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• vii • Introduction (The 1986 Annual World's Best SF) • (1986) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
• 1 • Earthgate • [The Expediter • 2] • (1985) • novelette by J. Brian Clarke
• 41 • On the Dream Channel Panel • (1985) • short story by Ian Watson
• 56 • The Gods of Mars • (1985) • novelette by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
• 77 • The Jaguar Hunter • (1985) • novelette by Lucius Shepard
• 101 • Sailing to Byzantium • (1985) • novella by Robert Silverberg
• 159 • Webrider • (1985) • short story by Jayge Carr
• 173 • With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole • [Medea] • (1985) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 190 • The Curse of Kings • (1985) • novella by Connie Willis
• 233 • Fermi and Frost • (1985) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 248 • Pots • (1985) • novelette by C. J. Cherryh