The definitive "Year's Best" selection featuring works by Thomas M. Disch, Robert Sheckley, Kingsley Amis, Josef Nesvadba, R. A. Lafferty, and other American and international masters. Edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss. With stories from the traditional science fiction sources - magazines and original anthologies - and from international SF and literary periodicals, Harrison and Aldiss have produced their biggest and best annual selection ever.
Contents:
Roller Ball Murder by Harry Harrison
Mason's Life by Kingsley Amis
Welcome to the Standard Nightmare by Robert Sheckley
Serpent Burning on an Altar by Brian W. Aldiss
We Are Very Happy Here by Joe W. Haldeman
The Birds by Thomas M. Disch
The Wind and the Rain by Robert Silverberg
Ten Years Ago... by Max Beerbohm
Parthen by R.A. Lafferty
The Man Who Collected the First of September 1973 by Tor Åge Bringsvaerd
Captain Nemo's Last Adventure by Josef Nesvadba
La Befana by Gene Wolfe
A Curse by W. H. Auden
Auto-Apotheosis by Anthony Haden-Guest
Two Poems by William Jon Watkins
Sport by Steven Utley
The Window in Dante's Hell by Michael Bishop
Sister Francetta and Pig Baby by Kenneth Bernard
Escape by Ilya Varshavsky
Early Bird by Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas
Afterword: The Wizard and the Plumber by Brian W. Aldiss
The definitive "Year's Best" selection featuring works by Thomas M. Disch, Robert Sheckley, Kingsley Amis, Josef Nesvadba, R. A. Lafferty, and other American and international masters. Edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss. With stories from the traditional science fiction sources - magazines and original anthologies - and from international SF and literary periodicals, Harrison and Aldiss have produced their biggest and best annual selection ever.
Contents:
Roller Ball Murder by Harry Harrison
Mason's Life by Kingsley Amis
Welcome to the Standard Nightmare by Robert Sheckley
Serpent Burning on an Altar by Brian W. Aldiss
We Are Very Happy Here by Joe W. Haldeman
The Birds by Thomas M. Disch
The Wind and the Rain by Robert Silverberg
Ten Years Ago... by Max Beerbohm
Parthen by R.A. Lafferty
The Man Who Collected the First of September 1973 by Tor Åge Bringsvaerd
Captain Nemo's Last Adventure by Josef Nesvadba
La Befana by Gene Wolfe
A Curse by W. H. Auden
Auto-Apotheosis by Anthony Haden-Guest
Two Poems by William Jon Watkins
Sport by Steven Utley
The Window in Dante's Hell by Michael Bishop
Sister Francetta and Pig Baby by Kenneth Bernard
Escape by Ilya Varshavsky
Early Bird by Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas
Afterword: The Wizard and the Plumber by Brian W. Aldiss