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The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF

Judith Merril

First published 1964
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Lawrence Ratzkin
Pages 384
Price $4.95

Notes

  • On copyright page: "First Printing" (as noted by Currey), "Copyright (c) 1964 by Judith Merril" and series LCCN.
  • $4.95 price on jacket front flap. "Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin" on back flap.
  • "Issued later in Great Britain as 9th Annual S-F (cover title reads The Best of Sci-Fi/9th Annual S-F)." - Currey
  • On page 8 is an untitled introductory essay about the world in 1963 and 1964. It is likely by Judith Merril, but is uncredited.
  • {{LCCN|56-8938}} for the series

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF Cover 1965 Simon & Schuster / SFBC Hardcover Anthology Lawrence Ratzkin 384

Page Title Author(s) Type
8 untitled (The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF) Anonymous Essay
9 Bernie the Faust William Tenn Novelette
35 Fortress Ship Fred Saberhagen Short Story
47 Mr. Waterman Peter Redgrove Short Story
50 Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well R. Bretnor Short Story
59 They Don't Make Life Like They Used to Alfred Bester Novelette
96 The Great Nebraska Sea Allan Danzig Short Story
109 The Faces Outside Bruce McAllister Short Story
119 A Slight Case of Limbo Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Short Story
133 237 Talking Statues, Etc. Fritz Leiber Short Story
143 The Jazz Machine Richard Matheson Poem
151 Mourning Song Charles Beaumont Short Story
168 The Jewbird Bernard Malamud Short Story
178 On the Fourth Planet J. F. Bone Short Story
197 Poppa Needs Shorts Walt Richmond & Leigh Richmond Short Story
203 Double Standard Fredric Brown Short Story
209 Interview Frank A. Javor Short Story
214 Eight O'Clock in the Morning Ray Nelson Short Story
220 Where Is Everybody? Ben Bova Essay
229 The Earth Dwellers André Maurois Novelette
253 The Nobel Prize Winners W. J. J. Gordon Short Story
268 Hot Planet Hal Clement Short Story
295 Confessions of the First Number Cliff Owsley Short Story
297 The Ming Vase E. C. Tubb Novelette
322 A Bargain with Cashel Gerald Kersh Short Story
336 Drunkboat Cordwainer Smith Novelette
370 Summation: SF, 1963 Judith Merril Essay
379 Books (The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF) Anthony Boucher Essay
381 Honorable Mentions (The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF) Judith Merril Essay