''Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year'' is an

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short stories edited by

Terry Carr Terry Gene Carr (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was an American science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor. Background and discovery of fandom Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He attended the City College of San ...

, the fourteenth volume in a series of sixteen. It was first published in paperback by

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in July 1985, and in hardcover and trade paperback by

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in October of the same year, under the alternate title ''Best SF of the Year #14''. The book collects thirteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction, notes and concluding essays by Carr and

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. The stories were previously published in 1984 in the magazines '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', ''

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'', '' Omni'', ''

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'', and '' Interzone'', and the anthologies ''

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'', and '' Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy Of and For Our Time''.

*"Introduction" (

) *"Press Enter []" (John Varley (author), John Varley) *"Blued Moon" (Connie Willis) *"Summer Solstice" (Charles L. Harness) *"Morning Child" (Gardner Dozois) *"The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything" (

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) *"A Day in the Skin (or, The Century We Were Out of Them)" ( Tanith Lee) *"Instructions" (

Bob Leman Robert J. Leman (1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American science fiction and horror short story author, most associated with ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. He was not published until he was 45, but had been a member of First Fando ...

) *"The Lucky Strike" (

Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American writer of science fiction. He has published twenty-two novels and numerous short stories and is best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many ...

) *"Green Hearts" ( Lee Montgomerie) *"Bloodchild" (

Octavia E. Butler Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowshi ...

) *"Trojan Horse" ( Michael Swanwick) *"Fears" (

Pamela Sargent Pamela Sargent (born March 20, 1948) is an American feminist, science fiction author, and editor. She has an MA in classical philosophy and has won a Nebula Award. Sargent wrote a trilogy concerning the terraforming of Venus that is someti ...

) *"Trinity" (

Nancy Kress Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning 1991 novella ''Beggars in Spain'', which became a ...

) *"1984, the SF Year in Review" (

) *"Recommended Reading" (

)

Reception

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for most ...

reviewed ''Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year'' for ''

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'' #72, and stated that "I don't much like Varley's tale, whose flashy surface covers a thin and familiar technophobic theme. but most of the rest are ace stuff."

Awards

The anthology placed third in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology. "Press Enter []" won the 1984

Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 40 ...

, the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella, and the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novella, and placed first in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella. "Blued Moon" was nominated for the 1985

Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of ...

and placed third in the 1985 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette. "Summer Solstice" was nominated for the 1984 Analog Award for Best Novella/Novelette and the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novella, and placed eighth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Morning Child" won the 1984

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, was nominated for the 1985

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, and placed twenty-second in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything" was nominated for the 1984

, the 1985

, and the 1985

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, and placed third in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "The Lucky Strike" was nominated for the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the 1985

, and the 1985

SF Chronicle Award for Best Novelette SF may refer to: Locations * San Francisco, California, United States * Sidi Fredj, Algeria * South Florida, an urban region in the United States * Suomi Finland, former vehicular country code for Finland In arts and entertainment Genres ...

, and placed fourth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Bloodchild" won the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the 1985

, and the 1985

, and placed first in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Trojan Horse" was nominated for the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and placed thirteenth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Fears" placed eighteenth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Trinity" was nominated for the 1984

and the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella, placed sixth in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella, and was a preliminary nominee for the 1986 Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel.

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