The Year's Best Science Fiction
| First published | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Severn House |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Paul Brierley |
| Pages | 207 |
| Price | £3.50 |
| ISBN | 0727803158 |
- This is the first hardcover edition with the same story contents as the Sphere UK paperback original first edition: i.e., it has Sturgeon's "Like Young" instead of Aldis' "The Serpent of Kundalini". This hardcover reprint doesn't indicate that it's number 2 in the series.
- On copyright page: "The first British hardcover edition published in 1977", "(c) Sphere Books 1969" and ISBN.
- £3.50 price and ISBN on jacket front flap.
- "Jacket design by David Pearce" and "Photograph by Paul Brierley" on back flap.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Introduction (The Year's Best Science Fiction, No. 2) | Harry Harrison | Essay |
| 13 | Budget Planet | Robert Sheckley | Short Story |
| 24 | Appointment on Prila | Bob Shaw | Short Story |
| 39 | Lost Ground | David I. Masson | Novelette |
| 62 | The Rime of the Ancient SF Author, or Conventions and Recollections | J. R. Pierce | Poem |
| 64 | The Annex | John D. MacDonald | Short Story |
| 78 | Segregationist | Isaac Asimov | Short Story |
| 84 | Final War | K. M. O'Donnell | Novelette |
| 114 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Lester del Rey | Essay |
| 116 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 118 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Ed Emshwiller | Essay |
| 120 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Leon E. Stover | Essay |
| 127 | Golden Acres | Kit Reed | Novelette |
| 145 | Criminal in Utopia | Mack Reynolds | Novelette |
| 164 | One Station of the Way | Fritz Leiber | Short Story |
| 176 | Sweet Dreams, Melissa | Stephen Goldin | Short Story |
| 181 | To the Dark Star | Robert Silverberg | Short Story |
| 192 | Like Young | Theodore Sturgeon | Short Story |
| 200 | Afterword: The House That Jules Built | Brian W. Aldiss | Essay |