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Award Category: Best Novella (Locus Poll Award)

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1973
1 The Gold at the Starbow's End Frederik Pohl
2 The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin
3 The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe
4 Hero Joe Haldeman
5 Midsummer Century James Blish
6 With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama Richard A. Lupoff
7 The Merchants of Venus Frederik Pohl
8 Things Which Are Caesar's Gordon R. Dickson
9 334 Thomas M. Disch
10 Seventy Years of Decpop Philip José Farmer
11 What Good Is a Glass Dagger? Larry Niven
12 The Mercenary Jerry Pournelle
13 Collision Course William E. Cochrane
13 Common Denominator David Lewis
13 Solo Kill William E. Cochrane
16 Love Is a Dragonfly Thomas Burnett Swann
17 In the Ocean of Night Gregory Benford
18 Son of the Morning Phyllis Gotlieb
1974
1 The Death of Dr. Island Gene Wolfe
2 The White Otters of Childhood Michael Bishop
3 The Feast of St. Dionysus Robert Silverberg
4 Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind Philip José Farmer
5 Chains of the Sea Gardner Dozois
6 The Defenseless Dead Larry Niven
7 Death and Designation Among the Asadi Michael Bishop
8 Rumfuddle Jack Vance
9 The Safety Engineer William E. Cochrane
10 In the Problem Pit Frederik Pohl
11 Junction Jack Dann
12 My Brother Leopold Edgar Pangborn
13 'Kjwalll'kje'k'koothailll'kje'k (variant of 'Kjwalll'kje'k'koothaďlll'kje'k) Roger Zelazny
14 Case and the Dreamer Theodore Sturgeon
1975
1 Born with the Dead Robert Silverberg
2 A Song for Lya George R. R. Martin
3 Riding the Torch Norman Spinrad
4 Assault on a City Jack Vance
5 Strangers Gardner Dozois
6 The Marathon Photograph Clifford D. Simak
7 The Araqnid Window Charles L. Harness
8 On the Street of the Serpents or, The Assassination of Chairman Mao, as Effected by the Author in Seville, Spain, in the Spring of 1992, a Year of No Certain Historicity Michael Bishop
