The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12

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

Title Author/Editor↥ Year Citations Reviews
"Relativistic Effects" Gregory Benford 1982
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
"Understanding Human Behavior" Thomas M. Disch 1982
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
"The Wooing of Slowboat Sadie" George Alec Effinger 1982
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
"Burning Chrome" William Gibson 1982
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Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
1999Locus All Time Poll
2000The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Garyn G. Roberts
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
2011Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Meet Me at Apogee" Bill Johnson 1982
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
"With the Original Cast" Nancy Kress 1982
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
"Sur" Ursula K. Le Guin 1982
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
"When the Fathers Go" Bruce McAllister 1982
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
"Farmer on the Dole" Frederik Pohl 1982
1983The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
"Souls" Joanna Russ 1982
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Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1983The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1994Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
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
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"The Pope of the Chimps" Robert Silverberg 1982
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
"Swarm" Bruce Sterling 1982
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1973The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1974) / A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007)
1983The 1983 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1992The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories edited by Tom Shippey
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
"Fire Watch" Connie Willis 1982
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Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1983The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 edited by Terry Carr
1997The Science Fiction Century edited by David G. Hartwell
1999Locus All Time Poll
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2019Rich Horton Recommended Short Stories
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