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• Summation: 2012 • (2013) • essay by Gardner Dozois
• Weep for Day • (2012) • novelette by Indrapramit Das
• The Man • [Jackaroo] • (2012) • short story by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• The Stars Do Not Lie • (2012) • novella by Jay Lake
• The Memcordist • [Solar System] • (2012) • short story by Lavie Tidhar
• The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi • (2012) • novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Holmes Sherlock • [Hwarhath] • (2012) • novelette by Eleanor Arnason (variant of Holmes Sherlock: A Hwarhath Mystery)
• Nightfall on the Peak of Eternal Light • (2012) • novella by William Gleason and Richard A. Lovett
• Close Encounters • (2012) • novelette by Andy Duncan
• The Finite Canvas • (2012) • novelette by Lee Mandelo [as by Brit Mandelo]
• Steamgothic • (2012) • novelette by Sean McMullen
• In the House of Aryaman, a Lonely Signal Burns • [Sub-Inspector Ferron Mysteries • 1] • (2012) • novella by Elizabeth Bear
• Macy Minnot's Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler's Green, the Potter's Garden • [The Quiet War] • (2012) • short story by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow" • (2012) • novella by Michael Bishop
• Astrophilia • [The Bannerless Saga] • (2012) • novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• What Did Tessimond Tell You? • (2012) • short story by Adam Roberts
• Old Paint • (2012) • novelette by Robin Hobb [as by Megan Lindholm]
• Chitai Heiki Koronbin • (2012) • short story by David Moles
• Katabasis • [The Great Ship Universe] • (2012) • novella by Robert Reed
• The Water Thief • (2012) • short story by Alastair Reynolds
• Nightside on Callisto • [The Red (Linda Nagata)] • (2012) • short story by Linda Nagata
• Under the Eaves • [Central Station] • (2012) • short story by Lavie Tidhar
• Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected • (2012) • novella by Steven Popkes
• Fireborn • (2012) • short story by Robert Charles Wilson
• Ruminations in an Alien Tongue • (2012) • short story by Vandana Singh
• Tyche and the Ants • (2012) • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi
• The Wreck of the "Charles Dexter Ward" • [Boojum] • (2012) • novelette by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette
• Invisible Men • (2012) • short story by Christopher Barzak
• Ship's Brother • [Universe of Xuya] • (2012) • short story by Aliette de Bodard
• Eater-of-Bone • [The Great Ship Universe • 2.5] • (2012) • novella by Robert Reed
• Honorable Mentions: 2012 • (2013) • essay by Gardner Dozois