''The 1988 Annual World's Best SF'' is an

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short stories edited by

Donald A. Wollheim Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 – November 2, 1990) was an American science fiction editor, publisher, writer, and fan. As an author, he published under his own name as well as under pseudonyms, including David Grinnell, Martin Pearso ...

and

Arthur W. Saha Arthur William Saha (October 31, 1923 – November 19, 1999) was an American speculative fiction editor and anthologist, closely associated with publisher Donald A. Wollheim. Life Saha was the son of William and Henrikka Saha, a Finnish-Ameri ...

, the seventeenth volume in a series of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in June 1988, followed by a hardcover edition issued in August of the same year by the same publisher as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club. For the hardcover edition the original cover art by Blair Wilkins was replaced by a new cover painting by

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'', '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', '' Omni'', and ''

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'' and '' Universe 17''.

*"Introduction" (

) *"The Pardoner's Tale" (

Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...

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Rachel in Love "Rachel in Love" is a 1987 science fiction short story by American writer Pat Murphy. It was first published in ''Asimov's Science Fiction''. Synopsis When a neurologist's teenage daughter Rachel is killed, he secretly copies a recording of her ...

" ( Pat Murphy) *"America" ( Orson Scott Card) *"Crying in the Rain" ( Tanith Lee) *"The Sun Spider" ( Lucius Shepard) *"Angel" (

Pat Cadigan Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human ...

) *"Forever Yours, Anna" (

Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning ''Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang''. Wilhelm established ...

) *"Second Going" (

James Tiptree, Jr. Alice Bradley Sheldon (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author better known as James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. It was not publicly known ...

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" ( Walter Jon Williams) *"All Fall Down" ( Don Sakers)

Awards

The anthology placed eleventh in the 1989 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology. "The Pardoner's Tale" placed thirteenth in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Rachel in Love" won the 1987 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the 1988 Asimov's Readers' Poll Award for Best Novelette, and the 1988 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, placed first in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette, and was nominated for the 1988

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 the 1988

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 ...

. "America" placed sixth in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Crying in the Rain" placed twenty-sixth in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "The Sun Spider" placed seventeenth in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Angel" placed first in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story, and was nominated for the 1987

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, the 1988 Asimov's Readers' Poll Award for Best Short Story, the 1988

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, the 1988

World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

, and the 1988

SF Chronicle Award for Best Short Story 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 ...

. "Forever Yours, Anna" won the 1987

, was nominated for the 1988

and the 1988

, and placed eighth in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Second Going" placed twenty-third in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Dinosaurs" was nominated for the 1988 Asimov's Readers' Poll Award for Best Novelette, the 1988

and the 1988 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and placed eleventh in the 1988 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.

External links

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