''Universe 6'' is an
anthology of original
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 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 sixth volume in the seventeen-volume
Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by
Doubleday in April 1976, with a paperback edition following from
Popular Library
Popular Library was a New York paperback book company established in 1942 by Leo Margulies and Ned Pines, who at the time were major pulp magazine and newspaper publishers. The company's logo of a pine tree was a tribute to Pines, and another ...
in August 1977, and a British hardcover edition from
Dennis Dobson
Dennis Dobson (1919 – 1978)Lewis Foreman, Susan Foreman''London: A Musical Gazetteer'' Yale University Press, 2005, p. 327. was a British book publisher who was the eponymous founder of a small but respected company in London.
Background
Set up ...
in 1978.
The book collects seven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors.
Contents
* "Journey to the Heartland" (
Brian W. Aldiss)
* "What Did You Do Last Year?" (
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reas ...
and
Gordon Eklund)
* "Custer's Last Jump" (
Steven Utley
Steven Utley (November 10, 1948—January 12, 2013) was an American writer. He wrote poems, humorous essays and other non-fiction, and worked on comic books and cartoons, but was best known for his science fiction stories.
Biography
Utley was bor ...
and
Howard Waldrop
Howard Waldrop (born September 15, 1946) is a science fiction author who works primarily in short fiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021.
Personal life
Though born in Houston, Mississippi, Waldrop has spent ...
)
* "The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat" (
Harlan Ellison)
* "Under the Generator" (
John Shirley
John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...
)
* "Stars and Darkness" (Glenn Chang)
* "Shifting Parameters in Disappearance and Memory" (Charlie Haas)
Awards
The anthology placed fourth in the 1977
Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
"Custer's Last Jump" was nominated for the 1977
Nebula Award for Best Novelette
The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novelette if it is between 7,50 ...
, and placed seventh in the 1977
Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.
References
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1976 anthologies
Universe (anthology series)
Doubleday (publisher) books