Year's Best SF 3

The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editor.

• Gene Wolfe: "Petting Zoo" (First published in Dinosaur Fantastic II, 1997)
• Michael Swanwick: "The Wisdom of Old Earth" (First published in Asimov's, 1997)
• Jack Williamson: "The Firefly Tree" (First published in Science Fiction Age, 1997)
• William Gibson: "Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City" (First published in New Worlds, 1996)
• S. N. Dyer: "The Nostalginauts" (First published in Asimov's, 1996)
• John C. Wright: "Guest Law" (First published in Asimov's, 1997)
• Gregory Benford: "The Voice" (First published in Science Fiction Age, 1997)
• Greg Egan: "Yeyuka" (First published in Meanjin, 1997)
• Terry Bisson: "An Office Romance" (First published in Playboy, 1997)
• James Patrick Kelly: "Itsy Bitsy Spider" (First published in Asimov's, 1997)
• Robert Silverberg: "Beauty in the Night" (First published in Science Fiction Age, 1997)
• Ray Bradbury: "Mr. Pale" (First published in Driving Blind, 1997)
• Brian Stableford: "The Pipes of Pan" (First published in F&SF, 1997)
• Nancy Kress: "Always True to Thee, in My Fashion" (First published in Asimov's, 1997)
• Tom Purdom: "Canary Land" (First published in Asimov's, 1997)
• Tom Cool: "Universal Emulators" (First published in F&SF, 1997)
• R. Garcia y Robertson: "Fair Verona" (First published in Asimov's, 1997)
• Kim Newman: "Great Western" (First published in New Worlds, 1997)
• Geoffrey A. Landis: "Turnover" (First published in Interzone, 1998)
• Paul Levinson: "The Mendelian Lamp Case" (First published in Analog, 1997)
• Katherine MacLean: "Kiss Me" (First published in Analog, 1997)
• Michael Moorcock: "London Bone" (First published in New Worlds, 1997)

• Year's Best SF 3 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database