The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection

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

Title Author/Editor Year Citations↥ Reviews
"At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball" Alexander Jablokov 1987
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1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Candle in a Cosmic Wind" Joseph Manzione 1987
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1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Diner" Neal Barrett, Jr. 1987
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1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Emir's Clock" Ian Watson 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Ever After" Susan Palwick 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"For Thus Do I Remember Carthage" Michael Bishop 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Glass Cloud" James Patrick Kelly 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Halley's Passing" Michael McDowell 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Million-Dollar Wound" Dean Whitlock 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Moon of Popping Trees" R. Garcia y Robertson 1987
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1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Perpetuity Blues" Neal Barrett, Jr. 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Shades" Lucius Shepard 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Temporary King" Paul J. McAuley 1987
1
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"All the Hues of Hell" Gene Wolfe 1987
2
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Forest of Time" Michael F. Flynn 1987
2
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Mother Goddess of the World" Kim Stanley Robinson 1987
2
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Night of the Cooters" Howard Waldrop 1987
2
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Pardoner's Tale" Robert Silverberg 1987
2
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"America" Orson Scott Card 1987
3
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Dream Baby" Bruce McAllister 1987
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Evening and the Morning and the Night" Octavia E. Butler 1987
3
Sturgeon finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Flowers of Edo" Bruce Sterling 1987
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Dinosaurs" Walter Jon Williams 1987
4
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Faithful Companion at Forty" Karen Joy Fowler 1987
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
"Angel" Pat Cadigan 1987
6
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Forever Yours, Anna" Kate Wilhelm 1987
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
"Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" Ursula K. Le Guin 1987
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Sturgeon finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Rachel in Love" Pat Murphy 1987
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon winner
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1988The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999Locus All Time Poll
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
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
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