9 Father Pamela Sargent
10 Tin Soldier Joan D. Vinge
11 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm
12 Threads of Time Gregory Benford
13 The Eastcoast Confinement Arsen Darnay
14 The Kozmic Kid or the Quest for the Inestimable Silver Ball Richard Snead
1976
1 The Storms of Windhaven George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
2 Home Is the Hangman Roger Zelazny
3 The Borderland of Sol Larry Niven
4 The Silent Eyes of Time Algis Budrys
5 ARM Larry Niven
6 The Custodians Richard Cowper
7 A Momentary Taste of Being James Tiptree, Jr.
8 Allegiances Michael Bishop
9 Silhouette Gene Wolfe
10 Mother and Child Joan D. Vinge
11 Ancient Shadows Michael Moorcock
12 Sharking Down Edward Bryant
1977
1 The Samurai and the Willows Michael Bishop
2 Piper at the Gates of Dawn Richard Cowper
3 Houston, Houston, Do You Read? James Tiptree, Jr.
4 The Anvil of Jove Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
5 The Eyeflash Miracles Gene Wolfe
6 Weather War William E. Cochrane
7 Media Man Joan D. Vinge
8 Birthdays Fred Saberhagen
9 By Any Other Name Spider Robinson
10 The Greenhouse Defect Andrew J. Offutt
11 A Thrust of Greatness Stanley Schmidt
12 Plutonium Arsen Darnay
13 The Crystal Ship Joan D. Vinge
1978
1 Stardance Jeanne Robinson and Spider Robinson
2 A Snark in the Night Gregory Benford
3 Aztecs Vonda N. McIntyre
4 Auk House Clifford D. Simak
5 The Mars Ship Robert Thurston
6 In the Hall of the Martian Kings John Varley
7 The Family Monkey Lisa Tuttle
8 Cold Cash War Robert Asprin
9 Joelle Poul Anderson
10 The Wonderful Secret Keith Laumer
11 Growing Boys Robert Aickman
12 Equinoctial John Varley
13 Heretic in a Balloon L. Sprague de Camp
1979
1 The Persistence of Vision John Varley
2 The Watched Christopher Priest
3 Seven American Nights Gene Wolfe
4 Old Folks at Home Michael Bishop
5 Fireship Joan D. Vinge
6 The Doctor of Death Island Gene Wolfe
7 The Renewal Pamela Sargent
8 Insects in Amber Tom Reamy
9 The Treasure of Odirex Charles Sheffield
10 A Chinese Perspective Brian W. Aldiss
1980
1 Enemy Mine Barry B. Longyear
2 Songhouse Orson Scott Card
3 Palely Loitering Christopher Priest
4 Mars Masked Frederik Pohl
5 The Battle of the Abaco Reefs Hilbert Schenck
6 The Tale of Gorgik Samuel R. Delany
7 The Moon Goddess and the Son Donald Kingsbury
8 Ker-Plop Ted Reynolds
9 Fireship Joan D. Vinge
10 The Story Writer Richard Wilson
11 Far Rainbow (translation of
Далекая Радуга?Dalekaya Raduga
) 		Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky
12 Silver Shoes for a Princess James P. Hogan
13 Spirals Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
14 The Dancer in the Darkness Thomas F. Monteleone
15 The Napoli Express Randall Garrett
1981
1 Nightflyers George R. R. Martin
2 The Patchwork Girl Larry Niven
3 The Web of the Magi Richard Cowper
4 The Autopsy Michael Shea
5 Dangerous Games Marta Randall
6 Unicorn Tapestry Suzy McKee Charnas
7 Slow Music James Tiptree, Jr.
8 Lost Dorsai Gordon R. Dickson
9 All the Lies That Are My Life Harlan Ellison
10 Buoyant Ascent Hilbert Schenck
11 There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me Avram Davidson
12 Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat Glen Cook
13 One-Wing George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
14 Le Croix (The Cross) Barry N. Malzberg
15 On the North Pole of Pluto Kim Stanley Robinson
16 Anasazi Dean Ing
17 Tell Us a Story Zenna Henderson
1982
1 Blue Champagne John Varley
2 The Saturn Game Poul Anderson
3 In the Western Tradition Phyllis Eisenstein
4 The Desert of Stolen Dreams Robert Silverberg
5 With Delicate Mad Hands James Tiptree, Jr.
6 Polyphemus Michael Shea
7 Ealdwood C. J. Cherryh
8 True Names Vernor Vinge
9 The Winter Beach Kate Wilhelm
10 With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope Kate Wilhelm
11 Swarmer, Skimmer Gregory Benford
12 Emergence David R. Palmer
13 The Venetian Court Charles L. Harness
14 Amnesia Jack Dann
15 The Loom of Thessaly David Brin
16 Petals of Rose Marc Stiegler
17 Which Way to the Ends of Time? Michael McCollum
18 Through All Your Houses Wandering Ted Reynolds
1983
1 Souls Joanna Russ
2 Unsound Variations George R. R. Martin
3 Thesme and the Ghayrog Robert Silverberg
4 The Postman David Brin
5 Horrible Imaginings Fritz Leiber
6 Another Orphan John Kessel
7 The Fishing of the Demon-Sea Michael Shea
8 The Breathing Method Stephen King
9 The Devil of Malkirk Charles Sheffield
10 To Leave a Mark Kim Stanley Robinson
11 Brainchild Joseph H. Delaney
12 Rats in the Moon Pauline Ashwell
13 Beyond Any Measure Karl Edward Wagner
14 Moon of Ice Brad Linaweaver
15 The Magi Damien Broderick
1984
1 Her Habiline Husband Michael Bishop
2 Cascade Point Timothy Zahn
3 Seeking David R. Palmer
4 Homefaring Robert Silverberg
5 Hardfought Greg Bear
6 Hurricane Claude Hilbert Schenck
7 The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis (or, the Astrogator's Testimony) Michael Bishop
8 The Lord of the Skies Frederik Pohl
9 The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars Fritz Leiber
10 In the Face of My Enemy Joseph H. Delaney
11 Gilpin's Space Reginald Bretnor
12 Aquila Meets Bigfoot S. P. Somtow
13 Eszterhazy and the Autogondola-Invention Avram Davidson
1985
1
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2 The Scapegoat C. J. Cherryh
