Simulataneously released in TP, trade and book club hardcover, being the featured selection in August. Tight, clean, flat, square, sharp and crisp book in DJ with small nicks and very light wear. Winner of the 1995 Locus Award for best anthology. 

Presents 23 of the finest science-fiction works of 1995, including stories by such diverse writers as Michael Bishop, Terry Bisson, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Maureen F. McHugh, Mike Resnick, and others.

The future, the past, and life today are boldly imagined and reinvented in the twenty-five stories collected in this showcase anthology. Many of the field's finest practitioners are represented here, along with stories from promising newcomers. A useful list of honorable mentions and Dozois's insightful summation of the year in SF round out this anthology, making it indispensable for anyone interested in SF today.

Contents
xi • Summation: 1993 • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • Papa • (1993) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
35 • Sacred Cow • (1993) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling
49 • Dancing on Air • (1993) • novella by Nancy Kress
95 • A Visit to the Farside • (1993) • shortstory by Don Webb
107 • Alien Bootlegger • (1993) • novella by Rebecca Ore
179 • Death on the Nile • (1993) • novelette by Connie Willis
200 • Friendship Bridge • (1993) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
223 • Into the Miranda Rift • (1993) • novella by G. David Nordley
278 • Mwalimu in the Squared Circle • (1993) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
290 • Guest of Honor • (1993) • novelette by Robert Reed
319 • Love Toys of the Gods • (1993) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan
333 • Chaff • (1993) • novelette by Greg Egan
352 • Georgia on My Mind • (1993) • novelette by Charles Sheffield
390 • Cush • (1993) • novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr.
422 • On the Collection of Humans • (1994) • shortfiction by Mark Rich
425 • There and Then • [Silurian Tales] • (1993) • novelette by Steven Utley
461 • The Night We Buried Road Dog • (1993) • novella by Jack Cady
507 • Feedback • (1993) • novelette by Joe Haldeman
529 • Lieserl • (1993) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter
545 • Flashback • (1993) • novelette by Dan Simmons
586 • A Child's Christmas in Florida • (1993) • shortstory by William Browning Spencer
592 • Whispers • (1993) • novelette by Maureen F. McHugh and David B. Kisor
612 • Wall, Stone, Craft • (1993) • novella by Walter Jon Williams
683 • Honorable Mentions: 1993 • essay by Gardner Dozois