Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year
| First published | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Larry Ratzkin |
| Pages | 250 |
| Price | $6.95 |
| ISBN | 0525064907 |
Notes
• "First Edition" on copyright page (as noted by Currey. "0772" on back of dust jacket, indicating published July 1972.
• "Jacket design by Larry Ratzkin" on back flap of dust jacket. Price on front flap.
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year |
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1972 | E. P. Dutton | Hardcover | Anthology | Larry Ratzkin | 250 | |
| Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year |
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1973 | Ace Books | Paperback | Anthology | 05475 | 286 | |
| Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year |
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1973 | Kaye & Ward | Hardcover | Anthology | 245 | ||
| Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year |
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1974 | Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Hardcover | Anthology | 1095 | 245 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Foreword: Alternate Possibilities | Lester del Rey | Essay |
| 13 | The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World | Philip José Farmer | Short Story |
| 31 | Good News from the Vatican | Robert Silverberg | Short Story |
| 41 | I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool Is Empty | James Tiptree, Jr. | Short Story |
| 56 | The Power of the Sentence | David M. Locke | Short Story |
| 66 | The Wicked Flee | Harry Harrison | Short Story |
| 79 | When You Hear the Tone | Thomas N. Scortia | Short Story |
| 93 | Occam's Scalpel | Theodore Sturgeon | Novelette |
| 118 | Hot Potato | Burt K. Filer | Short Story |
| 130 | The Human Operators | Harlan Ellison & A. E. van Vogt | Novelette |
| 152 | Autumntime | A. Lentini | Short Story |
| 155 | A Little Knowledge | Poul Anderson | Novelette |
| 180 | To Make a New Neanderthal | Wallace Macfarlane | Short Story |
| 188 | The Man Underneath | R. A. Lafferty | Short Story |
| 202 | Ornithanthropus | B. Alan Burhoe | Short Story |
| 216 | Rammer | Larry Niven | Novelette |
| 246 | The Science Fiction Yearbook (1971) | Lester del Rey | Essay |
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Charlie Brown | Locus, #129 December 15, 1972 |
| 1973 | Avram Davidson | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1973 |
| 1973 | P. Schuyler Miller | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1973 |
| 1978 | Craig F. Ross | Galileo, May 1978 |