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• ix • Acknowledgments (The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy) • essay by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan
• xi • Introduction (The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy) • essay by Charles N. Brown and Jonathan Strahan
• 3 • The Death of Doctor Island • [Archipelago] • (1973) • novella by Gene Wolfe (variant of The Death of Dr. Island)
• 56 • The Day Before the Revolution • [Hainish] • (1974) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 71 • Jeffty Is Five • (1977) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 91 • The Persistence of Vision • (1978) • novella by John Varley
• 137 • The Way of Cross and Dragon • [Thousand Worlds] • (1979) • novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 155 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ
• 199 • Bloodchild • (1984) • novelette by Octavia E. Butler [as by Octavia Butler]
• 218 • The Only Neat Thing to Do • [Rift] • (1985) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 268 • Rachel in Love • (1987) • novelette by Pat Murphy
• 296 • The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter • [Griaule] • (1988) • novella by Lucius Shepard
• 363 • Bears Discover Fire • (1990) • short story by Terry Bisson
• 374 • Buffalo • (1991) • short story by John Kessel
• 392 • Even the Queen • (1992) • short story by Connie Willis
• 409 • Gone • (1996) • short story by John Crowley
• 422 • Maneki Neko • (1998) • short story by Bruce Sterling
• 441 • Border Guards • (1999) • novelette by Greg Egan
• 465 • Hell Is the Absence of God • (2001) • novelette by Ted Chiang
• 490 • October in the Chair • (2002) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 503 • Previous Winners (The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy) • essay by uncredited