David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer (Ed)'s "Year's Best SF 8": Volume 8 of annual anthology series, 23 stories

Stories are ordered by quality, best first. Where I have read the story, my rating follows title, in brackets, followed by a very brief summary. Where I have posted a proper review of story, link on title takes you there.

Some of the stories have been made available online for free by publishers or authors. Where I am aware of this, I provide a link either here or in review article.

Stories collected were each published during the year 2002.

1. Bruce Sterling's "In Paradise"; F&SF: Not read.
   
2. * Michael Swanwick's "Slow Life"; Analog, online: Not read.
3. * Eleanor Arnason's "Knapsack Poems"; Asimov's, online: Not read.
4. Geoffrey A Landis' "At Dorado"; Asimov's: Not read.
5. Robert Reed's "Coelacanths"; F&SF: Not read.
6. Ken Wharton's "Flight Correction"; Analog: Not read.
7. Robert Sheckley's "Shoes"; F&SF: Not read.
8. Charles Sheffield's "The Diamond Drill"; Analog: Not read.
9. * Ursula K Le Guin's "The Seasons of the Ansarac"; The Infinite Matrix, online: Not read.
10. Richard Chwedyk's "A Few Kind Words for A E Van Vogt"; Tales of the Unanticipated: This is poetry, not a story. Not read.
11. * Charles Stross's "Halo"; Asimov's, online: Not read.
12. * Terry Bisson's "I Saw the Light"; scifi.com, online: Not read.
13. A M Dellamonica's "A Slow Day at the Gallery"; Asimov's: Not read.
14. Paul Di Filippo's "Ailoura": Not read.
15. * J R Dunn's "The Names of All the Spirits"; scifi.com, online: Not read.
16. Carol Emshwiller's "Grandma"; F&SF: Not read.
17. Neal Asher's "Snow in the Desert": Not read.
18. * Greg Egan's "Singleton"; Interzone, online: Not read.
19. Robert Onopa's "Geropods"; F&SF: Not read.
20. Jack Williamson's "Afterlife"; F&SF: Not read.
21. Gene Wolfe's "Shields of Mars": Not read.
22. Nancy Kress's "Patent Infringement"; Asimov's: Not read.
23. Michael Moorcock's "Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel": Not read.

First published: 2003
See also: Entire anthology series.