''Universe 8'' is an
anthology
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of original
science fiction short stories edited by
Terry Carr, the eighth volume in the seventeen-volume
Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by
Doubleday in May 1978, with a paperback edition from
Popular Library in July 1979, and a British hardcover edition from
Dennis Dobson in July 1979.
The book collects eight novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors.
Contents
* "
Old Folks at Home" (
Michael Bishop)
* "
David and Lindy" (
Cynthia Felice
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Her first novel, ''Godsfire'', and her first short story, " ...
)
* "
Vermeer's Window" (
Gordon Eklund
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)
* "
Scattershot" (
Greg Bear)
* "
The Ecologically Correct House
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Charles Ott
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)
* "
Hunting
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Michael Cassutt
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* "
Nooncoming" (
Gregory Benford)
* "
Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies
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R. A. Lafferty
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Awards
The anthology placed third in the 1979
Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
"Old Folks at Home" placed fourth in the 1979
Locus Poll Award for Best Novella.
"Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies" placed fifteenth in the 1979
Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.
References
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1978 anthologies
Universe (anthology series)
Doubleday (publisher) books