The Year's Best Science Fiction - Third Annual Collection - 1986 - featuring Orson Scott Card, William Gibson, George RR Martin, Frederick Pohl, Bruce Sterling and Robert Silverberg

At dawn he arose and stepped out onto the patio for his first look at Alexandria, the one city he had not yet seen. That year the five cities were Chang-an, Asgard, New Chicago, Timbuctoo, Alexandria: the usual mix of eras, cultures, realities. He and Gioia, making the long flight from Asgard in the distant north the night...