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• ix • Introduction (The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9) • essay by Terry Carr
• 1 • Galatea Galante, The Perfect Popsy • (1979) • novelette by Alfred Bester
• 50 • Sandkings • [Thousand Worlds] • (1979) • novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 96 • Time Shards • (1979) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 107 • In the Country of the Blind, No One Can See • (1979) • short story by Melisa Michaels
• 126 • Re-deem the Time • (1978) • short story by David J. Lake [as by David Lake]
• 143 • Down & Out on Ellfive Prime • (1979) • novelette by Dean Ing
• 170 • The Exit Door Leads In • (1979) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 192 • Options • [Eight Worlds] • (1979) • novelette by John Varley
• 226 • In Trophonius's Cave • (1979) • short story by James P. Girard
• 244 • Fireflood • (1979) • novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre
• 269 • No More Pencils, No More Books • (1979) • short story by John Morressy
• 282 • The Vacuum-Packed Picnic • (1979) • short story by Rick Gauger
• 302 • The Thaw • (1979) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 325 • In a Petri Dish Upstairs • (1978) • novelette by George Turner
• 360 • Recommended Reading - 1979 • essay by Terry Carr
• 362 • The Science-Fiction Year (1979) • essay by Charles N. Brown