3 The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet Stephen King
4 The Blister Frederik Pohl
5 A Traveler's Tale Lucius Shepard
6 Trinity Nancy Kress
7 Marrow Death Michael Swanwick
8 Young Doctor Eszterhazy Avram Davidson
9 The Sweet, Sad Queen of the Grazing Isles Frederik Pohl
10 In the Sumerian Marshes Gerald Pearce
11 The Greening of Bed-Stuy Frederik Pohl
12 The Unconquered Country Geoff Ryman
13 Some Are Born Great J. A. Lawrence
14 Cyclops David Brin
15 Floodtide Ben Bova
1986
1 The Only Neat Thing to Do James Tiptree, Jr.
2 Sailing to Byzantium Robert Silverberg
3 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
4 The Plague Star George R. R. Martin
5 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai Roger Zelazny
6 The Scapegoat C. J. Cherryh
7 Loaves and Fishes George R. R. Martin
8 To the Storming Gulf Gregory Benford
9 Green Days in Brunei Bruce Sterling
10 World War Last Norman Spinrad
11 The Gorgon Field Kate Wilhelm
12 The Curse of Kings Connie Willis
13 When Winter Ends Michael P. Kube-McDowell
14 How the Wind Spoke at Madaket Lucius Shepard
15 Duke Pasquale's Ring Avram Davidson
16 George Washington Slept Here Charles L. Harness
17 Flight Peter Dickinson
18 Talion John Brunner
1987
1 R & R Lucius Shepard
2 Escape from Kathmandu Kim Stanley Robinson
3 Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo John Varley
4 Gilgamesh in the Outback Robert Silverberg
5 Collision James Tiptree, Jr.
6 Spice Pogrom Connie Willis
7 Voice in the Dark Jack McDevitt
8 Good Night, Sweethearts James Tiptree, Jr.
9 As Big as the Ritz Gregory Benford
10 Dydeetown Girl F. Paul Wilson
11 Though the Heavens Fall Harry Turtledove
12 Born from the Beast Vance Aandahl
13 Hotel Mind Slaves Ronald Anthony Cross
14 Eifelheim Michael F. Flynn
15 The Head of Shemesh the Eshurian Avram Davidson
16 Newton Sleep Gregory Benford
1988
1 The Secret Sharer Robert Silverberg
2 The Blind Geometer Kim Stanley Robinson
3 Eye for Eye Orson Scott Card
4 Mother Goddess of the World Kim Stanley Robinson
5 Superwine Harry Turtledove
6 Glass Cloud James Patrick Kelly
7 The Borders of Infinity Lois McMaster Bujold
8 Love Sickness Geoff Ryman
9 The Forest of Time Michael F. Flynn
10 Saving Time Russell M. Griffin
11 Displaced Person Ian Stewart
11 Fugue State John M. Ford
1989
1 The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter Lucius Shepard
2 The Last of the Winnebagos Connie Willis
3 Journals of the Plague Years Norman Spinrad
4 Surfacing Walter Jon Williams
5 The Color of Neanderthal Eyes James Tiptree, Jr.
6 We Are for the Dark Robert Silverberg
7 The Skin Trade George R. R. Martin
8 Cabal Clive Barker
9 The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians Bradley Denton
10 Nomans Land Lucius Shepard
11 Backward, Turn Backward James Tiptree, Jr.
12 Wires F. Paul Wilson
13 Waiting for the Olympians Frederik Pohl
14 Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages Dean R. Koontz
15 Trapping Run Harry Turtledove
16 The Blabber Vernor Vinge
17 La Vie Continue Norman Spinrad
18 The Flies of Memory Ian Watson
19 Dancing Among Ghosts Jim Aikin
20 Fatal Statistics Pauline Ashwell
1990
1 The Father of Stones Lucius Shepard
2 A Dozen Tough Jobs Howard Waldrop
3 Labyrinth Lois McMaster Bujold
4 The Mountains of Mourning Lois McMaster Bujold
5 Pageant Wagon Orson Scott Card
6 Time Out Connie Willis
7 Tiny Tango Judith Moffett
8 The Originist Orson Scott Card
9 Great Work of Time John Crowley
10 In Another Country Robert Silverberg
11 The True Nature of Shangri-La Kim Stanley Robinson
12 No Spot of Ground Walter Jon Williams
13 A Touch of Lavender Megan Lindholm
14 Marîd Changes His Mind George Alec Effinger
15 The Ends of the Earth Lucius Shepard
16 The State of the Art Iain M. Banks
17 Destroyer of Worlds Charles Sheffield
18 Children of the Wind Kate Wilhelm
19 Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana Michael Bishop
20 Red Planet Blues Allen M. Steele
21 The Egg Steven Popkes
22 Re: Generations Mike McQuay
23 Nanoware Time Ian Watson
1991
1 A Short, Sharp Shock Kim Stanley Robinson
2 Heads Greg Bear
3 The Hemingway Hoax Joe Haldeman
4 Bones Pat Murphy
5 Lion Time in Timbuctoo Robert Silverberg
6 Fool to Believe Pat Cadigan
7 Kalimantan Lucius Shepard
8 Skull City Lucius Shepard
9 Elegy for Angels and Dogs Walter Jon Williams
10 Mr. Boy James Patrick Kelly
11 Bully! Mike Resnick
12 Bwana Mike Resnick
13 Naught for Hire John E. Stith
14 Trembling Earth Allen Steele
15 Mammy Morgan Played the Organ, Her Daddy Beat the Drum Michael F. Flynn
16 Weatherman Lois McMaster Bujold
17 The First Since Ancient Persia John Brunner
18 The Cairene Purse Michael Moorcock
1992
1 The Gallery of His Dreams Kristine Kathryn Rusch
