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The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 (aka Best Science Fiction of the Year: 1, Part One; and 1, Part Two)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 - aka Best Science Fiction of the Year: 1, Part One; and 1, Part Two Author:Terry Carr (Editor) Terry Carr's dazzling collection of the twelve best science fiction stories published in 1975. The fifth in the series of annual paperback anthologies. Each annual volume reprinted what in the opinion of the editor were the best science fiction short stories appearing in the previous year. The series also aimed to discover and nu... more »rture new talent. It featured both occasionally recurring authors and writers new to the science fiction genre.
Contents:
Introduction (The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5) • essay by Terry Carr;
Down to a Sunless Sea [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1975) / Genevieve Linebarger [as by Cordwainer Smith];
Retrograde Summer [Eight Worlds] (1975) / John Varley;
The Hero as Werwolf (1975) / Gene Wolfe;
The Silent Eyes of Time (1975) / Algis Budrys;
Croatoan (1975) / Harlan Ellison;
Doing Lennon (1975) / Gregory Benford;
The New Atlantis (1975) / Ursula K. Le Guin;
Clay Suburb (1975) / Robert F. Young;
The Storms of Windhaven [Windhaven] (1975) / George R. R. Martin, Lisa Tuttle;
Child of All Ages (1975) / P. J. Plauger;
In the Bowl [Eight Worlds] (1975) / John Varley;
Sail the Tide of Mourning [Space War Blues] (1975) / Richard A. Lupoff;
Recommended Reading - 1975 • essay by Terry Carr;
The Science Fiction Year (1975) • essay by Charles N. Brown.
Also published by Penguin in two volumes as: Best Science Fiction of the Year: 1, Part One; (and) Best Science Fiction of the Year: 1, Part Two.