Publication: The Best Science Fiction of the Year

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Publication: The Best Science Fiction of the YearPublication Record # 35905
Editor: Terry Carr
Date: 1972-07-00
ISBN: 0-345-02671-3 [978-0-345-02671-2]
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price:
$1.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: ix+340
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 Best Science Fiction of the Year by Chris Foss (variant of The People Trap)
Notes: • "First Printing: July, 1972"; no number line • The artist is not credited, Foss' F inside a box is on the back cover [wraparound artwork] • The story "Entropy's Jaws" appears as "In Entropy's Jaws" • Printed in the US
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 508887
- Reginald-1: 02635

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Anthology Title: The Best Science Fiction of the Year • [Best SF of the Year • 1] • anthology by Terry Carr

Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • Introduction (The Best Science Fiction of the Year) • essay by Terry Carr
1 • Occam's Scalpel • (1971) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
25 • The Queen of Air and Darkness • [The Queen of Air and Darkness] • (1971) • novella by Poul Anderson
73 • In Entropy's Jaws • (1971) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
113 • The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World • [Dayworld] • (1971) • short story by Philip José Farmer
131 • A Meeting with Medusa • [A Meeting with Medusa • 1] • (1971) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
177 • The Frayed String on the Stretched Forefinger of Time • (1971) • short story by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
195 • How Can We Sink When We Can Fly? • (1971) • novelette by Alexei Panshin
227 • No Direction Home • (1971) • short story by Norman Spinrad
245 • Vaster Than Empires and More Slow • [Hainish] • (1971) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
277 • All the Last Wars at Once • (1971) • short story by George Alec Effinger
293 • The Fourth Profession • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven

Primary Verifications

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Rtrace	2009-04-30 07:11:33	Permanent	2022-09-07
Don Erikson	2013-01-14 12:50:18	Permanent	2020-03-29
Dfrank	2014-10-24 10:02:56	Permanent	2017-09-15
Taweiss	2018-03-10 02:47:45	Permanent	2022-09-05

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Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2014-02-04 22:13:38
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2014-02-04 22:13:38
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2014-02-04 22:13:38
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2014-02-04 22:13:38
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2014-02-04 22:13:38
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2014-02-04 22:13:38
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2014-02-04 22:13:38
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Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2014-02-04 22:13:38
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