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• ix • Introduction (Nebula Awards 33) • (1999) • essay by Connie Willis
• 1 • Sister Emily's Lightship • (1996) • shortstory by Jane Yolen
• 17 • Itsy Bitsy Spider • (1997) • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• 31 • The Nebula Award for Best Novel • (1999) • essay by Connie Willis
• 33 • An Excerpt from The Moon and the Sun • (1999) • shortfiction by Vonda N. McIntyre
• 44 • The Flowers of Aulit Prison • [Probability Universe] • (1996) • novelette by Nancy Kress
• 81 • The Crab Lice • (1996) • shortstory by Gregory Feeley
• 94 • The 1997 Author Emeritus: Nelson Bond • (1999) • essay by Connie Willis
• 96 • The Bookshop • (1941) • shortstory by Nelson S. Bond [as byNelson Bond]
• 105 • Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream • (1997) • novelette by James Alan Gardner
• 129 • The Dead • (1996) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• 142 • Rhysling Award Winners • (1999) • essay by Connie Willis
• 143 • Day Omega • (1996) • poem by W. Gregory Stewart
• 144 • Spotting UFOs While Canning Tomatoes • (1996) • poem by Terry A. Garey
• 149 • The Elizabeth Complex • (1996) • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• 158 • Abandon in Place • (1996) • novella by Jerry Oltion
• 218 • The Grand Master Award: Poul Anderson • (1999) • essay by Connie Willis
• 221 • A Tribute to Poul Anderson • (1999) • essay by Jack Williamson
• 226 • The Martyr • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 246 • Alive and Well: Messages from the Edge (almost) of the Millennium • (1999) • essay by Kim Stanley Robinson and Michael Cassutt and Sheila Williams and Christie Golden and Cynthia Felice and Ellen Datlow and Beth Meacham and Wil McCarthy and Geoffrey A. Landis
• 259 • A Few Last Words to Put It All in Perspective • (1999) • essay by Connie Willis