The Year's Best Science Fiction

Contents 9 Introduction: Summation: 1983 essay by Gardner Dozois 26 Cicada Queen [Shaper/Mechanist] (1983) novelette by Bruce Sterling 60 Beyond the Dead Reef [Quintana Roo] (1983) shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr. 76 Slow Birds (1983) novelette by Ian Watson 101 Vulcan's Forge (1983) shortstory by Poul Anderson 119 Man-Mountain Gentian (1983) shortstory by Howard Waldrop 136 Hardfought (1983) novella by Greg Bear 195 Manifest Destiny (1983) novelette by Joe Haldeman 209 Full Chicken Richness (1983) shortstory by Avram Davidson 219 Multiples (1983) shortstory by Robert Silverberg 237 Cryptic (1983) shortstory by Jack McDevitt 253 The Sidon in the Mirror (1983) novelette by Connie Willis 281 Golden Gate (1982) shortstory by R. A. Lafferty 295 Blind Shemmy (1983) novelette by Jack Dann 316 In the Islands (1983) shortstory by Pat Murphy 329 Nunc Dimittis (1983) novelette by Tanith Lee 348 Blood Music (1983) novelette by Greg Bear 371 Her Furry Face (1983) shortstory by Leigh Kennedy 387 Knight of Shallows (1983) novelette by Rand B. Lee 419 The Cat [Solar Cycle] (1983) shortstory by Gene Wolfe 426 The Monkey Treatment (1983) novelette by George R. R. Martin 452 Nearly Departed [Deadpan Allie] (1983) shortstory by Pat Cadigan 467 Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine (1983) novelette by John Kessel 486 Carrion Comfort (1983) novelette by Dan Simmons 522 Gemstone (1983) novelette by Vernor Vinge 546 Black Air (1983) novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson 571 Honorable Mentions: 1983 essay by Gardner Dozois