ix • Introduction: To the Reader • Robin Wilson
xiii • Editor’s Note • Robin Wilson
1 • Plot: The Tangled Web • Robin Wilson • [section introduction]
4 • The Price of Oranges • Nancy Kress
29 • One Damned Thing After Another • Nancy Kress • [article]
37 • Monsters • James Patrick Kelly • nv IASFM Jun ’92
60 • Making Monsters • James Patrick Kelly • [article]
69 • Character: The Determinant of Incident • Robin Wilson • [section introduction]
72 • Sisters • Greg Bear
103 • Characters Great and Small in SF: “Sisters” • Greg Bear • [article]
106 • Rachel in Love • Pat Murphy
135 • Imaginary Friends • Pat Murphy • [article]
141 • Setting: A Local Habitation and a Name • Robin Wilson • [section introduction]
143 • Glacier • Kim Stanley Robinson
164 • The Psychic Landscape • Kim Stanley Robinson • [article]
169 • Beast of the Heartland • Lucius Shepard • nv Playboy Sep ’92
195 • God Is in the Details • Lucius Shepard • [article]
207 • Theme: To Mean Intensely • Robin Wilson • [section introduction]
209 • Lily Red • Karen Joy Fowler
223 • Once More, with Meaning • Karen Joy Fowler • [article]
229 • Our Neural Chernobyl • Bruce Sterling
237 • About “Our Neural Chernobyl” • Bruce Sterling • [article]
243 • Point of View: Who’s Minding the Store? • Robin Wilson • [section introduction]
246 • Feedback • Joe Haldeman
273 • Point of View • Joe Haldeman • [article]
280 • Buddha Nostril Bird • John Kessel • nv IASFM Mar ’90
301 • Uncle Henry, Uncle Zorp, and Crazy Cousin Bingo • John Kessel • [article]
309 • Style: The Dress of Thought • Robin Wilson • [section introduction]
312 • Pretty Boy Crossover • Pat Cadigan
323 • The S Word • Pat Cadigan • [article]
326 • Fair Game • Howard Waldrop
342 • Iceberg, Goldberg, It’s All the Same to Me... • Howard Waldrop • [article]
351 • A Workshop Lexicon [revised and expanded from “The Turkey City Lexicon” by Lewis Shiner] • Bruce Sterling • [article]
365 • Contributors

Edited by Robin Wilson