Publication: The 1974 Annual World's Best SF

Publication: The 1974 Annual World's Best SFPublication Record # 152041
Editors: Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1974-09-00
Catalog ID: 6278
Publisher: DAW Books / SFBC
Price:
$1.98^?$: US dollar
Pages: x+245
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The 1974 Annual World's Best SF by Victor Valla
Notes: • First hardcover edition (not stated) • First printing has gutter code "E33" [verified] on page 244 indicating an August '74 printing. • Known reprints: "E52" indicating December '74 & "37R" [verified] indicating October '76 • A September selection of the SFBC • Jacket painting is credited to Valla on the rear flap, the artwork is also signed. • SFBC #6278 appears on the inside of the rear flap.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 4887650

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Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

vii • Introduction (The 1974 Annual World's Best SF) • (1974) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
1 • A Suppliant in Space • (1973) • novelette by Robert Sheckley
21 • Parthen • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
28 • Doomship • [Cuckoo] • (1973) • novella by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson
85 • Weed of Time • (1970) • short story by Norman Spinrad (variant of The Weed of Time)
93 • A Modest Genius • (1973) • short story by
Вадим Шефнер^?Vadim Shefner
(trans. of
Скромный гений^?Skromnyy geniy
1963) [as by Vadim Shefner]
108 • The Deathbird • (1973) • novelette by Harlan Ellison
136 • Evane • (1973) • short story by E. C. Tubb
144 • Moby, Too • (1973) • novelette by Gordon Eklund
161 • Death and Designation Among the Asadi • (1973) • novella by Michael Bishop
233 • Construction Shack • (1973) • short story by Clifford D. Simak

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