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* 1 • Introduction (The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12) • (1983) • essay by Terry Carr
* 5 • The Pope of the Chimps • (1982) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
* 27 • Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
* 55 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ
* 103 • Burning Chrome • (1982) • novelette by William Gibson
* 125 • Farmer on the Dole • (1982) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
* 155 • Meet Me at Apogee • (1982) • novelette by Bill Johnson
* 179 • Sur • (1982) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
* 197 • Understanding Human Behavior • (1982) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
* 221 • Relativistic Effects • (1982) • novelette by Gregory Benford
* 243 • Firewatch • [Time Travel] • (1982) • novelette by Connie Willis (aka Fire Watch)
* 283 • The Wooing of Slowboat Sadie • [Springfield] • (1982) • shortstory by George Alec Effinger [as by O. Niemand ]
* 293 • With the Original Cast • (1982) • novelette by Nancy Kress
* 323 • When the Fathers Go • (1982) • novelette by Bruce McAllister
* 351 • The Science Fiction Year (1982) • (1983) • essay by Charles N. Brown
* 359 • Recommended Reading - 1982 • (1983) • essay by Terry Carr