World's Best Science Fiction: 1971

by Donald A. Wollheim (Editor), Terry Carr (Editor)

World's Best SF (1971)

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liked this better than I expected. does sci fi still exist? fantasy seems to have taken over.
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Canonical title
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971
Original publication date
1971
First words
He didn't know who he was when she met him--well, not many people did.
Introduction: The shape of the seventies in the world of science fiction, as exemplified by the events in publishing and reader-writer activities and by the contents of this, our selection of the best new stories published in... (show all) 1970, would seem to show a curious dichotomy.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Gone are Lupo. Come are Man.

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Science Fiction, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
823.9Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-
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PS648 .S3 .W66Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureCollections of American literatureProse (General)

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English, Norwegian
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Paper
ISBNs
3
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