Third in series, winner of the 1987 Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology. Contents include Introduction: Summation: 1985, essay by Gardner Dozois; The Jaguar Hunter, by Lucius Shepard (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1985 World Fantasy Award); Dogfight, by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award); Fermi and Frost, by Frederik Pohl (winner, 1986 Hugo Award); Green Days in Brunei, by Bruce Sterling (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award); Snow, by John Crowley (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award); The Fringe, by Orson Scott Card ((nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award); The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things, by Karen Joy Fowler; Sailing to Byzantium, by Robert Silverberg (winner, 1985 Nebula Award; nominated, 1986 Hugo Award); Solstice, by James Patrick Kelly; Duke Pasquale's Ring, novella by Avram Davidson; More Than the Sum of His Parts, by Joe Haldeman (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award); Out of All Them Bright Stars, by Nancy Kress (Winner, 1985 Nebula Award); Side Effects, by Walter Jon Williams; The Only Neat Thing to Do, by James Tiptree, Jr. (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award; winner, 1986 Locus Poll Award); Dinner in Audoghast, by Bruce Sterling (nominated, 1986 Hugo Award); Under Siege, by George R. R. Martin (1986 Locus Poll Award, 6th Place); Flying Saucer Rock & Roll, by Howard Waldrop (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award); A Spanish Lesson, by Lucius Shepard (Locus Poll Award, 11th Place); Roadside Rescue, by Pat Cadigan; Paper Dragons, by James P. Blaylock (winner, 1986 World Fantasy Award; nominated, 1985 Nebula Award); Magazine Section, by R. A. Lafferty; The War at Home, by Lewis Shiner (1986 Locus Poll Award, 21st Place); Rockabye Baby, by S. C. Sykes (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award); Green Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson (nominated, 1985 Nebula Award, 1986 Hugo Award).

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