''Universe 10'' is an American
anthology
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of original
science fiction
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short stories edited by
Terry Carr
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Background and discovery of fandom
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, the tenth volume in the seventeen-volume
Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by
Doubleday in September 1980, with a
Science Fiction Book Club edition following from the same publisher in October of the same year, and a paperback edition from
Zebra Books
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in November 1982.
The book collects ten novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors.
Contents
* "
Saving Face" (
Michael Bishop)
* "
A Source of Innocent Merriment" (
James Tiptree, Jr.
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)
* "
And All the Skies Are Full of Fish" (
R. A. Lafferty
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)
* "
Bête et Noir" (
Lee Killough
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)
* "
The Ugly Chickens
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Personal life
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" (
Howard Waldrop)
* "
SUPERL" (
Charles E. Elliott)
* "
Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life" (
Eric G. Iverson)
* "
The Confession of Hamo" (
Mary C. Pangborn)
* "
The Johann Sebastian Bach Memorial Barbecue and Nervous Breakdown" (
Carter Scholz
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Biography
Scholz grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey and graduated from Tenafly High School in 1971. He als ...
)
* "
First Person Plural
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" (
F. M. Busby
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)
Awards
The anthology placed sixth in the 1981
Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
"Saving Face" placed eighth in the 1981
Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.
"The Ugly Chickens" won the 1981
Nebula Award for Best Novelette and
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction
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, was nominated for the 1981
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
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and
Balrog Award for Short Fiction, and placed fifth in the 1981
Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.
"The Confession of Hamo" placed 19th in the 1981
Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.
References
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1980 anthologies
Universe (anthology series)
Doubleday (publisher) books