year's Best Science Fiction (2)

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This collection is the second installment in the popular and long-running "The Year's Best Science Fiction" series: Fantastic Science Fiction! The Year's Best -- And Biggest Collection Here's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Dozois, Gardner R.	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Butler, Octavia E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cadigan, Pat	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cowper, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dann, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gibson, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gloss, Molly	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kelly, James Patrick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kessel, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kress, Nancy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lafferty, R. A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Le Guin, Ursula K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee, Tanith	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lynn, Elizabeth A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McDevitt, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pohl, Frederik	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Robinson, Kim Stanley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shepard, Lucius	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shiner, Lewis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Silverberg, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sterling, Bruce	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Swanwick, Michael	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Varley, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Willis, Connie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wolfe, Gene	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yount, Rena	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kidd, Tom	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Salvador by Lucius Shepard

Promises to Keep by Jack McDevitt

Bloodchild [short fiction] by Octavia E. Butler

Blued Moon [short story] by Connie Willis

A Message to the King of Brobdingnag by Richard Cowper

The Affair by Robert Silverberg

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This is a different series from Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (also by Dozois)
Unlike many other volumes of The Year's Best Science Fiction, it was not reprinted in the UK under the Best New SF or The Mammoth Book of Best New SF titles.

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This collection is the second installment in the popular and long-running "The Year's Best Science Fiction" series: Fantastic Science Fiction! The Year's Best -- And Biggest Collection Here's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction.

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