Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year First Annual Collection
by Lester del Rey (Editor)
Dutton Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (#1)
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The year mentioned in the title is 1971 and it was a very good year for SF judging by this collection. Stories by Robert Silverberg, James Tiptree Jr. Harry Harrison, Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, Poul Anderson and Larry Niven among others. Of course, women are very poorly represented in this collection.
Mixed bag of *different* stories than listed on the blurb. Yes, the cover for my copy is the astronauts on the Moon (?) examining (?) the stone monument on which is engraved the title of the book. But the stories here are:
Poul Anderson // The Bitter Bread (long, read elsewhere, culture clash)
Hayford Pierce // Mail Supremacy, and High Yield Bondage (both meant to be social satire, one short & clever, one long and boring)
P.J. Plauger //Child of All Ages (Tuck Everlasting is better but this is interesting)
Phyllis Eisenstein //Tree of Life (alien chooses the wrong host, is stuck until host dies...)
Stephen Robinett //Hellbent Four (sentient ship w/ attitude)
Robert Hoskins //Pop Goes the Weasel (last three people post-apocalypse)
Liz Hufford show more //The Book Learners (first, the gave the Imitians the Bible... then....)
Clifford D. Simak //Senior Citizen (too short; another musing on longevity)
Joan D. Vinge and Vernor Vinge //The Peddler's Apprentice (long for a short story, but some Sword&Sorcery trilogies would have less quest, adventure, intrigue, world-building, and characterization) show less
Poul Anderson // The Bitter Bread (long, read elsewhere, culture clash)
Hayford Pierce // Mail Supremacy, and High Yield Bondage (both meant to be social satire, one short & clever, one long and boring)
P.J. Plauger //Child of All Ages (Tuck Everlasting is better but this is interesting)
Phyllis Eisenstein //Tree of Life (alien chooses the wrong host, is stuck until host dies...)
Stephen Robinett //Hellbent Four (sentient ship w/ attitude)
Robert Hoskins //Pop Goes the Weasel (last three people post-apocalypse)
Liz Hufford show more //The Book Learners (first, the gave the Imitians the Bible... then....)
Clifford D. Simak //Senior Citizen (too short; another musing on longevity)
Joan D. Vinge and Vernor Vinge //The Peddler's Apprentice (long for a short story, but some Sword&Sorcery trilogies would have less quest, adventure, intrigue, world-building, and characterization) show less
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- Canonical title
- Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year First Annual Collection
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- 1972
- Dedication
- To Isaac and Janet, who are wonderful neighbors
- Disambiguation notice
- Easily confused with many other 'Best of the Year' anthologies. This series first published bu Dutton consists of 5 books by Del Rey (for the years 1971 to 1975) and 5 by Dozois for the next five years. If your book is here p... (show all)lease move to the correct year. These are canonically named " Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year First (or second, third etc) Annual Collection"
This series from publisher E.P. Dutton would run to ten annual volumes; #1-5 were edited by Lester del Rey, #6-10 were edited by Gardner Dozois. These last five volumes of the Dutton "Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year"... (show all) series should not be confused with the similarly-named "The Year's Best Science Fiction" annual series that Dozois would later edit for Bluejay/St.Martin's. They are distinct works, with distinct contents.
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