The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection

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Contents
13 • Introduction: Summation: 1985 • essay by Gardner Dozois
27 • The Jaguar Hunter • • novelette by Lucius Shepard
50 • Dogfight • • novelette by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
69 • Fermi and Frost • • shortstory by Frederik Pohl
84 • Green Days in Brunei • • novella by Bruce Sterling
129 • Snow • • shortstory by John Crowley
144 • The Fringe • [The Mormon Sea] • • novelette by Orson Scott Card
166 • The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things • • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
178 • Sailing to Byzantium • • novella by Robert Silverberg
232 • Solstice • • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
265 • Duke Pasquale's Ring • [Doctor Eszterhazy] • • novella by Avram Davidson
304 • More Than the Sum of His Parts • • shortstory by Joe Haldeman
320 • Out of All Them Bright Stars • • shortstory by Nancy Kress
327 • Side Effects • • novelette by Walter Jon Williams
355 • The Only Neat Thing to Do • [Rift] • • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
402 • Dinner in Audoghast • • shortstory by Bruce Sterling
414 • Under Siege • • novelette by George R. R. Martin
441 • Flying Saucer Rock & Roll • • novelette by Howard Waldrop
459 • A Spanish Lesson • • novelette by Lucius Shepard
486 • Roadside Rescue • • shortstory by Pat Cadigan
494 • Paper Dragons • • novelette by James P. Blaylock
510 • Magazine Section • • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
522 • The War at Home • • shortstory by Lewis Shiner
526 • Rockabye Baby • • novelette by S. C. Sykes
551 • Green Mars • • novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
620 • Honorable Mentions: 1985 • essay by Gardner Dozois