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• xi • Summation: 2002 • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 1 • Breathmoss • [Breathmoss Universe] • (2002) • novella by Ian R. MacLeod
• 52 • The Most Famous Little Girl in the World • (2002) • novelette by Nancy Kress
• 71 • The Passenger • [The Quiet War] • (2002) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 95 • The Political Officer • (2002) • novella by Charles Coleman Finlay
• 135 • Lambing Season • (2002) • short story by Molly Gloss
• 145 • Coelacanths • (2002) • novelette by Robert Reed
• 164 • Presence • (2002) • novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• 184 • Halo • [Macx Family • 4] • (2002) • novelette by Charles Stross
• 212 • In Paradise • (2002) • short story by Bruce Sterling
• 221 • The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars • (2002) • novelette by Ian McDonald
• 243 • Stories for Men • (2002) • novella by John Kessel
• 302 • To Become a Warrior • (2002) • short story by Chris Beckett
• 313 • The Clear Blue Seas of Luna • (2002) • novelette by Gregory Benford
• 339 • V.A.O. • (2002) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
• 367 • Winters Are Hard • (2002) • novelette by Steven Popkes
• 390 • At the Money • (2002) • novelette by Richard Wadholm
• 417 • Agent Provocateur • (2002) • short story by Alex Irvine [as by Alexander Irvine]
• 427 • Singleton • (2002) • novella by Greg Egan
• 467 • Slow Life • (2002) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 486 • A Flock of Birds • (2002) • short story by James Van Pelt
• 501 • The Potter of Bones • [Hwarhath] • (2002) • novella by Eleanor Arnason
• 538 • The Whisper of Disks • (2002) • novelette by John Meaney (variant of The Whisper of Discs)
• 567 • The Hotel at Harlan's Landing • [The Company Short Fiction] • (2002) • short story by Kage Baker
• 578 • The Millennium Party • (2002) • short story by Walter Jon Williams (variant of Millennium Party)
• 581 • Turquoise Days • [Revelation Space] • (2002) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
• 641 • Honorable Mentions: 2002 • essay by Gardner Dozois