Years Best Sci Fi 3,

Experience New Realms Acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell returns with this fifth annual collection of the year's most imaginative, entertaining, and mind-expanding science fiction. Here are works from some of today's most acclaimed authors, as well as visionary new talents, that will introduce you to new ideas, offer unusual perspectives, and take you to places beyond your wildest imaginings. Contents ix Introduction (Year's Best SF 3) (1998) essay by David G. Hartwell 1 Petting Zoo (1997) short story by Gene Wolfe 9 The Wisdom of Old Earth (1997) short story by Michael Swanwick 23 The Firefly Tree (1997) short story by Jack Williamson 29 Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City (1997) short story by William Gibson 41 The Nostalginauts (1997) short story by Sharon N. Farber [as by S. N. Dyer ] 53 Guest Law (1997) novelette by John C. Wright 77 The Voice (1997) short story by Gregory Benford 95 Yeyuka (1997) short story by Greg Egan 117 An Office Romance (1997) short story by Terry Bisson 135 Itsy Bitsy Spider (1997) short story by James Patrick Kelly 151 Beauty in the Night (1997) novelette by Robert Silverberg 197 Mr. Pale (1997) short story by Ray Bradbury 205 The Pipes of Pan (1997) novelette by Brian Stableford 233 Always True to Thee, in My Fashion (1997) short story by Nancy Kress 249 Canary Land (1997) novelette by Tom Purdom 277 Universal Emulators (1997) short story by Tom Cool 295 Fair Verona (1997) novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson 331 Great Western (1997) novelette by Kim Newman 363 Turnover (1997) short story by Geoffrey A. Landis 369 The Mendelian Lamp Case [Dr Phil D'Amato] (1997) novelette by Paul Levinson 415 Kiss Me (1997) short story by Katherine MacLean 421 London Bone (1997) novelette by Michael Moorcock Enjoy today's most awesome and innovative science fiction, chosen by acclaimed editor David G. Hartwell from the best short fiction published over the last year. Like its two distinguished processors, Year's Best SF 3 is a cybercopia of astonishing stories from familiar favorites and rising stars, all calculated to blow your mind, scorch your, senses, erase your inhibitions, and reinitialize your intelligence. With stories from: Gregory Benford, Terry Bisson, Greg Egan, William Gibson, Nancy Kress, Robert Silverberg, Gene Wolfe and more... Presents twenty-two short stories representing the best in science fiction of 1997, with introductory biographical sketches on each author