Publication: Galaxy: The Best of My Years

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Publication: Galaxy: The Best of My YearsPublication Record # 15029
Editor: James Baen
Date: 1980-05-00
ISBN: 0-441-27296-7 [978-0-441-27296-9]
Publisher: Ace Books
Price:
$2.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: 306
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Galaxy: The Best of My Years by Patrick Woodroffe (variant of Planet of the Blind / New Life for Old 1976)
Notes: • "First Ace printing: May 1980" • 1st printing as per number line 2468097531. • Cover artist is not credited, but 'Woodroffe' is visible in reverse print at the lower left of the cover artwork. • Pre-Publication cover has a price of $1.95
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 6284355
- Reginald-3: 17188

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Anthology Title: Galaxy: The Best of My Years • (1980) • anthology by Jim Baen [as by James Baen]

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • The Myth of the Light-Barrier • [Editor's Page (Galaxy)] • essay by Jim Baen [as by James Baen]
4 • Is There Hope for the Future? • [Forum (Galaxy)] • (1974) • essay by Isaac Asimov
26 • The Day Before the Revolution • [Hainish] • (1974) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
48 • Our Many Roads to the Stars • (1975) • essay by Poul Anderson
70 • The Gift of Garigolli • (1974) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
106 • Birthdays • (1976) • novella by Fred Saberhagen
166 • Overdrawn at the Memory Bank • [Eight Worlds] • (1976) • novelette by John Varley
212 • The Long Chance • (1977) • novelette by Charles Sheffield
242 • Down and Out • [State / Leshy Circuit] • (1976) • novelette by Larry Niven
276 • That Buck Rogers Stuff • [A Step Farther Out] • (1976) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
292 • The Game of Blood and Dust • (1975) • short story by Roger Zelazny
300 • Galaxy and the Galaxy • (1977) • essay by Jim Baen [as by James Baen]

Primary Verifications

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Kpulliam	2012-06-03 13:57:21	Permanent	2021-01-03
Bluesman	2012-08-05 23:14:03	Permanent	2018-12-13
Don Erikson	2012-12-08 14:16:37	Permanent	2020-03-29
Taweiss	2018-02-23 08:31:20	Permanent	2022-09-05

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2021-09-04 16:51:16
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2021-09-04 16:51:16
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Reginald3	Verified	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2012-07-18 11:47:25

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