This is a collection of superlative stories from Asimov's Magazine. It's a good place to find stories that began careers.
Contents
vii • Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • The End of Life as We Know It • (1985) • novelette by Lucius Shepard
33 • The Peacemaker • (1983) • shortstory by Gardner Dozois
51 • Fire Watch • [Time Travel] • (1982) • novelette by Connie Willis
92 • Her Furry Face • (1983) • shortstory by Leigh Kennedy
111 • Hardfought • (1983) • novella by Greg Bear
174 • Press Enter [] • (1984) • novella by John Varley
238 • Bloodchild • (1984) • novelette by Octavia E. Butler