2 Beggars in Spain Nancy Kress
3 Griffin's Egg Michael Swanwick
4 Jack Connie Willis
5 Star of the Sea Poul Anderson
6 And Wild for to Hold Nancy Kress
7 Fetish Edward Bryant
8 Desert Rain Pat Murphy and Mark L. Van Name
9 Our Lady of the Harbour Charles de Lint
10 City of Truth James Morrow
11 Outnumbering the Dead Frederik Pohl
12 The Mill Paul Di Filippo
13 Candle Tony Daniel
14 Canso de Fis de Jovent John Barnes
1993
1 Barnacle Bill the Spacer Lucius Shepard
2 Stopping at Slowyear Frederik Pohl
3 Naming the Flowers Kate Wilhelm
4 Cleon the Emperor Isaac Asimov
5 The Territory Bradley Denton
6 Thebes of the Hundred Gates Robert Silverberg
7 Uh-Oh City Jonathan Carroll
8 Deus X Norman Spinrad
9 Resurrection Katharine Kerr
10 Grownups Ian R. MacLeod
11 Protection Maureen F. McHugh
12 Synthesis Mary Rosenblum
13 Death of Reason Tony Daniel
14 The Virgin and the Dinosaur R. Garcia y Robertson
1994
1 Mefisto in Onyx Harlan Ellison
2 Dancing on Air Nancy Kress
3 The Night We Buried Road Dog Jack Cady
4 Flashback Dan Simmons
5 Wall, Stone, Craft Walter Jon Williams
6 Down in the Bottomlands Harry Turtledove
7 An American Childhood Pat Murphy
8 The Ten O'Clock People Stephen King
9 Into the Miranda Rift G. David Nordley
10 Vampire Junkies Norman Spinrad
11 Sister Alice Robert Reed
12 Alien Bootlegger Rebecca Ore
13 A Far Countrie Avram Davidson
14 Ships in the Night Jack McDevitt
15 The Last Castle of Christmas Alexander Jablokov
16 Walt and Emily Paul Di Filippo
17 Testing Charles Oberndorf
1995
1 Forgiveness Day Ursula K. Le Guin
2 Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge Mike Resnick
3 Via Roma Robert Silverberg
4 Cri de Coeur Michael Bishop
5 Soon Comes Night Gregory Benford
6 Les Fleurs Du Mal Brian Stableford
7 Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone Ian McDonald
8 Haunted Humans Nina Kiriki Hoffman
9 Last Summer at Mars Hill Elizabeth Hand
10 The Last Time Lucius Shepard
11 Melodies of the Heart Michael F. Flynn
12 A Fall of Angels, or On the Possibility of Life Under Extreme Conditions Geoff Ryman
13 Remains of Adam A. A. Attanasio
14 Fan Geoff Ryman
15 The Last Plague Gregory Bennett
16 The Madonna of Futurity Brian W. Aldiss
17 Symphony for Skyfall Rick Cook and Peter L. Manly
1996
1 Remake Connie Willis
2 A Man of the People Ursula K. Le Guin
3 A Woman's Liberation Ursula K. Le Guin
4 Fault Lines Nancy Kress
5 Harvest the Fire Poul Anderson
6 The Death of Captain Future Allen Steele
7 The Ziggurat Gene Wolfe
8 Mortimer Gray's "History of Death" Brian Stableford
9 Hottentots Paul Di Filippo
10 Bibi Mike Resnick and Susan Shwartz
11 We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy David Marusek
12 Human History Lucius Shepard
13 At the Eschaton Charles Sheffield
14 Hot Times in Magma City Robert Silverberg
15 Looking for Kelly Dahl Dan Simmons
16 Inherit the Earth Brian Stableford
17 The City of God Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
18 Death in the Promised Land Pat Cadigan
19 Hypocaust & Bathysphere Rebecca Ore
20 De Secretis Mulierum L. Timmel Duchamp
21 The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires Brian Stableford
22 You *Could* Go Home Again Howard Waldrop
23 In Forests Afloat Upon the Sea Daniel Hatch
1997
1 Bellwether Connie Willis
2 Blood of the Dragon George R. R. Martin
3 Human History Lucius Shepard
4 The Unicorn Sonata Peter S. Beagle
5 Kilroy Was Here Jack Cady
6 Gas Fish Mary Rosenblum
7 Immersion Gregory Benford
8 The Tree That Grew from the Sky Robert Silverberg
9 Chrysalis Robert Reed
10 The Cost to Be Wise Maureen F. McHugh
11 Abandon in Place Jerry Oltion
12 The Littlest Jackal Bruce Sterling
13 Verglas Ian R. MacLeod
14 Saddle Point Sequence Stephen Baxter
15 Fugue on a Sunken Continent G. David Nordley
16 Primrose and Thorn Bud Sparhawk
16 Saddle Point Dreamtime Stephen Baxter
1998
1 "... Where Angels Fear to Tread" Allen Steele
2 Giant Bones Peter S. Beagle
3 The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich Fritz Leiber
4 Everything's Eventual Stephen King
5 Marrow Robert Reed
6 The Golden Keeper Ian R. MacLeod
7 The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter S. P. Somtow
8 Ecopoiesis Geoffrey A. Landis
9 A Cold Dry Cradle Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre
10 Messengers of Chaos G. David Nordley
11 Quinn's Deal L. Timmel Duchamp
12 The Black Blood of the Dead Brian Stableford
13 Coppola's Dracula Kim Newman
14 In the Furnace of the Night James Sarafin
15 The Veil of Snows Mark Helprin
16 The Funeral March of the Marionettes Adam-Troy Castro
17 Briar Rose Robert Coover
18 Izzy and the Father of Terror Eliot Fintushel
1999
1 Oceanic Greg Egan
2 Dragonfly Ursula K. Le Guin
3 The Hedge Knight George R. R. Martin
