This satisfying annual compilation contains fiction and commentary selected by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Picked by their peers, the writers represented herein represent a fine diversity of talent. Contributors include Greg Bear, Terry Bisson, Eleanor Arnason, Linda Nagat, Gardner Dozois, Damon Knight, and Nalo Hopkinson. Contents 1 • Introduction (Nebula Awards Showcase 2002) • essay by Kim Stanley Robinson 20 • Philip Jose Farmer: An Appreciation • essay by Robert Silverberg 25 • Robert Sheckley: An Appreciation • essay by David G. Hartwell 29 • Daddy's World • (1999) • novelette by Walter Jon Williams 60 • Darwin's Radio (excerpt) • shortfiction by Greg Bear 97 • macs • (1999) • shortstory by Terry Bisson 107 • Stellar Harvest • [Lydia Duluth] • (1999) • novelette by Eleanor Arnason 150 • Goddesses • (2000) • novella by Linda Nagata 239 • Commentary: Science Fiction and the World • essay by Ken MacLeod and Nalo Hopkinson and Paul J. McAuley and John Clute and Kathleen Ann Goonan and Gene Wolfe and Damon Knight and Andy Duncan and Gwyneth Jones [as by Gwyneth Jones and Andy Duncan and Damon Knight and Gene Wolfe and Kathleen Ann Goonan and Ken MacLeod and Paul McAuley and Nalo Hopkinson and John Clute ] 255 • A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows • (1999) • novelette by Gardner Dozois