The 1983 Annual World's Best SF

7 • Introduction (The 1983 Annual World's Best SF) • essay
by Donald A. Wollheim

10 • The Scourge • [Federation World] • (1982) • novella by
James White

63 • A Letter from the Clearys • (1982) • short story by
Connie Willis

76 • Farmer on the Dole • (1982) • novelette by Frederik
Pohl

105 • Playing the Game • (1982) • short story by Jack Dann
and Gardner Dozois

112 • Pawn's Gambit • (1982) • novelette by Timothy Zahn

140 • The Comedian • (1982) • short story by Tim Sullivan
[as by Timothy Robert Sullivan]

159 • Written in Water • (1982) • short story by Tanith Lee

172 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ

220 • Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette by
Bruce Sterling

246 • Peg-Man • (1982) • short story by Rudy Rucker