Publication: The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2

Publication: The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2Publication Record # 4164
Editor: Terry Carr
Date: 1973-07-00
ISBN: 0-345-03312-4 [978-0-345-03312-3]
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price:
$1.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: xi+370
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 by Chris Foss (variant of All the Sounds of Fear)
Notes:
- First Printing: July 1973, no number line
- The Honorable Mentions are listed on the page before the content table although the content table lists them on page 371.
- Cover artist is credited on the copyright page. Signature (F) is on the cover.
- Printed in the US
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 8565081
- Reginald-1: 02636

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Contents (view Concise Listing)

vi • Honorable Mentions - 1972 • essay by Terry Carr
ix • Introduction (The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2) • essay by Terry Carr
1 • The Meeting • (1972) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
14 • Nobody's Home • (1972) • short story by Joanna Russ
31 • Fortune Hunter • (1972) • short story by Poul Anderson
43 • The Fifth Head of Cerberus • [The Fifth Head of Cerberus] • (1972) • novella by Gene Wolfe
109 • Caliban • (1972) • short story by Robert Silverberg
124 • Conversational Mode • (1972) • short story by Grahame Leman
143 • Their Thousandth Season • (1972) • short story by Edward Bryant
158 • Eurema's Dam • (1972) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
171 • Zero Gee • [Kinsman] • (1972) • novelette by Ben Bova
203 • Sky Blue • (1972) • short story by Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin
216 • Miss Omega Raven • (1972) • short story by Naomi Mitchison
222 • Patron of the Arts • (1972) • novelette by William Rotsler
257 • Grasshopper Time • (1972) • short story by Gordon Eklund
277 • Hero • [Mandella] • (1972) • novella by Joe Haldeman
340 • When We Went to See the End of the World • (1972) • short story by Robert Silverberg
350 • Painwise • (1972) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.

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