“Beauty in the Night,” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 1997 by Agberg Ltd. First published in Science Fiction Age, September 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Second Skin,” by Paul J. McAuley. Copyright © 1997 by Paul J. McAuley. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Steamship Soldier on the Information Front,” by Nancy Kress. Copyright © 1997 by Nancy Kress. First published in Future Histories, edited by Stephen McClelland, Horizon House (UK) 1997.
“Reasons to be Cheerful,” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1997 by Interzone. First published in Interzone, April 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Moon Six,” by Stephen Baxter. Copyright © 1997 by Stephen Baxter. First published in Science Fiction Age, March 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, The Maggie Noach Agency.
“We Will Drink a Fish Together … ,” by Bill Johnson. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Gay Haldeman.
“Escape Route,” by Peter F. Hamilton. Copyright © 1997 by Interzone. First published in Interzone, July 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Itsy Bitsy Spider,” by James Patrick Kelly. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Spy in Europa,” by Alastair Reynolds. Copyright © 1997 by Interzone. First published in Interzone, June 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Undiscovered,” by William Sanders. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Echoes,” by Alan Brennert. Copyright © 1997 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Getting to Know You,” by David Marusek. Copyright © 1997 by David Marusek. First published in Future Histories, edited by Stephen McClelland, Horizon House (UK) 1997.
“Balinese Dancer,” by Gwyneth Jones. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Marrow,” by Robert Reed. Copyright © 1997 by Robert Reed. First published in Science Fiction Age, July 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Heart of Whitenesse,” by Howard Waldrop. Copyright © 1997 by Howard Waldrop. First published in New Worlds (White Wolf Borealis). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Wisdom of Old Earth,” by Michael Swanwick. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Pipes of Pan,” by Brian Stableford. Copyright © 1997 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Crossing Chao Meng Fu,” by G. David Nordley. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Yeyuka,” by Greg Egan. Copyright © 1997 by Greg Egan. First published in Meanjin, Volume 56, Number 1. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Frost Painting,” by Carolyn Ives Gilman. Copyright © 1996 by Carolyn Ives Gilman. First published in Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (White Wolf Borealis). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Lethe,” by Walter Jon Williams. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Winter Fire,” by Geoffrey A. Landis. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Nevermore,” by Ian R. MacLeod. Copyright © 1997 by Ian R. MacLeod. First published in Dying For It (HarperPrism). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Owlswick Literary Agency.
“Open Veins,” by Simon Ings. Copyright © 1997 by Simon Ings. First published electronically on Omni Online, April 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“After Kerry,” by Ian McDonald. Copyright © 1997 by Dell Magazines. First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Masque of Agamemnon,” by Sean Williams and Simon Brown. Copyright © 1997 by Sean Williams and Simon Brown. First published electronically on Eidolon: SF Online, December 1997.
“Gulliver at Home,” by John Kessel. Copyright © 1997 by John Kessel. First published in The Pure Product (Tor). Reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Cold, Dry Cradle,” by Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre. Copyright © 1997 by Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre. First published in Science Fiction Age, November 1997.