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The World Treasury of Science Fiction

David G. Hartwell

First published 1989
Publisher Little, Brown / BOMC
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
ISBN 0316349410
Cover art Bob Eggleton
Pages xix+1083

Notes

Breakdown of author nationalities:
Argentina: 1; Colombia: 1; Czechoslovakia: 1; France: 2; Georgia: 1; Italy: 1; Japan: 1; Netherlands: 2; Norway: 1; Poland: 1; UK: 5; USA: 28; USSR: 2; West Germany: 1.

  • Book Club Edition, retains the ISBN (0-316-34941-0) of the trade edition.
  • Appeared one month before the trade edition according to Locus1.
  • "First Edition" on copyright page.
  • No printing, printing date or pricing on/in book. Dating from LOCUS 1.
  • Copyright © 1989 by David G. Hartwell.
  • Introduction copyright © 1989 by Clifton Fadiman.
  • "BOMC" only indicated by ad on copyright page for other media types availability.
  • "Front Jacket painting by Bob Eggleton" on bottom back inner flap dj.
  • Jacket design by Steve Snider.
  • "Acknowledgments of permission to reprint previously copyrighted material appear on pages 1079-1083." on copyright page.
  • Published simultaneously in Canada.
  • Printed in the United States of America.
  • "Edited by David G. Hartwell" on title page.
  • "with a Foreword by Clifton Fadiman, General Editor." on title page.
  • Foreword ends with Clifton Fadiman (over) General Editor.
  • List of translators for stories and or notes:
    *Triceratops translated by David Lewis. Kono Tensei not Tensei Kono.
    *On The Inside Track translated by Joe F. Randolph with Karl Michael Armer.
    *The New Prehistory translated by Damon Knight.
    *The Valley of Echoes translated by Frank Zero.
    *The Blind Pilot translated by Damon Knight.
    *Tale of the Computer that Fought a Dragon translated by Michael Kandel.
    *Captain Nemo's Last Adventure translated by Iris Urwin.
    *A Sign in Space translated by William Weaver.
    *Italo Calvino translated by William Weaver.
    *The Dead Fish translated by Damon Knight.
    *I Was the First to Find You translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson.
    *Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius translated by Alastair Reid.
    *Codemus translated by Steven T. Murray.
    *Weihnachtsabend is given on story title page as "Weihnact-sabend" with all after the hyphen below. Apparently a word break to allow the spacing used with the title font.
    *How Erg the Self-Inducting Slew a Paleface translated by Michael Kandel.
    *Party Line translated by Arline Higuily.
    *The Way to Amalteia translated by Roger De Garis.

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1990 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The World Treasury of Science Fiction Cover 1989 Little, Brown Hardcover Anthology Bob Eggleton xix+1083
The World Treasury of Science Fiction Cover 1989 Little, Brown / QPBC Trade Paperback Anthology Bob Eggleton xix+1083