World's Best Science Fiction
| First published | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Gollancz |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | 320 |
| Price | 30/- |
| ISBN | 0575002913 |
- As noted by Currey, this is the first hardcover edition of World's Best Science Fiction: 1968. Its title on jacket and title page is simply "World's Best Science Fiction". As noted on the jacket front flap, "World's Best Science Fiction is an annual collection first published in America in 1965. This current volume is the first to be published in this country."
- At the bottom of the title page is the publication year "1969".
- "Copyright (c), 1968" and ISBN "575 00291 3" on the copyright page.
- Price "30/- net" on jacket front flap.
- Wollheim & Carr's "Introduction" is credited to "The Editors".
- Note that OCLC/WorldCat includes the publication year 1969 in the title.
Searching by ISBN: 0575002913
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Introduction (World's Best Science Fiction: 1968) | Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr | Essay |
| 9 | See Me Not | Richard Wilson | Novelette |
| 47 | Driftglass | Samuel R. Delany | Short Story |
| 65 | Ambassador to Verdammt | Colin Kapp | Short Story |
| 84 | The Man Who Never Was | R. A. Lafferty | Short Story |
| 93 | The Billiard Ball | Isaac Asimov | Novelette |
| 113 | Hawksbill Station | Robert Silverberg | Novella |
| 161 | The Number You Have Reached | Thomas M. Disch | Short Story |
| 170 | The Man Who Loved the Faioli | Roger Zelazny | Short Story |
| 178 | Population Implosion | Andrew J. Offutt | Novelette |
| 194 | I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | Harlan Ellison | Short Story |
| 209 | The Sword Swallower | Ron Goulart | Novelette |
| 238 | Coranda | Keith Roberts | Novelette |
| 258 | Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne | R. A. Lafferty | Short Story |
| 269 | Handicap | Larry Niven | Novelette |
| 293 | Full Sun | Brian W. Aldiss | Short Story |
| 305 | It's Smart to Have an English Address | D. G. Compton | Short Story |