Search Worlds Without End

This annual tradition from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America collects the best of the year's stories, as well as essays and commentary on the current state of the genre and predictions of future science fiction and fantasy films, art, and more.

This year's award-winning authors include Michael Chabon, Karen Joy Fowler, Ted Chiang, and Nancy Kress, plus 2008 Grand Master Michael Moorcock.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Ellen Datlow
• About The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - essay by uncredited
• About the Nebula Awards - essay by uncredited
• The 2008 Nebula Awards Final Ballot - essay by uncredited
• The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate - (2007) - novelette by Ted Chiang
• Always - (2007) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Where the Sidewalk Ends - essay by Barry N. Malzberg
• Why I Write Science Fiction - essay by Kathleen Ann Goonan
• Titanium Mike Saves the Day - (2007) - shortstory by David D. Levine
• Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) - (2006) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
• The Yiddish Policeman's Union (excerpt) - (2007) - shortfiction by Michael Chabon
• About the Rhysling Award (Nebula Awards Showcase: 2009) - essay by uncredited
• Last Unicorn - (2006) - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Graven Idol's Godheart - (2006) - poem by Rich Ristow
• The Journey to Kailash - (2006) - poem by Mike Allen
• Stars Seen Through Stone - (2007) - novella by Lucius Shepard
• What You Saw Was What you Got: The Year in Films - essay by Howard Waldrop
• Pan's Labyrinth: Dreaming with Eyes Wide Open - (2007) - essay by Tim Lucas
• The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change - (2007) - novelette by Kij Johnson
• About the Damon Knight Grand Master Award - essay by uncredited
• An Appreciation of Michael Moorcock - essay by Kim Newman
• The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius - (1965) - shortstory by Michael Moorcock
• The Andre Norton Award - essay by uncredited
• The New Golden Age: The Rise of Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy - essay by Gwenda Bond
• Clubbing - essay by Ellen Asher
• Captive Girl - (2006) - shortstory by Jennifer Pelland
• Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse - (2007) - shortstory by Andy Duncan
• Fountain of Age - (2007) - novella by Nancy Kress
• Past Nebula Award Winners - essay by uncredited
• The Authors Emeriti - essay by uncredited
• Ardath Mayhar, Talent from the Pines - essay by Joe R. Lansdale
• About the Editor - essay by uncredited