Publication: Best Science Fiction for 1972

Publication: Best Science Fiction for 1972Publication Record # 4118
Editor: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1972-09-00
Catalog ID: 91359
Publisher: Ace Books
Pub. Series: World's Best Science Fiction
Pub. Series #: 8
Price:
$1.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: 315
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: Best Science Fiction for 1972 by David McCall Johnston
Notes:
- "First Ace Printing: September, 1972"; no number line
- Cover art credit from Alfa Een cover.
- The Mitsuse story appears to be original to this edition, not mentioned in the Acknowledgments.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1347850
- Reginald-1: 11756

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (Best Science Fiction for 1972) • essay by Frederik Pohl
10 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
43 • The Sunset, 2217 A. D. • novelette by
光瀬龍^?みつせりゅう
Mitsuse Ryū
Mitsuse Ryuu
Mitsuse Ryu
(trans. of
落陽2217年^?Rakuyō 2217 Nen
unknown) [as by Ryu Mitsuse]
65 • Mother in the Sky with Diamonds • (1971) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
98 • Conversational Mode • (1972) • short story by Grahame Leman
113 • Sheltering Dream • (1972) • short story by Doris Piserchia
139 • At the Mouse Circus • (1971) • short story by Harlan Ellison
148 • Silent in Gehenna • (1971) • short story by Harlan Ellison
169 • Too Many People • (1971) • novelette by H. H. Hollis
201 • The Easy Way Out • (1971) • novelette by John Brunner (variant of Easy Way Out)
297 • The Gold at the Starbow's End • (1972) • novella by Frederik Pohl

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