Publication: The 1981 Annual World's Best SF

Publication: The 1981 Annual World's Best SFPublication Record # 177857
Editors: Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1981-08-00
Catalog ID: 5524
Publisher: DAW Books / SFBC
Price:
$3.98^?$: US dollar
Pages: ix+243
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The 1981 Annual World's Best SF by John Gampert
Notes: • First SFBC edition (not stated) • First hardcover edition • First printing has gutter code "L29" [verified] on page 242 indicating a printing date of June '81 • Gutter code "L42" [verified] also exists. • Jacket painting is credited to Gampert on the rear flap, the artwork is also signed • Only Wollheim is credited on the cover. Saha is only credited on the title page.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 8043647

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • Introduction (The 1981 Annual World's Best SF) • (1981) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
1 • Variation on a Theme from Beethoven • (1980) • novelette by Sharon Webb
30 • Beatnik Bayou • [Eight Worlds] • (1980) • novelette by John Varley
64 • Elbow Room • (1980) • novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley
81 • The Ugly Chickens • (1980) • novelette by Howard Waldrop
105 • Prime Time • (1980) • short story by Norman Spinrad
119 • Nightflyers • [Thousand Worlds] • (1980) • novella by George R. R. Martin
181 • A Spaceship Built of Stone • (1980) • short story by Lisa Tuttle
199 • Window • (1980) • short story by Bob Leman
217 • The Summer Sweet, the Winter Wild • (1980) • short story by Michael G. Coney
230 • Achronos • (1980) • short story by Lee Killough

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