The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories was a series of annual anthologies published by DAW Books from 1975 to 1988 under the successive editorships of

Lin Carter Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. L ...

from 1975 to 1980 and Arthur W. Saha from 1981 to 1988. The series was a companion to DAW’s

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, issued from 1972 to 1990 under the editorship of Saha with publisher

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, and

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, issued from 1971 to 1994, which performed a similar office for the

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and

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genres.

Summary

Each annual volume reprinted what in the opinion of the editor was the best

fantasy literature Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fan ...

short fiction appearing in the previous year. Carter's picks tended to be idiosyncratic, concentrating on long-established authors in the field and reflecting his own particular enthusiasms. He also habitually padded out the volumes he edited with his own works, whether written singly, in collaboration, or under pseudonyms. Saha’s editorial choices more closely reflected the contemporary field and highlighted more emerging authors. Under Carter's editorship surveys of "The Year’s Best Fantasy Books" and "The Year in Fantasy" rounded out each year’s collection, continuing the annual surveys of the year's best fantasy fiction he had formerly contributed to ''

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'' before that magazine's 1975 demise. Saha contented himself with a general introduction.

The series

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The Year's Best Fantasy Stories ''The Year's Best Fantasy Stories'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in 1975. Despite the anthology's title, it actually gathers together pieces originall ...

'', Lin Carter, ed. (1975) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 2'', Lin Carter, ed. (1976) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3'', Lin Carter, ed. (1977) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 4'', Lin Carter, ed. (1978) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 5'', Lin Carter, ed. (1980) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 6'', Lin Carter, ed. (1980) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 7'', Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1981) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8'', Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1982) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9'', Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1983) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 10'', Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1984) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11'', Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1985) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 12'', Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1986) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13'', Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1987) # '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 14'', Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1988)

References

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