Publication: Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection

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Publication: Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual CollectionPublication Record # 4143
Editor: Gardner Dozois
Date: 1979-08-00
ISBN: 0-525-06497-4 [978-0-525-06497-8]
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Price:
$9.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: xxi+234
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection by Mark Rubin (variant of Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1975)
Notes:
- "First Edition" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
- The copyright page contains the ISBN (0-525-06497-4), and the LCCN 77-190700.
- "Designed by Nicola Mazzella" stated on the copyright page.
- "Jacket design by Mark Rubin" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- Month of publication the code "0879" printed on the back of the dustjacket. Confirmed by the listing in Locus #225 (September 1979).
External IDs:
- LCCN: 77-190700
- OCLC/WorldCat: 5521444
- Reginald-3: 22115

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Anthology Title: Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection • [Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year • 8] • anthology by Gardner Dozois

Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • Introduction: Summation: 1978 • essay by Gardner Dozois
1 • The Persistence of Vision • (1978) • novella by John Varley
38 • Found! • (1978) • short story by Isaac Asimov
50 • Whores • [Dream Archipelago] • (1978) • short story by Christopher Priest
60 • Cousins • (1978) • novelette by Bernard Deitchman
90 • View from a Height • (1978) • short story by Joan D. Vinge
102 • Mutability • (1978) • short story by Thomas M. Disch
117 • Lost and Found • (1978) • short story by Phyllis Eisenstein
121 • Old Folks at Home • [Urban Nucleus] • (1978) • novella by Michael Bishop
159 • September Song • (1978) • short story by James P. Girard
172 • In Alien Flesh • (1978) • novelette by Gregory Benford
192 • Seven American Nights • (1978) • novella by Gene Wolfe
232 •
Honorable Mentions—1978^?Honorable Mentions-1978
• essay by Gardner Dozois

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