Publication: The 1985 Annual World's Best SF

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Publication: The 1985 Annual World's Best SFPublication Record # 331452
Editors: Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1985-06-00
ISBN: 0-88677-047-5 [978-0-88677-047-1]
Catalog ID: UE2047
Publisher: DAW Books / New American Library of Canada
Price:
C$3.95^?C$: Canadian dollar
Pages: 302
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: The 1985 Annual World's Best SF by Frank Kelly Freas
Notes: • "First Printing, June 1985/23456789" • First Canadian printing (not stated) • As usual with first Canadian DAWs from late '80 until mid-90s the number line begins with '2' • "Cover art by Frank Kelly Freas" on the copyright page, the artwork is also signed • DAW catalogue #UE2047 • $2.95 in the US • Cover printed in the US, book in Canada
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 13567721

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Anthology Title: The 1985 Annual World's Best SF • [World's Best SF • 21] • anthology by Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (The 1985 Annual World's Best SF) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
11 • The Picture Man • (1984) • short story by John Dalmas
34 • Cash Crop • (1984) • short story by Connie Willis
59 • We Remember Babylon • (1984) • novelette by Ian Watson
85 • What Makes Us Human • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1984) • novelette by Stephen R. Donaldson
128 • Salvador • (1984) • short story by Lucius Shepard
151 •
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• (1984) • novella by John Varley
226 • The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything • (1984) • short story by George Alec Effinger
246 • Bloodchild • (1984) • novelette by Octavia E. Butler
270 • The Coming of the Goonga • (1984) • short story by Gary W. Shockley
284 • Medra • (1984) • short story by Tanith Lee

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