Publication: The 1983 Annual World's Best SF

Publication: The 1983 Annual World's Best SFPublication Record # 205009
Editors: Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1983-09-00
Catalog ID: 1251
Publisher: DAW Books / SFBC
Price:
$3.98^?$: US dollar
Pages: x+239
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The 1983 Annual World's Best SF by Richard Powers
Notes:
- First hardcover edition (not stated).
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of 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 1983.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both are taken from Locus #274 (November 1983).
- Jacket painting credited to Powers on inside rear flap, the artwork is also signed
- "1251" printed at the bottom on the back of the dustjacket.
- Gutter code "N34" [verified] on page 238 indicates a printing in August 1983. Reprinted in December 1984 with gutter code "O50" [verified].
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 12607870

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

viii • Introduction (The 1983 Annual World's Best SF) • (1983) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
1 • The Scourge • [Federation World] • (1982) • novella by James White
53 • A Letter from the Clearys • (1982) • short story by Connie Willis
65 • Farmer on the Dole • (1982) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
93 • Playing the Game • (1982) • short story by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
100 • Pawn's Gambit • (1982) • novelette by Timothy Zahn
127 • The Comedian • (1982) • short story by Tim Sullivan [as by Timothy Robert Sullivan]
146 • Written in Water • (1982) • short story by Tanith Lee
158 • Souls • (1982) • novella by Joanna Russ
205 • Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
230 • Peg-Man • (1982) • short story by Rudy Rucker

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