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Best New SF 2

Gardner Dozois

First published 1988
Publisher Robinson
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Ian Craig
Pages xxv+678
Price £5.95
ISBN 0948164778

  • "Published in the USA as The Year's Best Science Fiction, Fifth Annual Collection" from copyright page.
  • Month from Locus1.

Year Reviewer Publication
1988 Andy Sawyer Paperback Inferno, #75
1989 Maureen Porter Vector 148

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Rachel in Love Pat Murphy Novelette
28 Dream Baby Bruce McAllister Novelette
57 Flowers of Edo Bruce Sterling Novelette
80 Forever Yours, Anna Kate Wilhelm Short Story
93 At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball Alexander Jablokov Novelette
119 Dinosaurs Walter Jon Williams Novelette
143 The Temporary King Paul J. McAuley Novelette
165 Perpetuity Blues Neal Barrett, Jr. Novelette
193 Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight Ursula K. Le Guin Novelette
220 The Pardoner's Tale Robert Silverberg Short Story
240 Glass Cloud James Patrick Kelly Novelette
280 The Evening and the Morning and the Night Octavia E. Butler Novelette
303 Night of the Cooters Howard Waldrop Short Story
322 Angel Pat Cadigan Short Story
338 Shades Lucius Shepard Novelette
369 The Faithful Companion at Forty Karen Joy Fowler Short Story
378 Candle in a Cosmic Wind Joseph Manzione Novelette
413 The Emir's Clock Ian Watson Short Story
428 Ever After Susan Palwick Novelette
449 The Forest of Time Michael Flynn Novella
495 The Million-Dollar Wound Dean Whitlock Short Story
505 The Moon of Popping Trees R. Garcia y Robertson Novelette
536 Diner Neal Barrett, Jr. Short Story
551 All the Hues of Hell Gene Wolfe Short Story
564 Halley's Passing Michael McDowell Short Story
580 America Orson Scott Card Novelette
605 For Thus Do I Remember Carthage Michael Bishop Short Story
622 Mother Goddess of the World Kim Stanley Robinson Novella
675 Honorable Mentions: 1987 Gardner Dozois Essay
xiii Introduction: Summation: 1987 Gardner Dozois Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Best New SF 2 Cover 1988 Robinson Hardcover Anthology Ian Craig xxv+678