The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection

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

Title Author/Editor Year Citations↥ Reviews
"At the Cross-Time Jaunters' Ball" Alexander Jablokov 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Candle in a Cosmic Wind" Joseph Manzione 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Diner" Neal Barrett, Jr. 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Emir's Clock" Ian Watson 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Ever After" Susan Palwick 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"For Thus Do I Remember Carthage" Michael Bishop 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Glass Cloud" James Patrick Kelly 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Halley's Passing" Michael McDowell 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Million-Dollar Wound" Dean Whitlock 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Moon of Popping Trees" R. Garcia y Robertson 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Perpetuity Blues" Neal Barrett, Jr. 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Shades" Lucius Shepard 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Temporary King" Paul J. McAuley 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"All the Hues of Hell" Gene Wolfe 1987
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
"The Forest of Time" Michael F. Flynn 1987
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Mother Goddess of the World" Kim Stanley Robinson 1987
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Night of the Cooters" Howard Waldrop 1987
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Pardoner's Tale" Robert Silverberg 1987
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"America" Orson Scott Card 1987
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1993The Norton Book of Science Fiction edited by Le Guin and Attebery
"Dream Baby" Bruce McAllister 1987
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Evening and the Morning and the Night" Octavia E. Butler 1987
Sturgeon finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Flowers of Edo" Bruce Sterling 1987
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"Dinosaurs" Walter Jon Williams 1987
Sturgeon finalist
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
"The Faithful Companion at Forty" Karen Joy Fowler 1987
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2010Nancy Kress Recommended Short Stories
"Angel" Pat Cadigan 1987
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Forever Yours, Anna" Kate Wilhelm 1987
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Hugo Award - Story Finalist
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1988The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1996Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology edited by Hartwell & Wolf
2010The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction edited by Evans et al
"Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" Ursula K. Le Guin 1987
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Sturgeon finalist
Nebula Award - Story Finalist
Hugo Award - Story Winner
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1999Locus All Time Poll
2012Locus All Centuries Poll
2018ISFDB Most Viewed Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
"Rachel in Love" Pat Murphy 1987
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Hugo Award - Story Finalist
Nebula Award - Story Winner
Sturgeon winner
1975Women of Wonder anthology series edited by Pamela Sargent, 1975-1995, 5 volumes
1988The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 edited by David S. Garnett
1988The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
1988The 1988 Annual World's Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha
1999Locus All Time Poll
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
2016The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
2018ISFDB All Time Short Stories
2018Sci-Fi Lists Top 200 - story
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