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• A Flock of Birds • (2002) • short story by James Van Pelt
• Agent Provocateur • (2002) • short story by Alex Irvine [as by Alexander Irvine]
• At the Money • (2002) • novelette by Richard Wadholm
• Breathmoss • [Breathmoss Universe] • (2002) • novella by Ian R. MacLeod
• Coelacanths • (2002) • novelette by Robert Reed
• Halo • [Macx Family • 4] • (2002) • novelette by Charles Stross
• Honorable Mentions: 2002 • (2003) • essay by Gardner Dozois
• In Paradise • (2002) • short story by Bruce Sterling
• Lambing Season • (2002) • short story by Molly Gloss
• Presence • (2002) • novelette by Maureen F. McHugh
• Singleton • (2002) • novella by Greg Egan
• Slow Life • (2002) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Stories for Men • (2002) • novella by John Kessel
• Summation: 2002 • (2003) • essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Clear Blue Seas of Luna • (2002) • novelette by Gregory Benford
• The Hotel at Harlan's Landing • [The Company Short Fiction] • (2002) • short story by Kage Baker
• The Millennium Party • (2002) • short story by Walter Jon Williams (variant of Millennium Party)
• The Most Famous Little Girl in the World • (2002) • novelette by Nancy Kress
• The Old Cosmonaut and the Construction Worker Dream of Mars • (2002) • novelette by Ian McDonald
• The Passenger • [The Quiet War] • (2002) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• The Political Officer • (2002) • novella by Charles Coleman Finlay
• The Potter of Bones • [Hwarhath] • (2002) • novella by Eleanor Arnason
• The Whisper of Disks • (2002) • novelette by John Meaney (variant of The Whisper of Discs)
• To Become a Warrior • (2002) • short story by Chris Beckett
• Turquoise Days • [Revelation Space] • (2002) • novella by Alastair Reynolds
• V.A.O. • (2002) • novella by Geoff Ryman
• Winters Are Hard • (2002) • novelette by Steven Popkes