This collection is the second installment in the popular and long-running "The Year's Best Science Fiction" series:

Fantastic Science Fiction!

The Year's Best -- And Biggest Collection

Here's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction. Writers like:

Robert Silverberg
Lucius Shepard
Jack McDevitt
Octavia E. Butler
Connie Willis
Richard Cowper
John Varley
Gene Wolfe