The 1986 Annual World's Best SF

• "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim) • "Earthgate" (J. Brian Clarke) • "On the Dream Channel Panel" (Ian Watson) • "The Gods of Mars" (Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick) • "The Jaguar Hunter" (Lucius Shepard) • "Sailing to Byzantium" (Robert Silverberg) • "Webrider" (Jayge Carr) • "With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole" (Harlan Ellison) • "The Curse of Kings" (Connie Willis) • "Fermi and Frost" (Frederik Pohl) • "Pots" (C. J. Cherryh) ==Awards==

The anthology placed ninth in the 1987 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology. "The Gods of Mars" was nominated for the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and placed ninth in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "The Jaguar Hunter" was nominated for the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1986 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, and placed fourth in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Sailing to Byzantium" won the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novella, was nominated for the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 1986 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella, and placed second in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella. "With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole" placed first in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "The Curse of Kings" placed twelfth in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella. "Fermi and Frost" won the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, was nominated for the 1986 SF Chronicle Award for Best Short Story, and placed second in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. ==External links==