Year's Best Science Fiction - Second Annual Collection - 1985 - Featuring the work of William Gibson, Octavia Butler, Robert Silverberg, Fredrick Pohl and Tanith Lee

In spite of its ominous literary associations, 1984 proved to be a rather quiet year for SF. There were no major scandals like 1983’s infamous Great Timescape Fiasco, no SF lines driven into oblivion by corporate greed and shortsightedness, no major editorial shakeups … but if you looked closely enough, in the right places,...