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''The 1974 Annual World's Best SF'' is an
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short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the third volume in a
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of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by
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in May 1974, followed by a hardcover edition issued in September 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 Victor Valla. The paperback edition was reissued by DAW in December 1979 under the variant title ''Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Three'', this time with cover art by
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. A British hardcover edition was published by The Elmfield Press in October 1975 under the variant title ''The World's Best SF Short Stories No. 1''. 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 1973 in the magazines ''
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'', and ''
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Contents

*"Introduction" ( Donald A. Wollheim) *"A Supplicant in Space" (
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) *"Parthen" ( R. A. Lafferty) *"Doomship" (
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and
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) *"Weed of Time" (
Norman Spinrad Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author, essayist, and critic. His fiction has won the Prix Apollo Award, Prix Apollo and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo Award and multiple N ...
) (Originally published in 1970) *"A Modest Genius" (translation of "''Skromnyi Geniy''", 1963) ( Vadim Shefner) *"The Deathbird" (
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) *"Evane" ( E. C. Tubb) *"Moby, Too" ( Gordon Eklund) *"Death and Designation Among the Asadi" ( Michael Bishop) *"Construction Shack" ( Clifford D. Simak)


Awards

"The Deathbird" was nominated for the 1973
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, won the 1974
Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of ...
, and placed first in the 1974 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction. "Death and Designation Among the Asadi" was nominated for the 1973
Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 4 ...
and the 1974
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, and placed seventh in the 1974 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella. "Construction Shack" was nominated for the 1974
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.


External links

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