Publication: The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8

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Publication: The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8Publication Record # 357797
Editor: Arthur W. Saha
Date: 1982-10-00
ISBN: 0-87997-770-1 [978-0-87997-770-2]
Catalog ID: UE1770
Publisher: DAW Books / New American Library of Canada
Price:
C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar
Pages: 191
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 Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 by Oliviero Berni (variant of Gor — die Gegenerde)
Notes:
- "First Printing, October 1982/23456789"
- 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 credited to Berni on copyright page and titled "Talena". No visible signature on the artwork
- Catalog #UE1770
- Cover printed in the US, book in Canada
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 8803930

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Anthology Title: The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 • [The Year's Best Fantasy Stories • 8] • anthology by Arthur W. Saha

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8) • essay by Arthur W. Saha
9 • When the Clock Strikes • (1980) • short story by Tanith Lee
26 • Midas Night • (1981) • short story by Sam Wilson
35 • Unicorn Variation • (1981) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
60 • The Only Death in the City • (1981) • short story by C. J. Cherryh
78 • The Quickening • (1981) • novelette by Michael Bishop
107 • The River Maid • (1981) • short story by Jane Yolen
113 • Skirmish on Bastable Street • (1981) • short story by Bob Leman
129 • A Pattern of Silver Strings • [Cerin Songweaver] • (1981) • novelette by Charles de Lint
151 • A Friend in Need • (1981) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
164 • Pooka's Bridge • (1981) • short story by Gillian Fitzgerald
178 • The Belonging Kind • (1981) • short story by William Gibson and John Shirley

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