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• ix • Introduction (Nebula Awards 23) • essay by Michael Bishop
• 1 • The World Renews Itself: A View on the SF and Fantasy of 1987 • essay by Ian Watson
• 22 • In Memoriam: Alfred Bester 1913 1987 • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 28 • Forever Yours, Anna • (1987) • short story by Kate Wilhelm
• 44 • Flowers of Edo • (1987) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
• 74 • Schwarzschild Radius • (1987) • short story by Connie Willis
• 97 • Witness • [Wild Cards] • (1986) • novella by Walter Jon Williams
• 155 • Judgment Call • (1987) • novelette by John Kessel
• 176 • The Glassblower's Dragon • (1987) • short story by Lucius Shepard
• 185 • Rachel in Love • (1987) • novelette by Pat Murphy
• 220 • Rhysling Poetry Award Winners (1987) • essay by Michael Bishop
• 222 • Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope • (1986) • poem by Jonathan V. Post
• 223 • A Dream of Heredity • (1986) • poem by John Calvin Rezmerski
• 225 • Daedalus • (1986) • poem by W. Gregory Stewart
• 227 • Angel • (1987) • short story by Pat Cadigan
• 247 • Freezeframe • (1986) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 255 • The Blind Geometer • (1986) • novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 308 • Spelling God with the Wrong Blocks • (1987) • short story by James Morrow
• 323 • DX • (1987) • poem by Joe Haldeman
• 332 • Science Fiction Movies of 1987 • essay by Bill Warren
• 363 • About the Nebula Award • essay by Michael Bishop
• 367 • Past Nebula Award Winners • essay by uncredited