4 The Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil Avram Davidson and Grania Davis
5 The Summer Isles Ian R. MacLeod
6 Aurora in Four Voices Catherine Asaro
7 Get Me to the Church on Time Terry Bisson
8 A Second Chance at Eden Peter F. Hamilton
9 A Princess of Helium R. Garcia y Robertson
10 Story of Your Life Ted Chiang
10 The Colonel in Autumn Robert Silverberg
12 Ancestral Voices Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
13 Reading the Bones Sheila Finch
14 Mother Death Robert Reed
15 Sea Change, with Monsters Paul J. McAuley
16 Jumping Off the Planet David Gerrold
17 Coolhunting Kristine Kathryn Rusch
18 The Days of Solomon Gursky Ian McDonald
19 The Bradshaw Judith Moffett
20 Grist Tony Daniel
21 The Cuckoo's Boys Robert Reed
2000
1 Orphans of the Helix Dan Simmons
2 Crocodile Rock Lucius Shepard
3 The Winds of Marble Arch Connie Willis
4 Old Music and the Slave Women Ursula K. Le Guin
5 The Way of All Ghosts Greg Bear
6 Hunting the Snark Mike Resnick
7 The Actors Eleanor Arnason
8 Argonautica Walter Jon Williams
9 The Executioners' Guild Andy Duncan
10 Baby's Fire Robert Reed
11 Forty, Counting Down Harry Turtledove
11 The Wedding Album David Marusek
13 Son Observe the Time Kage Baker
14 The Exile of Evening Star Allen Steele
15 The Astronaut from Wyoming Adam-Troy Castro and Jerry Oltion
16 Twenty-One, Counting Up Harry Turtledove
17 Hatching the Phoenix Frederik Pohl
18 Andy Warhol's Dracula Kim Newman
19 The Gateway of Eternity Brian Stableford
20 Leningrad Nights Graham Joyce
21 Once Upon a Matter Crushed Wil McCarthy
2001
1 Radiant Green Star Lucius Shepard
2 Oracle Greg Egan
3 Path of the Dragon George R. R. Martin
4 Seventy-Two Letters Ted Chiang
5 Blue Kansas Sky Michael Bishop
6 Savior Nancy Kress
7 Fly-By-Night Larry Niven
8 The Ultimate Earth Jack Williamson
9 Reality Dust Stephen Baxter
10 One-Eyed Jacks and Suicide Kings R. Garcia y Robertson
11 Making History Paul J. McAuley
12 Watching Trees Grow Peter F. Hamilton
13 The Retrieval Artist Kristine Kathryn Rusch
14 Great Wall of Mars Alastair Reynolds
15 The Forest Between the Worlds G. David Nordley
16 Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol Elizabeth Hand
17 Heart of Glass William Barton
18 Crux Albert E. Cowdrey
19 Tendeléo's Story Ian McDonald
20 A Place So Foreign Cory Doctorow
21 The Suspect Genome Peter F. Hamilton
22 Naming of Parts Tim Lebbon
23 The Enclave Lois Tilton
24 To Leuchars Rick Wilber
2002
1 The Finder Ursula K. Le Guin
2 Fast Times at Fairmont High Vernor Vinge
2 The Chief Designer Andy Duncan
4 deck.halls@boughs/holly Connie Willis
5 Eternity and Afterward Lucius Shepard
6 Stealing Alabama Allen Steele
7 New Light on the Drake Equation Ian R. MacLeod
8 Viewpoint Gene Wolfe
9 Yesterday's Tomorrows Kate Wilhelm
10 Karuna, Inc. Paul Di Filippo
11 The Caravan from Troon Kage Baker
12 The Diamond Pit Jack Dann
13 Cleopatra Brimstone Elizabeth Hand
14 Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl's Adam-Troy Castro
15 Glacial Alastair Reynolds
16 May Be Some Time Brenda W. Clough
17 Silent Her Barry B. Longyear
2003
1 The Tain
China Miéville?China Mieville
2 Paradises Lost Ursula K. Le Guin
3 A Year in the Linear City Paul Di Filippo
4 Seven Wild Sisters Charles de Lint
5 Stories for Men John Kessel
6 Riding the Rock Stephen Baxter
7 Breathmoss Ian R. MacLeod
8 The Human Front Ken MacLeod
9 Turquoise Days Alastair Reynolds
10 The Potter of Bones Eleanor Arnason
11 The Political Officer Charles Coleman Finlay
12 Bronte's Egg Richard Chwedyk
12 Over Yonder Lucius Shepard
14 Router Charles Stross
15 The Drive-In Puerto Rico Lucius Shepard
16 Veritas Robert Reed
17 El Dia de los Muertos Brian A. Hopkins
18 Singleton Greg Egan
19 The Least Trumps Elizabeth Hand
20 In Spirit Pat Forde
21 In the Garden of Poisonous Flowers
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
22 Ring Rats R. Garcia y Robertson
23 Unseen Demons Adam-Troy Castro
24 A Speaker for the Wooden Sea Ian Watson
25 Ransom Albert E. Cowdrey
26 Doctor Pretorius and the Lost Temple Paul J. McAuley
27 Jury Service Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
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* The Engine of Desire William Barton
2004
1 The Cookie Monster Vernor Vinge
2 Just Like the Ones We Used to Know Connie Willis
3 The Empress of Mars Kage Baker
4 The Sworn Sword George R. R. Martin
5 Ariel Lucius Shepard
6 The Bone Witch R. Garcia y Robertson
7 Dear Abbey Terry Bisson
8 The Green Leopard Plague Walter Jon Williams
9 Curator Charles Stross
10 Liar's House Lucius Shepard
11 Welcome to Olympus, Mr. Hearst Kage Baker
12 Jailwise Lucius Shepard
13 Off on a Starship William Barton
14 Greetings Terry Bisson
15 In Springdale Town Robert Freeman Wexler
