Publication: The 1977 Annual World's Best SF

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Publication: The 1977 Annual World's Best SFPublication Record # 35221
Editors: Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1977-05-00
ISBN: 0-87997-297-1 [978-0-87997-297-4]
Catalog ID: UE1297
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 240
Price:
$1.75^?$: US dollar
Pages: 280
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 1977 Annual World's Best SF by Jack Gaughan
Notes:
- "First printing, May 1977/123456789"
- Cover art credited to Gaughan on copyright page, no visible signature/initials
- DAW Books No. 240; DAW Catalog #UE1297
- Printed in the US
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 3803526
- Reginald-3: 33035

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Anthology Title: The 1977 Annual World's Best SF • [World's Best SF • 13] • anthology by Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (The 1977 Annual World's Best SF) • (1977) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
11 • Appearance of Life • (1976) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
28 • Overdrawn at the Memory Bank • [Eight Worlds] • (1976) • novelette by John Varley
60 • Those Good Old Days of Liquid Fuel • [The Peninsula] • (1976) • short story by Michael G. Coney
81 • The Hertford Manuscript • [H. G. Wells' Time Machine Universe] • (1976) • novelette by Richard Cowper
114 • Natural Advantage • (1976) • short story by Lester del Rey
127 • The Bicentennial Man • (1976) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
166 • The Cabinet of Oliver Naylor • (1976) • novelette by Barrington J. Bayley
197 • My Boat • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1976) • short story by Joanna Russ
215 • Houston, Houston, Do You Read? • (1976) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
268 • I See You • (1976) • short story by Damon Knight

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