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• xiii • Summation: 2011 • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 1 • The Choice • [Jackaroo] • (2011) • novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley]
• 32 • A Soldier of the City • (2010) • short story by David Moles
• 48 • The Beancounter's Cat • (2011) • novelette by Damien Broderick
• 61 • Dolly • (2011) • short story by Elizabeth Bear
• 73 • Martian Heart • (2011) • short story by John Barnes
• 85 • Earth Hour • (2011) • short story by Ken MacLeod
• 96 • Laika's Ghost • [Gennady] • (2010) • novelette by Karl Schroeder
• 116 • The Dala Horse • (2011) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 126 • The Way It Works Out and All • (2011) • short story by Peter S. Beagle
• 139 • The Ice Owl • [The Twenty Planets] • (2011) • novella by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• 172 • The Copenhagen Interpretation • [Jonathan Hamilton • 3] • (2011) • novelette by Paul Cornell
• 194 • The Invasion of Venus • (2010) • short story by Stephen Baxter
• 204 • Digging • (2011) • short story by Ian McDonald
• 217 • Ascension Day • (2011) • short story by Alastair Reynolds
• 221 • After the Apocalypse • (2011) • short story by Maureen F. McHugh
• 235 • Silently and Very Fast • (2011) • novella by Catherynne M. Valente
• 277 • A Long Way Home • [Sunspin] • (2011) • novelette by Jay Lake (variant of A Long Walk Home)
• 294 • The Incredible Exploding Man • (2011) • short fiction by Dave Hutchinson
• 309 • What We Found • (2011) • novelette by Geoff Ryman
• 330 • A Response from EST17 • (2011) • novelette by Tom Purdom
• 356 • The Cold Step Beyond • [Breathmoss Universe] • (2011) • novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• 371 • A Militant Peace • (2011) • novelette by Tobias S. Buckell and David Klecha
• 388 • The Ants of Flanders • (2011) • novella by Robert Reed
• 425 • The Vicar of Mars • [Buonarotti Transit] • (2011) • novelette by Gwyneth Jones
• 441 • The Smell of Orange Groves • [Central Station] • (2011) • short story by Lavie Tidhar
• 452 • The Iron Shirts • (2011) • novelette by Michael F. Flynn
• 471 • Cody • (2011) • short story by Pat Cadigan
• 487 • For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I'll Not Be Back Again • (2011) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 499 • Ghostweight • (2011) • novelette by Yoon Ha Lee
• 515 • Digital Rites • (2011) • novella by Jim Hawkins
• 542 • The Boneless One • (2011) • novelette by Alec Nevala-Lee
• 564 • Dying Young • (2011) • novelette by Peter M. Ball
• 578 • Canterbury Hollow • (2011) • short story by Chris Lawson
• 588 • The Vorkuta Event • (2011) • novelette by Ken MacLeod
• 603 • The Man Who Bridged the Mist • (2011) • novella by Kij Johnson
• 651 • Honorable Mentions: 2011 • essay by Gardner Dozois