''Universe 9'' is an
anthology
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of original
science fiction short stories edited by
Terry Carr, the ninth volume in the seventeen-volume
Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by
Doubleday in May 1979, with a paperback edition from
Fawcett Popular Library in April 1980, and a British hardcover edition from
Dennis Dobson in May 1980.
The book collects nine novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors. A brief introduction precedes each story.
Contents
* "
Frost Animals" (
Bob Shaw)
* "
Nuclear Fission
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" (
Paul David Novitski)
* "
Time Shards" (
Gregory Benford)
* "
The Captain and the Kid" (
Marta Randall
Marta Randall (born 1948 in Mexico City) is an American science fiction writer.
In addition to writing numerous science fiction novels and short fiction, Marta Randall has edited the ''New Dimensions'' science fiction anthology series, and '' The ...
)
* "
The Back Road" (
Mary C. Pangborn
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Born in Brooklyn, Pangborn discovered the biologically important lipid cardiolipin and published a number of pieces of short fiction ...
)
* "
Will the Chill" (
John Shirley)
* "
Chicken of the Tree" (
Juleen Brantingham)
* "
The White Horse Child" (
Greg Bear)
* "
Options
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...
" (
John Varley John Varley may refer to:
* John Varley (canal engineer) (1740–1809), English canal engineer
* John Varley (painter) (1778–1842), English painter and astrologer
* John Varley (author) (born 1947), American science fiction author
* John Silvest ...
)
Awards
The anthology placed first in the 1980
Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
"Options" was nominated for the 1980
Nebula
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and
Hugo awards, and placed second in the 1980
Locus Poll Award, all for Best Novelette.
References
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1979 anthologies
Universe (anthology series)
Doubleday (publisher) books