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• 13 • Introduction: New People, New Places, New Politics (The Hard SF Renaissance) • essay by Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell
• 19 • Gene Wars • (1991) • short story by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 25 • Wang's Carpets • (1995) • novelette by Greg Egan
• 48 • Genesis • (1995) • novella by Poul Anderson
• 117 • Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars • [Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)] • (1999) • short story by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 125 • On the Orion Line • [Xeelee] • (2000) • novelette by Stephen Baxter
• 149 • Beggars in Spain • [Sleepless] • (1991) • novella by Nancy Kress
• 201 • Matter's End • (1991) • novelette by Gregory Benford
• 229 • The Hammer of God • (1992) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 239 • Think Like a Dinosaur • (1995) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• 253 • Mount Olympus • [The Grand Tour] • (1999) • novelette by Ben Bova
• 282 • Marrow • [The Great Ship Universe] • (1997) • novella by Robert Reed
• 317 • Microbe • [Elysium Cycle] • (1995) • short story by Joan Slonczewski
• 326 • The Lady Vanishes • (1996) • short story by Charles Sheffield
• 337 • Bicycle Repairman • [Chattanooga] • (1996) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
• 360 • An Ever-Reddening Glow • (1996) • short story by David Brin
• 364 • Sexual Dimorphism • [Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)] • (1999) • short story by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 375 • Into the Miranda Rift • (1993) • novella by G. David Nordley
• 417 • The Shoulders of Giants • (2000) • short story by Robert J. Sawyer
• 428 • A Walk in the Sun • (1991) • short story by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 440 • For White Hill • (1995) • novella by Joe Haldeman
• 470 • A Career in Sexual Chemistry • (1987) • novelette by Brian Stableford (variant of Sexual Chemistry)
• 484 • Reef • [The Quiet War] • (2000) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 504 • Exchange Rate • (1999) • novella by Hal Clement
• 545 • Reasons to Be Cheerful • (1997) • novelette by Greg Egan
• 568 • Griffin's Egg • (1991) • novella by Michael Swanwick
• 620 • Great Wall of Mars • [Revelation Space] • (2000) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
• 651 • A Niche • (1990) • novelette by Peter Watts
• 673 • Gossamer • [Xeelee] • (1995) • short story by Stephen Baxter
• 686 • Madam Butterfly • (1997) • novelette by James P. Hogan
• 699 • Understand • (1991) • novelette by Ted Chiang
• 723 • Halo • (1996) • short story by Karl Schroeder
• 736 • Different Kinds of Darkness • [Blit] • (2000) • short story by David Langford
• 743 • Fast Times at Fairmont High • (2001) • novella by Vernor Vinge
• 786 • Reality Check • (2000) • short story by David Brin
• 789 • The Mendelian Lamp Case • [Dr Phil D'Amato] • (1997) • novelette by Paul Levinson
• 814 • Kinds of Strangers • (1999) • novelette by Sarah Zettel
• 830 • The Good Rat • (1995) • novelette by Allen Steele
• 845 • Built Upon the Sands of Time • (2000) • short story by Michael F. Flynn [as by Michael Flynn]
• 856 • Taklamakan • [Chattanooga] • (1998) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
• 884 • Hatching the Phoenix • [Heechee] • (1999) • novella by Frederik Pohl
• 919 • Immersion • (1996) • novella by Gregory Benford