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short stories edited by

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and Arthur W. Saha, the twelfth volume in a series of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in May 1983, followed by a hardcover edition issued in September of the same year by the same publisher as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club. For the hardcover edition the original cover art was replaced by a new cover painting by

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'', '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', '' Omni'', ''

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*"Introduction" (

) *"The Scourge" ( James White) *"A Letter from the Clearys" (

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) *"Farmer on the Dole" (

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) *"Playing the Game" ( Gardner Dozois and

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) *"Pawn’s Gambit" (

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) *"The Comedian" ( Timothy R. Sullivan) *"Written in Water" ( Tanith Lee) *"Souls" ( Joanna Russ) *"Swarm" (

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) *"Peg-Man" (

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Awards

The anthology placed fourth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology. "The Scourge" was nominated for the 1982 Analog Award for Best Novella/Novelette and placed ninth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "A Letter from the Clearys" won the 1982

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and placed seventh in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Farmer on the Dole" placed sixteenth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Pawn's Gambit" won the 1982 Analog Award for Best Novella/Novelette, was nominated for the 1983

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, and placed eighth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "The Comedian" placed twenty-fourth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Written in Water" placed nineteenth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "

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" was nominated for the 1982

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, won the 1983 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella and the 1983 Hugo Award for Best Novella, and placed first in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella. "Swarm" was nominated for the 1982 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1983

, and placed sixth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.

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