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• 7 • Introduction (Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction) • (2011) • essay by Ian Whates
• 11 • A Smart Well-Mannered Uprising of the Dead • (2011) • novelette by Ian McDonald
• 31 • The Incredible Exploding Man • short fiction by Dave Hutchinson
• 61 • Sweet Spots • (2011) • short fiction by Paul Di Filippo
• 89 • The Best Science Fiction of the Year Three • (2011) • short fiction by Ken MacLeod
• 107 • The One That Got Away • (2011) • short fiction by Tricia Sullivan
• 127 • Rock Day • (2011) • short story by Stephen Baxter
• 151 • Eluna • (2011) • short fiction by Stephen Palmer
• 177 • Shall I Tell You the Problem with Time Travel? • short story by Adam Roberts
• 199 • The Lives and Deaths of Che Guevara • (2011) • short fiction by Lavie Tidhar
• 221 • Steel Lake • (2011) • short fiction by Jack Skillingstead
• 243 • Mooncakes • (2011) • short fiction by Mike Resnick and Laurie Tom
• 253 • At Play in the Fields • (2011) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 273 • How We Came Back from Mars (A Story That Cannot Be Told) • (2011) • short story by Ian Watson
• 301 • You Never Know • (2011) • short fiction by Pat Cadigan
• 329 • Yestermorrow • (2011) • short fiction by Richard Salter
• 357 • Dreaming Towers, Silent Mansions • (2011) • short fiction by Jaine Fenn
• 379 • Eternity's Children • (2011) • short fiction by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown
• 415 • For the Ages • novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• 443 • The Return of the Mutant Worms • (2011) • short story by Peter F. Hamilton