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• Preface (Twenty-First Century Science Fiction) • (2013) • essay by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Infinities • (2008) • novelette by Vandana Singh
• Rogue Farm • (2003) • short story by Charles Stross
• The Gambler • (2008) • novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Strood • (2004) • short story by Neal Asher
• Eros, Philia, Agape • (2009) • novelette by Rachel Swirsky
• The Tale of the Wicked • (2009) • novelette by John Scalzi
• Bread and Bombs • (2003) • short story by M. Rickert
• The Waters of Meribah • (2003) • short story by Tony Ballantyne
• Tk'tk'tk • (2005) • short story by David D. Levine
• The Nearest Thing • (2011) • novelette by Genevieve Valentine
• Erosion • (2009) • short story by Ian Creasey
• The Calculus Plague • (2009) • short story by Marissa Lingen
• One of Our Bastards Is Missing • [Jonathan Hamilton • 2] • (2009) • novelette by Paul Cornell
• Tideline • (2007) • short story by Elizabeth Bear
• Finisterra • (2007) • novelette by David Moles
• Evil Robot Monkey • (2008) • short story by Mary Robinette Kowal
• The Education of Junior Number 12 • [Machine Dynasties] • (2011) • novelette by Madeline Ashby
• Toy Planes • (2005) • short story by Tobias S. Buckell
• The Algorithms for Love • (2004) • short story by Ken Liu
• The Albian Message • (2005) • short story by Oliver Morton
• To Hie from Far Cilenia • [Gennady] • (2008) • novella by Karl Schroeder
• Savant Songs • (2004) • short story by Brenda Cooper
• Ikiryoh • (2005) • short story by Liz Williams
• The Prophet of Flores • (2007) • novelette by Ted Kosmatka
• How to Become a Mars Overlord • (2010) • short story by Catherynne M. Valente
• Second Person, Present Tense • (2005) • novelette by Daryl Gregory
• Third Day Lights • (2005) • novelette by Alaya Dawn Johnson
• Balancing Accounts • (2008) • short story by James L. Cambias
• A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel • (2011) • short story by Yoon Ha Lee
• His Master's Voice • (2008) • short story by Hannu Rajaniemi
• Plotters and Shooters • [Mars (Kage Baker)] • (2007) • novelette by Kage Baker
• The Island • [Sunflower Cycle] • (2009) • novelette by Peter Watts
• Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction • [Small Change] • (2009) • short story by Jo Walton
• Chicken Little • (2009) • novella by Cory Doctorow