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• xi • Introduction - Summation: 1980 • (1981) • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 1 • The Ugly Chickens • (1980) • novelette by Howard Waldrop
• 20 • The Green Marauder • [Draco Tavern] • (1980) • short story by Larry Niven
• 24 • The Feast of Saint Janis • (1980) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 48 • The Last Answer • (1980) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 54 • Nightflyers • [Thousand Worlds] • (1980) • novella by George R. R. Martin
• 103 • Strata • (1980) • novelette by Edward Bryant
• 129 • Slow Music • (1980) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 164 • The Finger • (1980) • short story by Naomi Mitchison
• 170 • The War Beneath the Tree • (1979) • short story by Gene Wolfe (variant of War Beneath the Tree)
• 175 • Unicorn Tapestry • (1980) • novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
• 222 • Honorable Mentions- 1980 • (1981) • essay by uncredited