Publication: The 1982 Annual World's Best SF

Publication: The 1982 Annual World's Best SFPublication Record # 177861
Editors: Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1982-09-00
Catalog ID: 4786
Publisher: DAW Books / SFBC
Price:
$4.50^?$: US dollar
Pages: ix+273
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The 1982 Annual World's Best SF by Dawn Wilson
Notes:
- First hardcover edition (not stated).
- "Book Club Edition" on the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for September 1982.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from Locus #262 (November 1982).
- Jacket painting is credited to Wilson on the rear flap, the artwork is also signed
- "4786" at the bottom on the back of the dustjacket.
- Gutter code "M33" [verified] on page 272 indicates a printing in August 1982. Reprinted in November 1983 with gutter code "N47".
- Wollheim alone is credited on the cover. Saha is only credited on the title page.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 8746514

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • Introduction (The 1982 Annual World's Best SF) • (1982) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
1 • Blind Spot • (1981) • short story by Jayge Carr
19 • Highliner • (1981) • novelette by C. J. Cherryh
45 • The Pusher • (1981) • short story by John Varley
60 • Polyphemus • (1981) • novella by Michael Shea
110 • Absent Thee from Felicity Awhile ... • (1981) • short story by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul]
123 • Out of the Everywhere • (1981) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
158 • Slac// • (1981) • novelette by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
183 • The Cyphertone • (1981) • short story by S. C. Sykes
197 • Through All Your Houses Wandering • (1981) • novella by Ted Reynolds
247 • The Last Day of Christmas • (1981) • novelette by David J. Lake

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