| "The Invasion of Venus" | Stephen Baxter | 2010 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "A Soldier of the City" | David Moles | 2010 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "After the Apocalypse" | Maureen F. McHugh | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Ants of Flanders" | Robert Reed | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 
                    
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                            | "Ascension Day" | Alastair Reynolds | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Beancounter's Cat" | Damien Broderick | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Boneless One" | Alec Nevala-Lee | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "Canterbury Hollow" | Chris Lawson | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Choice" | Paul J. McAuley | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Sturgeon winner |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |  | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 
                    
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                            | "Cody" | Pat Cadigan | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Cold Step Beyond" | Ian R. MacLeod | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Copenhagen Interpretation" | Paul Cornell | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Sturgeon finalist |  |  | Hugo Award - Story Finalist |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Dala Horse" | Michael Swanwick | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "Digging" | Ian McDonald | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "Digital Rites" | Jim Hawkins | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "Dolly" | Elizabeth Bear | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | Year's Best SF 17 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "Dying Young" | Peter M. Ball | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 
                    
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                            | "Earth Hour" | Ken MacLeod | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I'll Not Be Back Again" | Michael Swanwick | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | Year's Best SF 17 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 
                    
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                            | "Ghostweight" | Yoon Ha Lee | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Sturgeon finalist |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Ice Owl" | Carolyn Ives Gilman | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Hugo Award - Story Finalist |  |  | Nebula Award - Story Finalist |  | 2012 | Year's Best SF 17 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Incredible Exploding Man" | Dave Hutchinson | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Iron Shirts" | Michael F. Flynn | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "Laika's Ghost" | Karl Schroeder | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | Year's Best SF 17 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 
                    
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                            | "A Long Way Home" | Jay Lake | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Man Who Bridged the Mist" | Kij Johnson | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Nebula Award - Story Winner |  |  | Sturgeon finalist |  |  | Hugo Award - Story Winner |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |  | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Short SF Novels 2 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 2018 | ISFDB All Time Short Stories |  | 2019 | Piet Nel Recommended Short Stories |  | 
                    
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                            | "Martian Heart" | John Barnes | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 2012 | The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 4 edited by Allan Kaster |  | 2019 | The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "A Militant Peace" | Tobias S. Buckell, 
                              
                            
                          
                        
                          
                            
                              David Klecha | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "A Response from EST17" | Tom Purdom | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "Silently and Very Fast" | Catherynne M. Valente | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Sturgeon finalist |  |  | Hugo Award - Story Finalist |  |  | Nebula Award - Story Finalist |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Smell of Orange Groves" | Lavie Tidhar | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2012 edited by Rich Horton |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Vicar of Mars" | Gwyneth Jones | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Vorkuta Event" | Ken MacLeod | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "The Way It Works Out And All" | Peter S. Beagle | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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                            | "What We Found" | Geoff Ryman | 2011 |  | 
                                
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                                        |  | Nebula Award - Story Winner |  |  | Hugo Award - Story Finalist |  | 2012 | The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six edited by Jonathan Strahan |  | 2012 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois |  | 
                    
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