The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection

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

Title↥ Author/Editor Year Citations Reviews
"And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon" Paul Di Filippo 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Anomalous Structures of My Dreams" M. Shayne Bell 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Awake in the Night" John C. Wright 2003
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2004Best Short Novels: 2004 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Bear's Baby" Judith Moffett 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Bellman" John Varley 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Birth Days" Geoff Ryman 2003
2
2004Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Calling Your Name" Howard Waldrop 2003
2
2003Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Cookie Monster" Vernor Vinge 2003
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Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
2003Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Dead Worlds" Jack Skillingstead 2003
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Sturgeon finalist
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
"Dear Abbey" Terry Bisson 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Dragonhead" Nicholas A. DiChario 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Ej-Es" Nancy Kress 2003
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2004Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Eyes of America" Geoffrey A. Landis 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Flashmen" Terry Dowling 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Fluted Girl" Paolo Bacigalupi 2003
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Sturgeon finalist
2003Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
"The Green Leopard Plague" Walter Jon Williams 2003
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
2004Best Short Novels: 2004 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Ice" Steven Popkes 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"It's All True" John Kessel 2003
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Sturgeon finalist
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Joe Steele" Harry Turtledove 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"June Sixteenth at Anna's" Kristine Kathryn Rusch 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"King Dragon" Michael Swanwick 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Long Way Home" James Van Pelt 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Night of Time" Robert Reed 2003
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2004Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Off on a Starship" William Barton 2003
3
Sturgeon finalist
2004Best Short Novels: 2004 edited by Jonathan Strahan
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Rogue Farm" Charles Stross 2003
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2004Year's Best SF 9 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2013Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
2019The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
"Send Me a Mentagram" Dominic Green 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Singletons in Love" Paul Melko 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Strong Medicine" William Shunn 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Welcome to Olympus, Mr Hearst" Kage Baker 2003
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2004The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
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