The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection

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

Title Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews↧
"Bears Discover Fire" Terry Bisson 1990
16
Sturgeon winner
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2001Masterpieces edited by Orson Scott Card
2004The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Brown & Strahan
2005The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2011Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2022Hugo Award Hindsight by Dave Hook
2024Rich Horton - SF Hall of Fame 1989-2018 - Short Stories
"The All-Consuming" Lucius Shepard,  Robert Frazier 1990
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"And the Angels Sing" Kate Wilhelm 1990
2
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"A Braver Thing" Charles Sheffield 1990
4
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
"The Cairene Purse" Michael Moorcock 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Caress" Greg Egan 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Cibola" Connie Willis 1990
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2007Asimov's Science Fiction: 30th Anniversary Anthology edited by Sheila Williams
"The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks: A Squeezed Novel by Mr Skunk" Dafydd Ab Hugh 1990
3
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Death Artist" Alexander Jablokov 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The First Since Ancient Persia" John Brunner 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Hemingway Hoax" Joe Haldeman 1990
7
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection 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
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Hot Sky" Robert Silverberg 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Inertia" Nancy Kress 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Invaders" John Kessel 1990
3
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
"Learning to Be Me" Greg Egan 1990
3
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates" Pat Murphy 1990
2
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Mr. Boy" James Patrick Kelly 1990
6
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1994Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2007The Best of the Best Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Gardner Dozois
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Past Magic" Ian R. MacLeod 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Personal Silence" Molly Gloss 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Rainmaker Cometh" Ian McDonald 1989
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Shobies' Story" Ursula K. Le Guin 1990
3
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2006The Space Opera Renaissance edited by Hartwell & Cramer
"Tower of Babylon" Ted Chiang 1990
5
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Walking the Moons" Jonathan Lethem 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"We See Things Differently" Bruce Sterling 1989
4
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
"White City" Lewis Shiner 1990
1
1991The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
Stories: 25