Gardner Dozois, Editor
The Years Best Science Fiction, Vol. 20

Breathmoss - IAN R. MACLEOD

The Most Famous Little Girl in the World - NANCY KRESS

The Passenger - PAUL J. MCAULEY

The Political Officer - CHARLES COLEMAN FINLAY

Lambing Season - MOLLY GLOSS

Coelacanths - ROBERT REED

Presence - MAUREEN F. MCHUGH

Halo - CHARLES STROSS

In Paradise - BRUCE STERLING

The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars - IAN MCDONALD

Stories for Men - JOHN KESSEL

To Become a Warrior - CHRIS BECKETT

The Clear Blue Seas of Luna - GREGORY BENFORD

V.A.O. - GEOFF RYMAN

Winters Are Hard - STEVEN POPKES

At the Money - RICHARD WADHOLM

Agent Provocateur - ALEXANDER IRVINE

Singleton - GREG EGAN

Slow Life - MICHAEL SWANWICK

A Flock of Birds - JAMES VAN PELT

The Potter of Bones - ELEANOR ARNASON

The Whisper of Disks - JOHN MEANY

The Hotel at Harlan’s Landing - KAGE BAKER

The Millennium Party - WALTER WILLIAMS

Turquoise Days - ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

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FIRST EDITION: JULY 2003