Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Sixth Annual Collection

by Gardner Dozois (Editor)

Dutton Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (#6)

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Collection of short stories, science fiction.

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Gardner Dozois was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 23, 1947. After working as an Army journalist, he became a science fiction and fantasy editor and author. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies and editor of Asimov's from 1984 until 2004. His work as an editor received more than 40 Hugo Awards, 40 Nebula show more Awards, and 30 Locus Awards. He received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor 15 times between 1988 and his retirement from Asimov's in 2004. He wrote books including Strangers and short stories including The Peacemaker and Morning Child, which won the Nebula Award for Short Story in 1983 and 1984, respectively. He also collaborated with George R. R. Martin on a series of themed anthologies including Songs of the Dying Earth, Old Mars, Dangerous Women, and Rogues. In 2011, Dozois was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. He died on May 27, 2018 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Sixth Annual Collection
Original publication date
1978
Dedication
For Jack Dann
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Dozois edited #6-10 of this series for publisher E.P. Dutton; this series is not the same as Dozois's later series for Bluejay/St.Martins - note that the two series have different titles. "Best Science Fiction Stories of the ... (show all)Year: Sixth Annual Collection" (Dutton) is an entirely different book (with entirely different contents) from "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection" (St. Martin's).

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Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
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813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
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PS648 .S3 .B468Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureCollections of American literatureProse (General)

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