Year's Best Science Fiction 01 # 1984

✍ Scribed by Dozois, Gardner (editor)

• Book ID: 108975019
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 445 KB
• Series: Year's Best Science Fiction 1
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection - for 1983 pub in 1984

This collection launched 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. Writers like:

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* Cicada Queen [Mechanist-Shapers] •[Bruce Sterling](/wiki/Bruce_Sterling "Bruce Sterling")
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* Beyond the Dead Reef •[James Tiptree, Jr.](/wiki/James_Tiptree,_Jr. "James Tiptree, Jr.")
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* Slow-Birds •[Ian Watson](/wiki/Ian_Watson_\(author\) "Ian Watson \(author\)")
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* Vulcan’s Forge •[Poul Anderson](/wiki/Poul_Anderson "Poul Anderson")
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* Man-Mountain Gentian •[Howard Waldrop](/wiki/Howard_Waldrop "Howard Waldrop")
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* Hardfought •[Greg Bear](/wiki/Greg_Bear "Greg Bear")
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* Manifest Destiny •[Joe Haldeman](/wiki/Joe_Haldeman "Joe Haldeman")
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* Full Chicken Richness •[Avram Davidson](/wiki/Avram_Davidson "Avram Davidson")
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* Multiples •[Robert Silverberg](/wiki/Robert_Silverberg "Robert Silverberg")
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* Cryptic •[Jack McDevitt](/wiki/Jack_McDevitt "Jack McDevitt")
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* The Sidon in the Mirror •[Connie Willis](/wiki/Connie_Willis "Connie Willis")
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* Golden Gate •[R. A. Lafferty](/wiki/R._A._Lafferty "R. A. Lafferty")
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* Blind Shemmy •[Jack Dann](/wiki/Jack_Dann "Jack Dann")
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* In the Islands •[Pat Murphy](/wiki/Pat_Murphy_\(writer\) "Pat Murphy \(writer\)")
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* Nunc Dimittis •[Tanith Lee](/wiki/Tanith_Lee "Tanith Lee")
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* Blood Music •[Greg Bear](/wiki/Greg_Bear "Greg Bear")
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* Her Furry Face •[Leigh Kennedy](/wiki/Leigh_Kennedy "Leigh Kennedy")
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* Knight of Shallows •[Rand B. Lee](/w/index.php?title=Rand_B._Lee&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rand B. Lee \(page does not exist\)")
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* The Cat •[Gene Wolfe](/wiki/Gene_Wolfe "Gene Wolfe")
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* The Monkey Treatment •[George R. R. Martin](/wiki/George_R._R._Martin "George R. R. Martin")
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* Nearly Departed [Deadpan Allie] •[Pat Cadigan](/wiki/Pat_Cadigan "Pat Cadigan")
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* Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine •[John Kessel](/wiki/John_Kessel "John Kessel")
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* Carrion Comfort •[Dan Simmons](/wiki/Dan_Simmons "Dan Simmons")
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* Gemstone •[Vernor Vinge](/wiki/Vernor_Vinge "Vernor Vinge")
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* Black Air •[Kim Stanley Robinson](/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson "Kim Stanley Robinson")
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