| "Second Person, Present Tense" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Daryl Gregory
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Beyond the Aquila Rift" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alastair Reynolds
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             | 2012 | Locus All Centuries Poll | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "I, Robot" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Cory Doctorow
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                             | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | Science Fiction: The Very Best of 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Albian Message" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Oliver Morton
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Angel of Light" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Joe Haldeman
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Case of Consilience" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ken MacLeod
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Deus Ex Homine" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Hannu Rajaniemi
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Edge of Nowhere" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Patrick Kelly
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2006 | Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition edited by Rich Horton | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Ikiryoh" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Liz Williams
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Third Day Lights" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Alaya Dawn Johnson
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Toy Planes" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Tobias S. Buckell
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "And Future King …" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Adam Roberts
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Bright Red Star" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Bud Sparhawk
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "City of Reason" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Matthew Jarpe
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Dreadnought" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Justina Robson
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Forever Kitten" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Peter F. Hamilton
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Michael Swanwick
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Guadaloupe and Heironymous Bosch" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Rudy Rucker
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "I Love Liver: A Romance" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Larissa Lai
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Ivory Tower" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Bruce Sterling
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Lakes of Light" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Stephen Baxter
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Mason's Rats" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Neal Asher
                              
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "A Modest Proposal" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Vonda N. McIntyre
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "New Hope for the Dead" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                David Langford
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "On the Brane" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gregory Benford
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Oxygen Rising" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                R. Garcia y Robertson
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "RAM Shift Phase 2" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Greg Bear
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Rats of the System" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Paul J. McAuley
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Sheila" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Lauren McLaughlin
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "What's Expected of Us" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ted Chiang
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "When the Great Days Came" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gardner Dozois
                              
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                        2005 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2006 | Year's Best SF 11 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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