Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 9 • Introduction (Best SF of the Year 15) • (1986) • essay by Terry Carr
• 13 • Sailing to Byzantium • (1985) • novella by Robert Silverberg
• 78 • Flying Saucer Rock & Roll • (1985) • novelette by Howard Waldrop
• 99 • Bluff • (1985) • novelette by Harry Turtledove [as by Eric G. Iverson]
• 130 • A Spanish Lesson • (1985) • novelette by Lucius Shepard
• 166 • Snow • (1985) • short story by John Crowley
• 183 • Shanidar • [Neverness] • (1985) • novelette by David Zindell
• 206 • All My Darling Daughters • (1985) • novelette by Connie Willis
• 229 • Of Space-Time and the River • (1985) • novelette by Gregory Benford
• 261 • A Gift from the GrayLanders • (1985) • novelette by Michael Bishop
• 281 • Praxis • (1985) • short story by Karen Joy Fowler
• 293 • The People on the Precipice • (1985) • short story by Ian Watson
• 306 • The Only Neat Thing to Do • [Rift] • (1985) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 363 • Recommended Reading (Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15) • (1986) • essay by Terry Carr