16 The Ice Steven Popkes
17 A Crowd of Bone Greer Gilman
18 The Albertine Notes Rick Moody
19 Awake in the Night John C. Wright
2005
1 Golden City Far Gene Wolfe
2 The Concrete Jungle Charles Stross
3 Sergeant Chip Bradley Denton
4 Viator Lucius Shepard
5 Mayflower II Stephen Baxter
6 Elector Charles Stross
7 The Rapture of the Nerds: Jury Duty and Appeals Court Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
8 The Gorgon in the Cupboard Patricia A. McKillip
9 Shadow Twin Daniel Abraham and Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin
10 Long Voyage Home R. Garcia y Robertson
11 The Wreck of the Godspeed James Patrick Kelly
12 Arabian Wine Gregory Feeley
13 Under the Flag of Night Ian McDowell
14 No Traveller Returns Paul Park
15 The Héloďse Archive L. Timmel Duchamp
16 The Tribes of Bela Albert E. Cowdrey
17 The Bad Hamburger Matthew Jarpe and Jonathan Andrew Sheen
18 Giliad Gregory Feeley
2006
1 Magic for Beginners Kelly Link
2 Inside Job Connie Willis
3 Human Readable Cory Doctorow
4 The Cosmology of the Wider World Jeffrey Ford
5 Burn James Patrick Kelly
6 The Little Goddess Ian McDonald
7 Audubon in Atlantis Harry Turtledove
8 Diving Into the Wreck Kristine Kathryn Rusch
9 The Emperor Lucius Shepard
10 The Diversification of Its Fancy John Barnes
11 The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass Vera Nazarian
12 The Life of Riley Alex Irvine
13 The Imago Sequence Laird Barron
14 The Nursemaid's Suitor Charles Coleman Finlay
15 Winning Mars Jason Stoddard
16 Bank Run Tom Purdom
16 Fishin' with Grandma Matchie Steven Erikson
18 The Gypsies in the Wood Kim Newman
19 Voluntary Commital Joe Hill
20 The Road to Recovery Gregory Frost
2007
1 Missile Gap Charles Stross
2 The Mars Girl Joe Haldeman
3 Lord Weary's Empire Michael Swanwick
4 Botch Town Jeffrey Ford
5 Map of Dreams M. Rickert
6 A Billion Eves Robert Reed
7 The Siege of Earth Stephen Baxter
8 Julian: A Christmas Story Robert Charles Wilson
9 The Plurality of Worlds Brian Stableford
10 The Voyage of Night Shining White Chris Roberson
11 Where the Golden Apples Grow Kage Baker
12 Riding the Crocodile Greg Egan
13 The Walls of the Universe Paul Melko
14 Nightingale Alastair Reynolds
15 Blackburn and the Blade Bradley Denton
16 "The Night Is Fine" the Walrus Said John Barnes
17 The Good Kill Barry B. Longyear
18 Hallucigenia Laird Barron
19 Inclination William Shunn
20 The Revivalist Albert E. Cowdrey
21 Good Mountain Robert Reed
22 Rococo Robert Reed
23 The Lineaments of Gratified Desire Ysabeau S. Wilce
2008
1 After the Siege Cory Doctorow
2 Memorare Gene Wolfe
3 All Seated on the Ground Connie Willis
4 Stars Seen Through Stone Lucius Shepard
5 Muse of Fire Dan Simmons
6 The Master Miller's Tale Ian R. MacLeod
7 Fountain of Age Nancy Kress
8 Illyria Elizabeth Hand
9 Recovering Apollo 8 Kristine Kathryn Rusch
10 The Emperor and the Maula Robert Silverberg
11 Dagger Key Lucius Shepard
12 Hormiga Canyon Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling
13 Dead Money Lucius Shepard
14 The Lees of Laughter's End Steven Erikson
15 The Game Diana Wynne Jones
16 Awakening Judith Berman
17 Of Love and Other Monsters Vandana Singh
18 Womb of Every World Walter Jon Williams
2009
1 Pretty Monsters Kelly Link
2 The Erdmann Nexus Nancy Kress
3 The Tear Ian McDonald
4 Once Upon a Time in the North Philip Pullman
5 True Names Cory Doctorow and Benjamin Rosenbaum
6 The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten Thomas M. Disch
7 The Philosopher's Stone Brian Stableford
8 Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key Kage Baker
9 Truth Robert Reed
10 The Surfer Kelly Link
11 The Hob Carpet Ian R. MacLeod
12 The Man with the Golden Balloon Robert Reed
13 The Political Prisoner Charles Coleman Finlay
14 Mystery Hill Alex Irvine
15 Arkfall Carolyn Ives Gilman
16 Tenbrook of Mars Dean McLaughlin
17 The Overseer Albert E. Cowdrey
2010
1 The Women of Nell Gwynne's Kage Baker
2 Palimpsest Charles Stross
3 Vishnu at the Cat Circus Ian McDonald
4 Act One Nancy Kress
5 Shambling Towards Hiroshima James Morrow
6 Cuckoo Elizabeth Bear and Leah Bobet and Emma Bull
7 Hot Rock Greg Egan
8 The Far End of History John C. Wright
9 A Special Place: The Heart of a Dark Matter Peter Straub
10 Paradiso Lost Albert E. Cowdrey
11 Sea-Hearts Margo Lanagan
12 Crimes and Glory Paul McAuley
13 Sugar Leah Bobet
14 Where the Winds Are All Asleep Michael F. Flynn
15 Horn Peter M. Ball
16 Wives Paul Haines
17 The Wide, Carnivorous Sky John Langan
2011
1 The Lifecycle of Software Objects Ted Chiang
2 Bone and Jewel Creatures Elizabeth Bear
3 The Mystery Knight: A Tale of the Seven Kingdoms George R. R. Martin
4 The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window Rachel Swirsky
