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• xi • Summation: 2002 • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 1 • Breathmoss • [Breathmoss Universe] • (2002) • novella by Ian R. MacLeod
• 65 • The Most Famous Little Girl in the World • (2002) • novelette by Nancy Kress
• 88 • The Passenger • [The Quiet War] • (2002) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 117 • The Political Officer • (2002) • novella by Charles Coleman Finlay
• 167 • Lambing Season • (2002) • short story by Molly Gloss
• 179 • Coelacanths • (2002) • novelette by Robert Reed
• 203 • Presence • (2002) • novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• 228 • Halo • [Macx Family • 4] • (2002) • novelette by Charles Stross
• 263 • In Paradise • (2002) • short story by Bruce Sterling
• 274 • The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars • (2002) • novelette by Ian McDonald
• 301 • Stories for Men • (2002) • novella by John Kessel
• 374 • To Become a Warrior • (2002) • short story by Chris Beckett
• 387 • The Clear Blue Seas of Luna • (2002) • novelette by Gregory Benford
• 418 • V.A.O. • (2002) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
• 452 • Winters Are Hard • (2002) • novelette by Steven Popkes
• 480 • At the Money • (2002) • novelette by Richard Wadholm
• 514 • Agent Provocateur • (2002) • short story by Alex Irvine [as by Alexander Irvine]
• 526 • Singleton • (2002) • novella by Greg Egan
• 576 • Slow Life • (2002) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 599 • A Flock of Birds • (2002) • short story by James Van Pelt
• 617 • The Potter of Bones • [Hwarhath] • (2002) • novella by Eleanor Arnason
• 663 • The Whisper of Disks • (2002) • novelette by John Meaney (variant of The Whisper of Discs)
• 699 • The Hotel at Harlan's Landing • [The Company short fiction] • (2002) • short story by Kage Baker
• 712 • The Millennium Party • (2002) • short story by Walter Jon Williams (variant of Millennium Party)
• 715 • Turquoise Days • [Revelation Space] • (2002) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
• 789 • Honorable Mentions: 2002 • essay by Gardner Dozois