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• xi • Summation: 1997 • (1998) • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 1 • Beauty in the Night • (1997) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
• 30 • Second Skin • [The Quiet War] • (1997) • short story by Paul J. McAuley
• 49 • Steamship Soldier on the Information Front • (1997) • novelette by Nancy Kress
• 69 • Reasons to Be Cheerful • (1997) • novelette by Greg Egan
• 95 • Moon Six • (1997) • novelette by Stephen Baxter
• 122 • We Will Drink a Fish Together ... • (1997) • novelette by Bill Johnson
• 155 • Escape Route • [Confederation Universe Stories] • (1997) • novella by Peter F. Hamilton
• 197 • Itsy Bitsy Spider • (1997) • short story by James Patrick Kelly
• 207 • A Spy in Europa • [Revelation Space] • (1997) • short story by Alastair Reynolds
• 224 • The Undiscovered • (1997) • novelette by William Sanders
• 245 • Echoes • (1997) • novelette by Alan Brennert
• 267 • Getting to Know You • [North American Future] • (1997) • novelette by David Marusek
• 288 • Balinese Dancer • (1997) • short story by Gwyneth Jones
• 306 • Marrow • [The Great Ship Universe] • (1997) • novella by Robert Reed
• 348 • Heart of Whitenesse • (1997) • short story by Howard Waldrop
• 364 • The Wisdom of Old Earth • (1997) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 373 • The Pipes of Pan • (1997) • novelette by Brian Stableford
• 391 • Crossing Chao Meng Fu • (1997) • novelette by G. David Nordley
• 418 • Yeyuka • (1997) • short story by Greg Egan
• 432 • Frost Painting • (1997) • short story by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• 447 • Lethe • [College of Mystery] • (1997) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• 474 • Winter Fire • (1997) • short story by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 488 • Nevermore • (1997) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• 505 • Open Veins • (1997) • short story by Simon Ings
• 520 • After Kerry • (1997) • novelette by Ian McDonald
• 543 • The Masque of Agamemnon • [Troy Stories] • (1997) • novelette by Simon Brown and Sean Williams
• 565 • Gulliver at Home • (1997) • novelette by John Kessel
• 576 • A Cold Dry Cradle • (1997) • novella by Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre
• 617 • Honorable Mentions: 1997 • (1998) • essay by Gardner Dozois