''Universe 5'' is an
anthology
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of original
science fiction
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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 fifth volume in the seventeen-volume
Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by
Random House
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in November 1974, with a
Science Fiction Book Club
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edition following from the same publisher in April 1975, a paperback edition from
Popular Library
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in March 1976, and a British hardcover edition from
Dennis Dobson
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Set up ...
in September 1978.
The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors.
Contents
* "
If This Is Winnetka, You Must Be Judy" (
F. M. Busby
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)
* "
Schrödinger's Cat
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" (
Ursula K. Le Guin
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)
* "
How It Felt" (
Geo. Alec Effinger)
* "
The Night Is Cold, the Stars Are Far Away" (
Mildred Downey Broxon
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Life
Broxon was born in Atlanta and grew up in Brazil. She studied psychology and worked as an assistant teacher for the mentally ha ...
)
* "
Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum" (
Fritz Leiber
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)
* "
M Is for the Many" (
J. J. Russ)
* "
The Night Wind
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Edgar Pangborn
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Edgar Pangborn was born in New York City on February 25, 1909, to Harry Levi Pangborn, an attorney and dictio ...
)
* "
Survival Problems" (
Kris Neville
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He was born in St. Louis. His first science fiction work was published in 1949. His most famous work, the novella ''Bettyann'', is ...
)
* "
Passion Play" (
J. Michael Reaves)
* "
The Rubber Bend" (
Gene Wolfe
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)
* "
But As a Soldier, For His Country" (
Stephen Goldin)
* "
The Ramparts" (
Hilary Bailey
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Life
Bailey attended Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was a founder-member of the Cambridge University Women's Union. She was born in Brom ...
)
Awards
The anthology placed seventh in the 1975
Locus Poll Award for Best Original Anthology.
"Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum" placed fourteenth in the 1975
Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.
References
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1974 anthologies
Universe (anthology series)
Random House books