"Exemplary tales of tomorrow and beyond." This is a collection of science fiction stories (and one poem) published in 2002.

- "In Paradise" by Bruce Sterling
- "Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick
- "Knapsack Poems" by Eleanor Arnason
- "At Dorado" by Geoffrey A. Landis
- "Coelacanths" by Robert Reed
- "Flight Correction" by Ken Wharton
- "Shoes" by Robert Sheckley
- "The Diamond Drill" by Charles Sheffield
- "Seasons of the Ansarac" by Ursula K. Le Guin
- "A Few Kind Words for A. E. Van Vogt" (poem) by Richard Chedwick
- "Halo" by Charles Stross
- "I Saw the Light" by Terry Bisson
- "A Slow Day at the Gallery" by A. M. Dellamonica
- "Ailoura" by Paul Di Filippo
- "The Names of All the Spirits" by J. R. Dunn
- "Grandma" by Carol Emshwiller
- "Snow in the Desert" by Neal Asher
- "Singleton" by Greg Egan
- "Geropods" by Robert Onopa
- "Afterlife" by Jack Williamson
- "Shields of Mars" by Gene Wolfe
- "Patent Infringement" by Nancy Kress
- "Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel" by Michael Moorcock

Books in this series:
- Year's Best SF 4
- Year's Best SF 5
- Year's Best SF 6
- Year's Best SF 7
- Year's Best SF 8
- Year's Best SF 9

See also:
- "Chicken Icarus" by Carol Emshwiller in The Year's Best SF: 12th Annual (SF 12)
- "Debut" by Carol Emshwiller in New Women of Wonder
- " Legions in Time" by Michael Swanwick in Science Fiction: The Best of 2003
- "State of Nature" by Nancy Kress in Year's Best SF 4
- "Computer Virus" by Nancy Kress in Year's Best SF 7
- "The Warlord of Saturn's Moons" by Eleanor Arnason in New Women of Wonder
- "Dead in Irons" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro in New Women of Wonder

Put on my desk by monado - presumably for me to read.

monado put this on my TBR shelf.

Returned to monado during a clean-up of my to-read shelf.

Back with me: re-reading it and enjoying the stories.