The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection

Contents 13 • Introduction: Summation: 1985 • essay by Gardner Dozois27 • The Jaguar Hunter • (1985) • novelette by Lucius Shepard50 • Dogfight • (1985) • novelette by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson69 • Fermi and Frost • (1985) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl84 • Green Days in Brunei • (1985) • novella by Bruce Sterling129 • Snow • (1985) • shortstory by John Crowley144 • The Fringe • [The Mormon Sea] • (1985) • novelette by Orson Scott Card166 • The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things • (1985) • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler178 • Sailing to Byzantium • (1985) • novella by Robert Silverberg232 • Solstice • (1985) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly265 • Duke Pasquale's Ring • [Doctor Eszterhazy] • (1985) • novella by Avram Davidson304 • More Than the Sum of His Parts • (1985) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman320 • Out of All Them Bright Stars • (1985) • shortstory by Nancy Kress327 • Side Effects • (1985) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams355 • The Only Neat Thing to Do • [Rift] • (1985) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.402 • Dinner in Audoghast • (1985) • shortstory by Bruce Sterling414 • Under Siege • (1985) • novelette by George R. R. Martin441 • Flying Saucer Rock & Roll • (1985) • novelette by Howard Waldrop459 • A Spanish Lesson • (1985) • novelette by Lucius Shepard486 • Roadside Rescue • (1985) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan494 • Paper Dragons • (1985) • novelette by James P. Blaylock510 • Magazine Section • (1985) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty522 • The War at Home • (1985) • shortstory by Lewis Shiner526 • Rockabye Baby • (1985) • novelette by S. C. Sykes551 • Green Mars • (1985) • novella by Kim Stanley Robinson620 • Honorable Mentions: 1985 • essay by Gardner Dozois