The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection

Contents ix • Introduction: Summation: 1986 • essay by Gardner Dozois1 • R & R • (1986) • novella by Lucius Shepard67 • Hatrack River • [The Alvin Maker Saga] • (1986) • novelette by Orson Scott Card91 • Strangers on Paradise • (1986) • shortstory by Damon Knight (aka Strangers in Paradise)105 • Pretty Boy Crossover • (1986) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan115 • Against Babylon • (1986) • novelette by Robert Silverberg133 • Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes • (1986) • novelette by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul ]155 • Into Gold • (1986) • novelette by Tanith Lee181 • Sea Change • (1986) • shortstory by Scott Baker198 • Covenant of Souls • (1986) • novelette by Michael Swanwick229 • The Pure Product • (1986) • novelette by John Kessel247 • Grave Angels • (1986) • novelette by Richard Kearns274 • Tangents • (1986) • shortstory by Greg Bear289 • The Beautiful and the Sublime • (1986) • novelette by Bruce Sterling314 • Tattoos • (1986) • novelette by Jack Dann333 • Night Moves • (1986) • novelette by Tim Powers352 • The Prisoner of Chillon • (1986) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly384 • Chance • (1986) • novelette by Connie Willis411 • And so to Bed • (1986) • shortstory by Harry Turtledove425 • Fair Game • (1986) • novelette by Howard Waldrop439 • Video Star • (1986) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams469 • Sallie C. • (1986) • shortstory by Neal Barrett, Jr.490 • Jeff Beck • (1986) • shortstory by Lewis Shiner499 • Surviving • (1986) • novelette by Judith Moffett529 • Down and Out in the Year 2000 • (1986) • shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson544 • Snake-Eyes • (1986) • shortstory by Tom Maddox562 • The Gate of Ghosts • (1986) • novelette by Karen Joy Fowler581 • The Winter Market • (1985) • novelette by William Gibson599 • Honorable Mentions: 1986 • essay by Gardner Dozois