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The members of the Science Fiction Writers of America choose by ballot the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story of the year. Nebula Awards 26 features works by such writers as Terry Bisson, Kathryn Cramer, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. LeGuin, and George Zebrowski.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1992) - essay by James Morrow
• "Democrazy", the Marketplace, and the American Way: Remarks on the Year 1990 in Science Fiction - (1992) - essay by Kathryn Cramer
• The Shobies' Story - (1990) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Bears Discover Fire - (1990) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• Tower of Babylon - (1990) - novelette by Ted Chiang
• In Memoriam: Donald A. Wollheim - (1992) - essay by George Zebrowski
• A Tribute to Lester del Rey - (1992) - essay by Terry Brooks
• Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates - (1990) - shortstory by Pat Murphy
• 1/72nd Scale - (1990) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• Lieserl - (1990) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Epitaph for Dreams - (1989) - poem by G. Sutton Breiding
• Dear Spacemen - (1989) - poem by Patrick McKinnon
• Science Fiction Movies of 1990: Spiders, Scissors, and Schwarzenegger - (1992) - essay by Bill Warren
• Over the Long Haul - (1990) - novelette by Martha Soukup
• The Coon Rolled Down and Ruptured His Larinks, A Squeezed Novel by Mr. Skunk - (1990) - novelette by Dafydd ab Hugh
• The Hemingway Hoax - (1990) - novella by Joe Haldeman

Besides offering works by winners (Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Mike Conner, and Alan Brennert) in all four Nebula categories, this collection continues the tradition of featuring a variety of fiction and essays not found in other best-of-the-year anthologies. Includes tributes to Isaac Asimov as well as Asimov's final words, Farewell, Farewell, taken from the booklet distributed at his memorial service.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Nebula Awards 27) - (1993) - essay by James Morrow
• Science Fiction for What? Remarks on the Year 1991 - (1993) - essay by Kathryn Cramer
• Guide Dog - (1991) - novelette by Mike Conner
• Ma Qui - (1991) - shortstory by Alan Brennert
• Three Scenes from Stations of the Tide (excerpt) - (1991) - shortfiction by Michael Swanwick
• In Memoriam: Isaac Asimov (Nebula Awards 27) - (1993) - essay by uncredited
• Introducing Isaac - (1993) - essay by Arthur C. Clarke
• Asimov: The Last Questions - (1993) - interview of Isaac Asimov - interview by George Zebrowski
• Untitled Epitaph for Isaac Asimov - (1993) - essay by Harlan Ellison
• Farewell, Farewell - (1993) - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of Farewell Farewell 1992)
• Standing in Line with Mister Jimmy - (1991) - novelette by James Patrick Kelly
• The Dark - (1991) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• They're Made Out of Meat - (1991) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• Precessing the Simulacra for Fun and Profit - (1990) - essay by Bruce Sterling
• Auteurs at Work? The Fantastic Films of 1991 - (1993) - essay by Bruce Warren
• Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh - (1990) - poem by Joe Haldeman
• The Aging Cryonicist in the Arms of His Mistress Contemplates the Survival of the Species While the Phoenix Is Consumed by Fire - (1990) - poem by David Memmott
• Buffalo - (1991) - shortstory by John Kessel
• Getting Real - (1991) - novelette by Susan Shwartz
• the button, and what you know - (1991) - poem by W. Gregory Stewart
• Beggars in Spain - (1991) - novella by Nancy Kress
• About the Nebula Awards - (1993) - essay by uncredited
• Selected Titles from the 1991 Preliminary Nebula Ballot - (1993) - essay by uncredited
• Past Nebula Award Winners - (1993) - essay by uncredited

Morrow notes that many of the Nebula finalists grapple with the question Is science good or bad? Lending weight to this debate are all of the winners and many of the finalists in the 1992 awards.

Table of Content:

• Introduction - essay by James Morrow
• Is Science Fiction Out to Lunch? Some Thoughts on the Year 1992 - essay by John Clute
• Even the Queen - (1992) - shortstory by Connie Willis
• Danny Goes to Mars - (1992) - novelette by Pamela Sargent
• Matter's End - (1989) - novella by Gregory Benford
• In Memoriam: Fritz Leiber - essay by James Morrow
• Gentleman Fritz - essay by Poul Anderson
• Doing It Right - essay by David G. Hartwell
• A World Without Fritz - essay by Stephen King
• Let There Be Fandom - essay by Frederik Pohl
• The July Ward - (1991) - novelette by S. N. Dyer
• Lennon Spex - (1992) - shortstory by Paul Di Filippo
• The Mountain to Mohammed - (1992) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Hopeful Monsters: The SF and Fantasy Films of 1992 - essay by Nick Lowe
• Song of the Martian Cricket - (1991) - poem by David Lunde
• Vinland the Dream - (1991) - shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats - (1991) - shortstory by Michael Bishop
• City of Truth - (1991) - novella by James Morrow