''The 1973 Annual World's Best SF'' is an

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short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the second volume in a

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of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by

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in May 1973, followed by a hardcover edition issued in August of the same year by the same publisher as a selection of the

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. For the hardcover edition the original cover art of

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was replaced by a new cover painting by William S. Shields. The paperback edition was reissued by DAW in December 1978 under the variant title ''Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Two'', this time with cover art by Larry Oritz. The book collects ten novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Wollheim. Most of the stories were previously published in 1972 in the magazines ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Galaxy Magazine'', and the anthologies '' New Writings in SF 20'' and '' Infinity Three''. One story was first published in this anthology.

*"Introduction" ( Donald A. Wollheim) *"Goat Song" (

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) *"The Man Who Walked Home" ( James Tiptree, Jr.) *"Oh, Valinda!" ( Michael G. Coney) *"

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" (

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) *"To Walk a City's Street" ( Clifford D. Simak) *"Rorqual Maru" ( T. J. Bass) *"Changing Woman" ( W. Macfarlane) *"'Willie's Blues'" ( Robert J. Tilley) *"Long Shot" (

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) *"Thus Love Betrays Us" ( Phyllis MacLennon)

Awards

The anthology placed third in the 1974 Locus Poll Award for Best Reprint Anthology/Collection. "Goat Song" won the 1972

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and the 1973

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, and placed third in the Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction. "The Gold at the Starbow's End" was nominated for the 1972

and the 1973

, and won the Locus Poll Award for Best Novella.

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