Year's Best SF 2
# Year's Best SF 2

Year's Best SF 2 is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell that was published in 1997. It is the second in the Year's Best SF series.

## Contents

The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editor.

* Dave Wolverton: "After a Lean Winter" (Originally in F&SF, 1996)
* Terry Bisson: "In the Upper Room" (Originally in Playboy, 1996)
* John Brunner: "Thinkertoy" (Originally in The Williamson Effect, 1996)
* Gregory Benford: "Zoomers" (Originally in Future Net, 1996)
* Sheila Finch: "Out of the Mouths" (Originally in F&SF, 1996)
* James Patrick Kelly: "Breakaway, Backdown" (Originally in Asimov's, 1996)
* Yves Meynard: "Tobacco Words" (Originally in Tomorrow, 1995)
* Joanna Russ: "Invasion" (Originally in Asimov's, 1996)
* Brian Stableford: "The House of Mourning" (Originally in Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex, 1996)
* Damon Knight: "Life Edit" (Originally in Science Fiction Age, 1996)
* Robert Reed: "First Tuesday" (Originally in F&SF, 1996)
* David Langford: "The Spear of the Sun" (Originally in Interzone, 1996)
* Gene Wolfe: "Counting Cats in Zanzibar" (Originally in Asimov's, 1996)
* Bruce Sterling: "Bicycle Repairman" (Originally in Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology, 1996)
* Gwyneth Jones: "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland" (Originally in Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex, 1996)
* Allen Steele: "Doblin's Lecture" (Originally in Pirate Writings, 1996)
* Kathleen Ann Goonan: "The Bride of Elvis" (Originally in Science Fiction Age, 1996)
* Kate Wilhelm: "Forget Luck" (Originally in F&SF, 1996)
* Connie Willis: "Nonstop to Portales" (Originally in The Williamson Effect, 1996)
* Stephen Baxter: "Columbiad" (Originally in Science Fiction Age, 1996)
