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• vii • Introduction (The 1990 Annual World's Best SF) • (1990) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
• 1 • Alphas • (1989) • novelette by Gregory Benford
• 32 • The Magic Bullet • (1989) • novelette by Brian Stableford
• 52 • North of the Abyss • (1989) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• 80 • Chiprunner • (1989) • short story by Robert Silverberg (variant of Chip Runner)
• 95 • Abe Lincoln in McDonald's • (1989) • short story by James Morrow
• 106 • Death Ship • (1989) • short story by Barrington J. Bayley
• 121 • In Translation • (1989) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
• 140 • A Sleep and a Forgetting • (1989) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 161 • Not Without Honor • (1989) • novelette by Judith Moffett
• 188 • Dogwalker • (1989) • novelette by Orson Scott Card
• 214 • Surrender • (1989) • novelette by Lucius Shepard
• 235 • War Fever • (1989) • novelette by J. G. Ballard