Contents * ix • Introduction (The Nebula Awards #18) • (1983) • essay by Robert Silverberg * 1 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ * 49 • (Excerpt From) No Enemy But Time • (1982) • shortfiction by Michael Bishop * 59 • The Pope of the Chimps • (1982) • novelette by Robert Silverberg * 79 • Burning Chrome • (1982) • novelette by William Gibson * 100 • Fire Watch • [Time Travel] • (1982) • novelette by Connie Willis * 139 • Corridors • (1982) • shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg * 154 • Another Orphan • (1982) • novelette by John Kessel * 200 • A Letter from the Clearys • (1982) • shortstory by Connie Willis * 212 • Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette by Bruce Sterling * 237 • The Nebula Winners, 1965-1981 • (1983) • essay by uncredited