The Best Science Fiction of the Year was a series of annual paperback anthologies 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 ...
. It was published by
Ballantine Books from 1972 to 1980,
Pocket Books
Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.
History
Pocket Books produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in the United States in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing ...
from 1981 to 1983,
Baen Books
Baen Books () is an American publishing house for science fiction and fantasy. In science fiction, it emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, and military science fiction. The company was established in 1983 by science fiction publisher an ...
in 1984, and
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese sci ...
from 1985 to 1987. The Tor Books volumes bore the title Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year from 1985 to 1986, and Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year in 1987. Most volumes were also issued in hardcover in the
United Kingdom
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by
Gollancz, the last three under the variant title Best SF of the Year. The series was a continuation of the earlier anthology series
World's Best Science Fiction, edited by Carr with
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 ...
, published from 1965 to 1971 by
Ace Books. (Wollheim, with co-editor
Arthur W. Saha, also issued his own separate continuation,
The Annual World’s Best SF
The Annual World's Best SF was a series of annual paperback anthologies published by American company DAW Books from 1972 to 1990 under the editorship of publisher Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha from 1972 to 1990. Some volumes were also is ...
, from 1972 to 1990.)
Each annual volume reprinted what in the opinion of the editor were the best
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
short stories appearing in the previous year. The series also aimed to discover and nurture new talent. It featured both occasionally recurring authors, and writers new to the science fiction genre.
The series
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year'' (1972)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2'' (1973)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3'' (1974)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4'' (1975)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #5'' (1976)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6'' (1977)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #7'' (1978)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8'' (1979)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9'' (1980)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10'' (1981)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11'' (1982)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12'' (1983)
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13'' (1984)
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Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year'' (1985) = ''Best SF of the Year #14'' (1985)
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Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15'' (1986) = ''Best SF of the Year #15'' (1986)
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Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #16'' (1987) = ''Best SF of the Year 16'' (1987)
See also
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The Year's Best Science Fiction
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Year's Best SF
References
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Book series introduced in 1972
Ballantine Books books