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• 9 • Preface (Twenty-First Century Science Fiction) • essay by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• 13 • Infinities • (2008) • novelette by Vandana Singh
• 38 • Rogue Farm • (2003) • short story by Charles Stross
• 51 • The Gambler • (2008) • novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• 73 • Strood • (2004) • short story by Neal Asher
• 85 • Eros, Philia, Agape • (2009) • novelette by Rachel Swirsky
• 110 • The Tale of the Wicked • (2009) • novelette by John Scalzi
• 129 • Bread and Bombs • (2003) • short story by M. Rickert
• 141 • The Waters of Meribah • (2003) • short story by Tony Ballantyne
• 160 • Tk'tk'tk • (2005) • short story by David D. Levine
• 176 • The Nearest Thing • (2011) • novelette by Genevieve Valentine
• 197 • Erosion • (2009) • short story by Ian Creasey
• 209 • The Calculus Plague • (2009) • short story by Marissa Lingen
• 215 • One of Our Bastards Is Missing • [Jonathan Hamilton • 2] • (2009) • novelette by Paul Cornell
• 236 • Tideline • (2007) • short story by Elizabeth Bear
• 246 • Finisterra • (2007) • novelette by David Moles
• 276 • Evil Robot Monkey • (2008) • short story by Mary Robinette Kowal
• 279 • The Education of Junior Number 12 • [Machine Dynasties] • (2011) • novelette by Madeline Ashby
• 298 • Toy Planes • (2005) • short story by Tobias S. Buckell
• 301 • The Algorithms for Love • (2004) • short story by Ken Liu
• 314 • The Albian Message • (2005) • short story by Oliver Morton
• 317 • To Hie from Far Cilenia • [Gennady] • (2008) • novella by Karl Schroeder
• 353 • Savant Songs • (2004) • short story by Brenda Cooper
• 365 • Ikiryoh • (2005) • short story by Liz Williams
• 374 • The Prophet of Flores • (2007) • novelette by Ted Kosmatka
• 399 • How to Become a Mars Overlord • (2010) • short story by Catherynne M. Valente
• 407 • Second Person, Present Tense • (2005) • novelette by Daryl Gregory
• 425 • Third Day Lights • (2005) • novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson
• 443 • Balancing Accounts • (2008) • short story by James L. Cambias
• 460 • A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel • (2011) • short story by Yoon Ha Lee
• 465 • His Master's Voice • (2008) • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi
• 477 • Plotters and Shooters • [Mars (Kage Baker)] • (2007) • novelette by Kage Baker
• 492 • The Island • [Sunflower Cycle] • (2009) • novelette by Peter Watts
• 523 • Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction • [Small Change] • (2009) • short story by Jo Walton
• 531 • Chicken Little • (2009) • novella by Cory Doctorow