The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection

13 • Introduction: Summation: 1985 • essay by Gardner Dozois 27 • The Jaguar Hunter • (1985) • novelette by Lucius Shepard 50 • Dogfight • (1985) • novelette by William Gibson and Michael Swanwick 69 • Fermi and Frost • (1985) • short story by Frederik Pohl 84 • Green Days in Brunei • (1985) • novella by Bruce Sterling 129 • Snow • (1985) • short story by John Crowley 144 • The Fringe • [The Mormon Sea] • (1985) • novelette by Orson Scott Card 166 • The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things • (1985) • short story by Karen Joy Fowler 178 • Sailing to Byzantium • (1985) • novella by Robert Silverberg 232 • Solstice • (1985) • novelette by James Patrick Kelly 265 • Duke Pasquale's Ring • [Doctor Eszterhazy] • (1985) • novella by Avram Davidson 304 • More Than the Sum of His Parts • (1985) • short story by Joe Haldeman 320 • Out of All Them Bright Stars • (1985) • short story by Nancy Kress 327 • Side Effects • (1985) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams 355 • The Only Neat Thing to Do • [Rift] • (1985) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr. 402 • Dinner in Audoghast • (1985) • short story by Bruce Sterling 414 • Under Siege • (1985) • novelette by George R. R. Martin 441 • Flying Saucer Rock & Roll • (1985) • novelette by Howard Waldrop 459 • A Spanish Lesson • (1985) • novelette by Lucius Shepard 486 • Roadside Rescue • (1985) • short story by Pat Cadigan 494 • Paper Dragons • [Land of Dreams] • (1985) • novelette by James P. Blaylock 510 • Magazine Section • (1985) • short story by R. A. Lafferty 522 • The War at Home • (1985) • short story by Lewis Shiner 526 • Rockabye Baby • (1985) • novelette by S. C. Sykes 551 • Green Mars • [Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)] • (1985) • novella by Kim Stanley Robinson 620 • Honorable Mentions: 1985 • essay by Gardner Dozois