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• vii • Introduction (The 1981 Annual World's Best SF) • (1981) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
• 1 • Variation on a Theme from Beethoven • (1980) • novelette by Sharon Webb
• 30 • Beatnik Bayou • [Eight Worlds] • (1980) • novelette by John Varley
• 64 • Elbow Room • (1980) • novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 81 • The Ugly Chickens • (1980) • novelette by Howard Waldrop
• 105 • Prime Time • (1980) • short story by Norman Spinrad
• 119 • Nightflyers • [Thousand Worlds] • (1980) • novella by George R. R. Martin
• 181 • A Spaceship Built of Stone • (1980) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
• 199 • Window • (1980) • short story by Bob Leman
• 217 • The Summer Sweet, the Winter Wild • (1980) • short story by Michael G. Coney
• 230 • Achronos • (1980) • short story by Lee Killough