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• 1 • Introduction (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 8 • The Green Leopard Plague • [College of Mystery] • (2003) • novella by Walter Jon Williams
• 73 • Basement Magic • (2003) • novelette by Ellen Klages
• 101 • Dry Bones • (2003) • novelette by William Sanders
• 123 • The Masters Speak: Introduction (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 127 • Science Fiction Century (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Jack Williamson
• 130 • The Way It Was (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 140 • Teaching the Art (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 142 • Change and Okay In All Around I See (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 145 • Then and Now (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 152 • The Voluntary State • [The Voluntary State] • (2004) • novelette by Christopher Rowe
• 188 • Grand Master Anne McCaffrey: An Appreciation • (2006) • essay by Jody Lynn Nye
• 193 • The Ship Who Sang • [The Ship Who ...] • (1961) • novelette by Anne McCaffrey
• 213 • Coming to Terms • (2004) • short story by Eileen Gunn
• 224 • Embracing-the-New • (2004) • short story by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• 236 • Paladin of Souls (excerpt) • (2003) • short fiction by Lois McMaster Bujold
• 250 • Zora and the Zombie • (2004) • novelette by Andy Duncan
• 271 • Film: The Year in Review (Nebula Awards Showcase 2006) • (2006) • essay by Kathi Maio
• 283 • Travels with My Cats • (2004) • short story by Mike Resnick
• 304 • Just Distance • (2003) • poem by Roger Dutcher
• 305 • Octavia Is Lost in the Hall of Masks • (2003) • poem by Theodora Goss
• 309 • The Cookie Monster • (2003) • novella by Vernor Vinge