The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection

Contents xiii • Introduction: Summation: 1987 • essay by Gardner Dozois 1 • Rachel in Love • (1987) • novelette by Pat Murphy 28 • Dream Baby • (1987) • novelette by Bruce McAllister 57 • Flowers of Edo • (1987) • novelette by Bruce Sterling 80 • Forever Yours, Anna • (1987) • shortstory by Kate Wilhelm 93 • At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball • (1987) • novelette by Alexander Jablokov 119 • Dinosaurs • (1987) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams 143 • The Temporary King • (1987) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley 165 • Perpetuity Blues • (1987) • novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr. 193 • Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight • (1987) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin 220 • The Pardoner's Tale • (1987) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg 240 • Glass Cloud • (1987) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly 280 • The Evening and the Morning and the Night • (1987) • novelette by Octavia E. Butler 303 • Night of the Cooters • [War of the Worlds] • (1987) • shortstory by Howard Waldrop 322 • Angel • (1987) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan 338 • Shades • (1987) • novelette by Lucius Shepard 369 • The Faithful Companion at Forty • (1987) • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler 378 • Candle in a Cosmic Wind • (1987) • novelette by Joseph Manzione 413 • The Emir's Clock • (1987) • shortstory by Ian Watson 428 • Ever After • (1987) • novelette by Susan Palwick 449 • The Forest of Time • (1987) • novella by Michael F. Flynn [as by Michael Flynn ] 495 • The Million-Dollar Wound • (1987) • shortstory by Dean Whitlock 505 • The Moon of Popping Trees • (1987) • novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson 536 • Diner • (1987) • shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr. 551 • All the Hues of Hell • (1987) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe 564 • Halley's Passing • (1987) • shortstory by Michael McDowell 580 • America • [The Mormon Sea] • (1987) • novelette by Orson Scott Card 605 • For Thus Do I Remember Carthage • (1987) • shortstory by Michael Bishop 622 • Mother Goddess of the World • (1987) • novella by Kim Stanley Robinson 675 • Honorable Mentions: 1987 • essay by Gardner Dozois