5 Troika Alastair Reynolds
6 The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon Elizabeth Hand
7 The Sultan of the Clouds Geoffrey A. Landis
8 The Taborin Scale Lucius Shepard
9 A History of Terraforming Robert Reed
10 Dead Man's Run Robert Reed
11 Chicken Little Cory Doctorow
12 Mammoths of the Great Plains Eleanor Arnason
13 Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance Paul Park
14 A Glimpse of the Marvellous Structure (and the Threat It Entails) Sean Williams
15 Cloud Permutations Lavie Tidhar
16 The Rift John G. Hemry
17 Seven Cities of Gold David Moles
18 Jackie's-Boy Steven Popkes
2012
1 Silently and Very Fast Catherynne M. Valente
2 The Man Who Bridged the Mist Kij Johnson
3 Kiss Me Twice Mary Robinette Kowal
4 The Ants of Flanders Robert Reed
5 The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs James P. Blaylock
6 The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine Peter Straub
7 The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary Ken Liu
8 The Ice Owl Carolyn Ives Gilman
9 Gravity Dreams Stephen Baxter
10 The Men from Porlock Laird Barron
11 Near Zennor Elizabeth Hand
12 The Adakian Eagle Bradley Denton
13 Rampion Alexandra Duncan
14 Blue and Gold K. J. Parker
15 A Brood of Foxes Kristin Livdahl
2013
1 After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall Nancy Kress
2 The Stars Do Not Lie Jay Lake
3 The Boolean Gate Walter Jon Williams
4 In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns Elizabeth Bear
5 On a Red Station, Drifting Aliette de Bodard
6 Gods of Risk James S. A. Corey
7 Hand of Glory Laird Barron
8 Murder Born Robert Reed
9 Let Maps to Others K. J. Parker
10 Eater-of-Bone Robert Reed
11 Katabasis Robert Reed
12 The Weight of History, the Lightness of the Future Jay Lake
13 The Last Judgment James Patrick Kelly
14 Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow" Michael Bishop
15 Sky Kaaron Warren
16 Maze of Shadows Fred Chappell
17 The Moon Belongs to Everyone Michael Alexander and K. C. Ball
18 The Mongolian Book of the Dead Alan Smale
2014
1 Six-Gun Snow White Catherynne M. Valente
2 Wakulla Springs Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages
3 The Princess and the Queen, or, The Blacks and the Greens George R. R. Martin
4 Black Helicopters
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
5 Precious Mental Robert Reed
6 Rock of Ages Jay Lake
7 The Queen of Eyes Rachel Pollack
8 Feral Moon Alexander Jablokov
9 Iseul's Lexicon Yoon Ha Lee
10 The Weight of the Sunrise Vylar Kaftan
11 Spin Nina Allan
12 The Home for Broken Dolls Kirstyn McDermott
13 The Mummy's Heart Norman Partridge
2015
1 Yesterday's Kin Nancy Kress
2 The Lightning Tree Patrick Rothfuss
3 We Are All Completely Fine Daryl Gregory
4 The Regular Ken Liu
5 The Man Who Sold the Moon Cory Doctorow
6 The Mothers of Voorhisville Mary Rickert
7 Grand Jeté (The Great Leap) Rachel Swirsky
8 The Things We Do for Love K. J. Parker
9 The Madonna and the Starship James Morrow
10 Dream Houses Genevieve Valentine
11 The Adventure of the Ring of Stones James P. Blaylock
12 Entanglement Vandana Singh
13 Kur-a-Len Lavie Tidhar
14 The Black Sun Lewis Shiner
15 Where the Trains Turn (translation of Missä junat kääntyvät)
Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen?Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
16 The Slow Regard of Silent Things Patrick Rothfuss
17 Children of the Fang John Langan
2016
1 Slow Bullets Alastair Reynolds
2 Penric's Demon Lois McMaster Bujold
3 Binti Nnedi Okorafor
4 The Citadel of Weeping Pearls Aliette de Bodard
5 The Four Thousand, The Eight Hundred Greg Egan
6 The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn Usman T. Malik
7 Waters of Versailles Kelly Robson
8 Teaching the Dog to Read Jonathan Carroll
9 Gypsy Carter Scholz
10 The Bone Swans of Amandale C. S. E. Cooney
11 The New Mother Eugene Fischer
12 Inhuman Garbage Kristine Kathryn Rusch
13 The Vital Abyss James S. A. Corey
14 Fear of the Unknown and Self-Loathing in Hollywood Nick Cole
15 The Last Witness Tom Holt
16 Perfect State Brandon Sanderson
17 The Visible Filth Nathan Ballingrud
18 Johnny Rev Rachel Pollack
19 The Two Paupers C. S. E. Cooney
20 The Strangers Robert Aickman
2017
1 Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire
2 The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe Kij Johnson
3 The Ballad of Black Tom Victor LaValle
4 This Census-Taker
China Miéville?China Mieville
5 A Taste of Honey Kai Ashante Wilson
6 The Dispatcher John Scalzi
7 The Iron Tactician Alastair Reynolds
8 The Lost Child of Lychford Paul Cornell
9 Hammers on Bone Cassandra Khaw
10 Pirate Utopia Bruce Sterling
11 The Vanishing Kind Lavie Tidhar
