The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection

Titles in bold are on the Classics of Science Fiction Short Stories v2 list.

Title Author/Editor Year↥ Citations Reviews
"Dinner in Audoghast" Bruce Sterling 1985
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2007Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
"Dogfight" Michael Swanwick,  William Gibson 1985
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
"Duke Pasquale's Ring" Avram Davidson 1985
1
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Fermi and Frost" Frederik Pohl 1985
3
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1986The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Flying Saucer Rock & Roll" Howard Waldrop 1985
5
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Fringe" Orson Scott Card 1985
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Green Days in Brunei" Bruce Sterling 1985
4
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Green Mars" Kim Stanley Robinson 1985
5
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"The Jaguar Hunter" Lucius Shepard 1985
4
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
"The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things" Karen Joy Fowler 1985
3
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Magazine Section" R. A. Lafferty 1985
1
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"More Than The Sum Of His Parts" Joe Haldeman 1985
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Only Neat Thing to Do" James Tiptree, Jr. 1985
8
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Out of All Them Bright Stars" Nancy Kress 1985
6
Nebula Award - Story Winner
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
"Paper Dragons" James P. Blaylock 1985
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Roadside Rescue" Pat Cadigan 1985
2
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Rockabye Baby" S. C. Sykes 1985
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Sailing to Byzantium" Robert Silverberg 1985
11
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Gardner Dozois Recommended Short Stories
1986The 1986 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1986Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1994Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2007The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2019Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories
"Side Effects" Walter Jon Williams 1985
1
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Snow" John Crowley 1985
8
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1986Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"Solstice" James Patrick Kelly 1985
1
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"A Spanish Lesson" Lucius Shepard 1985
2
1986Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 edited by Terry Carr
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Under Siege" George R. R. Martin 1985
1
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The War at Home" Lewis Shiner 1985
2
1986The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
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