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This volume presents a collection of science fiction stories. It includes stories by the bright young talents of science fiction, as well as a host of established masters. The usual thorough summation of the year and recommended reading lists are also included. xiii Summation: 2008 (2009) essay by Gardner Dozois 1 Turing's Apples (2008) short story by Stephen Baxter 18 From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled (2008) short story by Michael Swanwick (variant of From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled ...) 36 The Gambler (2008) novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi 57 Boojum [Boojum] (2008) short story by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette 73 The Six Directions of Space (2008) novella by Alastair Reynolds 122 N-Words (2008) short story by Ted Kosmatka 136 An Eligible Boy [India 2047] (2008) novelette by Ian McDonald 159 Shining Armour (2008) short story by Dominic Green (variant of Shining Armor) 175 The Hero [Virga] (2008) novelette by Karl Schroeder 196 Evil Robot Monkey (2008) short story by Mary Robinette Kowal 199 Five Thrillers (2008) novelette by Robert Reed 236 The Sky That Wraps the World Round, Past the Blue and Into the Black (2008) short story by Jay Lake 245 Incomers [The Quiet War] (2008) short fiction by Paul J. McAuley 263 Crystal Nights (2008) novelette by Greg Egan 284 The Egg Man (2008) novelette by Mary Rosenblum 304 His Master's Voice (2008) short story by Hannu Rajaniemi 315 The Political Prisoner (2008) novella by Charles Coleman Finlay 369 Balancing Accounts (2008) short story by James L. Cambias 385 Special Economics (2008) novelette by Maureen F. McHugh 409 Days of Wonder (2008) novelette by Geoff Ryman 441 City of the Dead [Jackaroo] (2008) novelette by Paul J. McAuley [as by Paul McAuley] 464 The Voyage Out [Buonarotti Transit] (2007) short story by Gwyneth Jones 480 The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm (2008) novelette by Daryl Gregory 498 G-Men [The Enemy Within] (2008) novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 529 The Erdmann Nexus (2008) novella by Nancy Kress 588 Old Friends (2008) short story by Garth Nix 595 The Ray-Gun: A Love Story (2008) novelette by James Alan Gardner 614 Lester Young and the Jupiter's Moons' Blues (2008) novelette by Gord Sellar 642 Butterfly, Falling at Dawn [Universe of Xuya] (2008) novelette by Aliette de Bodard 662 The Tear (2008) novella by Ian McDonald 713 Honorable Mentions: 2008 (2009) essay by Gardner Dozois