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• xi • Introduction (Year's Best SF 11) • (2006) • essay by Kathryn Cramer and David G. Hartwell
• 1 • New Hope for the Dead • (2005) • short story by David Langford
• 5 • Deus Ex Homine • (2005) • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi
• 22 • When the Great Days Came • (2005) • short story by Gardner Dozois [as by Gardner R. Dozois]
• 29 • Second Person, Present Tense • (2005) • novelette by Daryl Gregory
• 54 • Dreadnought • (2005) • short story by Justina Robson
• 58 • A Case of Consilience • (2005) • short story by Ken MacLeod
• 73 • Toy Planes • (2005) • short story by Tobias S. Buckell
• 77 • Mason's Rats • [Mason's Rats] • (1992) • short story by Neal Asher
• 85 • A Modest Proposal • (2005) • short story by Vonda N. McIntyre
• 89 • Guadalupe and Hieronymus Bosch • (2005) • short story by Rudy Rucker
• 106 • The Forever Kitten • (2005) • short story by Peter F. Hamilton
• 111 • City of Reason • [Homesteader / Coordinator Group • 3] • (2005) • novelette by Matthew Jarpe
• 136 • Ivory Tower • (2005) • short story by Bruce Sterling
• 140 • Sheila • (2005) • short story by Lauren McLaughlin
• 156 • Rats of the System • (2005) • short story by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 176 • I Love Liver: A Romance • (2005) • short story by Larissa Lai
• 180 • The Edge of Nowhere • (2005) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• 207 • What's Expected of Us • (2005) • short story by Ted Chiang
• 211 • Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play • [Darger and Surplus • 3] • (2005) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 241 • Lakes of Light • [Xeelee] • (2005) • novelette by Stephen Baxter
• 262 • The Albian Message • (2005) • short story by Oliver Morton
• 266 • Bright Red Star • (2005) • short story by Bud Sparhawk
• 281 • Third Day Lights • (2005) • novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson
• 305 • RAM Shift Phase 2 • (2005) • short story by Greg Bear
• 310 • On the Brane • (2004) • novelette by Gregory Benford
• 330 • Oxygen Rising • (2005) • novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
• 377 • And Future King ... • (2005) • short story by Adam Roberts
• 387 • Beyond the Aquila Rift • (2005) • novelette by Alastair Reynolds
• 425 • Angel of Light • (2005) • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 435 • Ikiryoh • (2005) • short story by Liz Williams
• 448 • I, Robot • (2005) • novelette by Cory Doctorow