Contents ix • Introduction: Summation: 1986 • essay by Gardner Dozois1 • R & R • (1986) • novella by Lucius Shepard67 • Hatrack River • [The Alvin Maker Saga] • (1986) • novelette by Orson Scott Card91 • Strangers on Paradise • (
Contents 13 • Introduction: Summation: 1985 • essay by Gardner Dozois27 • The Jaguar Hunter • (1985) • novelette by Lucius Shepard50 • Dogfight • (1985) • novelette by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson69 • Fermi and Frost • (1985) �
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