Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 7 • Introduzione (Lo scudo di Marte) • essay by Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell (trans. of Introduction (Year's Best SF 8) 2003)
• 11 • In Paradiso • short fiction by Bruce Sterling (trans. of In Paradise 2002)
• 23 • Vita lenta • novelette by Michael Swanwick (trans. of Slow Life 2002)
• 48 • Poemi dei Knapsack • [Goxhat] • short story by Eleanor Arnason (trans. of Knapsack Poems 2002)
• 69 • Una storia su Dorado • short story by Geoffrey A. Landis (trans. of At Dorado 2002)
• 83 • Celacanti • novelette by Robert Reed (trans. of Coelacanths 2002)
• 110 • Correzione di volo • short story by Ken Wharton (trans. of Flight Correction 2002)
• 133 • Scarpe • short story by Robert Sheckley (trans. of Shoes 2002)
• 141 • Il colpo dei diamanti • short story by Charles Sheffield (trans. of The Diamond Drill 2002)
• 145 • Le stagioni degli Ansarac • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin (trans. of The Seasons of the Ansarac 2002)
• 163 • Poche parole gentili per A.E. Van Vogt • poem by Richard Chwedyk (trans. of A Few Kind Words for A. E. Van Vogt 2002)
• 166 • Aureola • [Macx Family • 4] • novelette by Charles Stross (trans. of Halo 2002)
• 208 • Ho visto la luce • short story by Terry Bisson (trans. of I Saw the Light 2002)
• 224 • Un giorno tranquillo alla galleria • short story by A. M. Dellamonica (trans. of A Slow Day at the Gallery 2002)
• 241 • Ailoura • novelette by Paul Di Filippo (trans. of Ailoura 2002)
• 275 • I nomi di tutti gli spiriti • short story by J. R. Dunn (trans. of The Names of All the Spirits 2002)
• 301 • Nonna • short story by Carol Emshwiller (trans. of Grandma 2002)
• 309 • Neve nel deserto • [Polity Universe] • novelette by Neal Asher (trans. of Snow in the Desert 2002)
• 340 • Singleton • novella by Greg Egan (trans. of Singleton 2002)
• 402 • Geropodi • short story by Robert Onopa (trans. of Geropods 2002)
• 417 • L'aldilà • short story by Jack Williamson (trans. of Afterlife 2002)
• 434 • Gli scudi di Marte • short story by Gene Wolfe (trans. of Shields of Mars 2002)
• 447 • Violazione di brevetto • short story by Nancy Kress (trans. of Patent Infringement 2002)
• 454 • La cittadella silente della sacerdotessa marziana • novelette by Michael Moorcock (trans. of Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel 2002)