| "Act of God" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jack McDevitt
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Algorithms for Love" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ken Liu
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2011 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts edited by Heather Masri | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "The Battle of York" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Stoddard
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "Burning Day" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Glenn Grant
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Cascade" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Sean McMullen
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Dark Side of Town" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James Patrick Kelly
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Eckener Alternative" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                James L. Cambias
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "First Commandment" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gregory Benford
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "Glinky" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Ray Vukcevich
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "Invisible Kingdoms" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Steven Utley
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Loosestrife" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Liz Williams
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "Mastermindless" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Matthew Hughes
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "Pervert" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Charles Coleman Finlay
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Pulp Cover" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Gene Wolfe
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Red City" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Janeen Webb
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                            | "The Risk-Taking Gene as Expressed by Some Asian Subjects" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Steve Tomasula
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Savant Songs" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Brenda Cooper
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Scout's Honor" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Terry Bisson
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2005 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Sergeant Chip" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Bradley Denton
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Hugo Award - Story Finalist | 
                                              | Sturgeon winner | 
                                             | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2005 | Best Short Novels: 2005 edited by Jonathan Strahan | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Strood" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Neal Asher
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             | 2013 | Twenty-First Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Time, As It Evaporates …" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Jean-Claude Dunyach
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Venus Flowers at Night" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Pamela Sargent
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                         | Sturgeon finalist | 
                                             | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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                            | "Wealth" | 
                          
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                Robert Reed
                              
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                        2004 | 
                      
                            
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                                        | 2005 | Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer | 
                                             
                                       
                                     
                                   
                                 
                               
                             
                           
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