12 The Devil You Know K. J. Parker
13 The Charge and the Storm An Owomoyela
2018
1 All Systems Red Martha Wells
2 Binti: Home Nnedi Okorafor
3 Down Among the Sticks and Bones Seanan McGuire
4 Passing Strange Ellen Klages
5 River of Teeth Sarah Gailey
6 The Black Tides of Heaven JY Yang
7 And Then There Were (N – One) Sarah Pinsker
8 In Calabria Peter S. Beagle
9 The Red Threads of Fortune JY Yang
10 Agents of Dreamland
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
11 Acadie Dave Hutchinson
12 The Twilight Pariah Jeffrey Ford
13 Mightier Than the Sword Tom Holt
14 Mapping the Interior Stephen Graham Jones
15 A Song for Quiet Cassandra Khaw
16 The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion Margaret Killjoy
17 Prime Meridian Silvia Moreno-Garcia
18 Fallow Sofia Samatar
19 The Process Is a Process All Its Own Peter Straub
20 Proof of Concept Gwyneth Jones
21 The Border State Christopher Rowe
22 The Martian Job Jaine Fenn
23 Lost in the Dark John Langan
24 The Adventure of the Incognita Countess Cynthia Ward
2019
1 Artificial Condition Martha Wells
2 The Tea Master and the Detective Aliette de Bodard
3 Rogue Protocol Martha Wells
4 Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach Kelly Robson
5 The Black God's Drums
P. Djčlí Clark?P. Djeli Clark
6 Time Was Ian McDonald
7 The Descent of Monsters JY Yang
8 Black Helicopters
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
9 The Freeze-Frame Revolution Peter Watts
10 Umbernight Carolyn Ives Gilman
11 Requiem Vandana Singh
12 The Dragon's Child Janeen Webb
13 Freezing Rain, a Chance of Falling L. X. Beckett
2020
1 This Is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
2 The Haunting of Tram Car 015
P. Djčlí Clark?P. Djeli Clark
3 To Be Taught, If Fortunate Becky Chambers
4 Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom Ted Chiang
5 The Deep Rivers Solomon
6 Permafrost Alastair Reynolds
7 A Time to Reap Elizabeth Bear
8 Desdemona and the Deep C. S. E. Cooney
9 The Ascent to Godhood JY Yang
10 The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday Saad Z. Hossain
11 Sisters of the Vast Black Lina Rather
12 Radicalized Cory Doctorow
13 Glass Cannon Yoon Ha Lee
14 The Fire Opal Mechanism Fran Wilde
15 Unauthorized Bread Cory Doctorow
16 The Menace from Farside Ian McDonald
17 Of Birthdays, and Fungus, and Kindness Aliette de Bodard
18 New Atlantis Lavie Tidhar
19 Vigilance Robert Jackson Bennett
20 My Beautiful Life K. J. Parker
21 Longer Michael Blumlein
22 Waterlines Suzanne Palmer
23 Miranda in Milan Katharine Duckett
24 The Butcher's Table Nathan Ballingrud
25 Alice Payne Rides Kate Heartfield
26 Ormeshadow Priya Sharma
27 The Work of Wolves Tegan Moore
28 Into Bones Like Oil Kaaron Warren
29 Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water Vylar Kaftan
2021
1 Ring Shout; or, Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times
P. Djčlí Clark?P. Djeli Clark
2 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi
3 The Empress of Salt and Fortune Nghi Vo
4 Upright Women Wanted Sarah Gailey
5 Come Tumbling Down Seanan McGuire
6 The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water Zen Cho
7 Seven of Infinities Aliette de Bodard
8 Finna Nino Cipri
9 The Four Profound Weaves R. B. Lemberg
10 Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders Aliette de Bodard
11 Drowned Country Emily Tesh
12 Sea Change Nancy Kress
13 Night of the Mannequins Stephen Graham Jones
14 Dispersion Greg Egan
15 Out of Body Jeffrey Ford
16 Prosper's Demon K. J. Parker
17 Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald
18 Flyaway Kathleen Jennings
19 Yellow Jessamine Caitlin Starling
2022
1 Fugitive Telemetry Martha Wells
2 A Psalm for the Wild-Built Becky Chambers
3 Fireheart Tiger Aliette de Bodard
4 A Spindle Splintered Alix E. Harrow
5 Remote Control Nnedi Okorafor
6 The Past Is Red Catherynne M. Valente
7 Comfort Me with Apples Catherynne M. Valente
8 Defekt Nino Cipri
9 A Blessing of Unicorns Elizabeth Bear
10 The Return of the Sorceress Silvia Moreno-Garcia
11 The Album of Dr. Moreau Daryl Gregory
12 A Canticle for Lost Girls Isabel Yap
13 And What Can We Offer You Tonight Premee Mohamed
14 The Annual Migration of Clouds Premee Mohamed
15 Sleep and the Soul Greg Egan
16 The Dark Ride John Kessel
17 The Necessity of Stars E. Catherine Tobler
18 In the Watchful City S. Qiouyi Lu
19 Flowers for the Sea Zin E. Rocklyn
20 The Secret Skin Wendy N. Wagner
21 And This Is How to Stay Alive Shingai Njeri Kagunda
23 Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma R. S. A. Garcia
24 The Abomination Nuzo Onoh
25 A Rocket for Dimitrios Ray Nayler
26 The Giants of the Violet Sea Eugenia Triantafyllou
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