Terry Carr Book order (chronological)

Mercurial • (1985) • novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson Paladin of the Lost Hour • novelette by Harlan Ellison Giraffe Tuesday • (1985) • story by Juleen Brantingham Evergreen • (1985) • novelette by Arthur J. Cox Mengele • (1985) • story by Lucius Shepard Originals • (1985) • novelette by Pamela Sargent Johann Sebastian Brahms • (1985) • story by Barry N. Malzberg Encounter on the Ladder • (1985) • story by Mona A. Clee Tidal Effects • (1985) • story by Jack McDevitt The Slovo Stove • (1985) • novelette by Avram Davidson

This collection of original science fiction stories includes works by Robert Silverberg, Damon Knight, Gregory Benford, Kim Stanley Robinson, and others

This fourteenth annual "Best of the Year" collection includes John Varley's "Press Enter," Octavia E. Butler's "Bloodchild," Pamela Sargent's "Fears," Connie Willis's "Blue Moon," and Michael Swanwick's "Trojan Horse"

Contents:Her Habiline Husband • (1983) • novella by Michael BishopThe Width of the World • (1983) • short story by Ian WatsonStone Eggs • (1983) • short story by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Widow and the Body Sitter • (1983) • short story by Bill BickelThe Taylorsville Reconstruction • (1983) • novelette by Lucius ShepardA Way Back • (1983) • short story by Leanne FrahmCicada Queen • (1983) • novelette by Bruce Sterling