The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection

Presents 23 of the finest science-fiction works of 1992, including stories by such diverse writers as Michael Bishop, Terry Bisson, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Maureen F. McHugh, Mike Resnick, and others. Contents xi • Summation: 1992 • (1993) • essay by Gardner Dozois 1 • Griffin's Egg • (1991) • novella by Michael Swanwick 62 • Even the Queen • (1992) • shortstory by Connie Willis 76 • The Round-Eyed Barbarians • (1992) • shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp 87 • Dust • (1992) • novelette by Greg Egan 113 • Two Guys from the Future • (1992) • shortstory by Terry Bisson 123 • The Mountain to Mohammed • (1992) • shortstory by Nancy Kress 137 • The Coming of Vertumnus • (1992) • novelette by Ian Watson 175 • A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple • (1992) • novelette by Robert Silverberg 195 • The Hammer of God • (1992) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke 205 • Grownups • (1992) • novella by Ian R. MacLeod 238 • Graves • (1992) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman 245 • The Glowing Cloud • (1992) • novella by Steven Utley 296 • Gravity's Angel • (1992) • shortstory by Tom Maddox 312 • Protection • (1992) • novella by Maureen F. McHugh 346 • The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee • (1990) • shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr. 357 • Birth Day • (1992) • shortstory by Robert Reed 367 • Naming Names • (1992) • novelette by Pat Cadigan 390 • The Elvis National Theater of Okinawa • (1992) • shortstory by Jonathan Lethem and Lukas Jaeger 394 • The Territory • (1992) • novella by Bradley Denton 432 • The Best and the Rest of James Joyce • (1992) • shortfiction by Ian McDonald 448 • Naming the Flowers • (1992) • novella by Kate Wilhelm 491 • Snodgrass • (1992) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod 511 • By the Mirror of My Youth • (1992) • shortstory by Kathe Koja 519 • Outnumbering the Dead • (1990) • novella by Frederik Pohl 583 • Honorable Mentions: 1992 • (1993) • essay by Gardner Dozois