Best Science Fiction of the Year #11, the (1982) [Anthology]
by Poul Anderson Gregory Benford Charles N. Brown Mildred Downey Broxon Ed Bryant Pat Cadigan Jack Dann George Florance-Guthridge Damon Knight R. A. Lafferty David R. Palmer Ted Reynolds Spider Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson Michael Swanwick John Varley Gene Wolfe Roger Zelazny
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Series: Best Science Fiction of the Year, the
Part: 11
Summary
(From the publisher):
THE MOST IMAGINATIVE AND VARIED COLLECTION YET!
THE WOMAN THE UNICORN LOVED—Gene Wolfe
In a genetic future where man can create all the beasts of myth, a unicorn wanders onto a college campus, and brings to life all the mystic, haunting and terrifying legends of old.
THE SATURN GAME—Poul Anderson
Beneath the star-swirled, amber rings of Saturn, three space explorers find their mysterious, silent, ice-caverned world hypnotic, beautiful—and lethal.
FOREVER—Damon Knight
A brilliant, madcap vision of our world turned upside down when the "elixer of life" is discovered—one hundred years ago!
THE QUIET—George Florance-Guthridge
In the total earth environment of a moon lab, where vanishing earth tribes have been relocated, a woman retaliates against her "saviors" in the ancient and deadly ways of her people.
WIth more exciting stories from R.A. Lafferty, Gregory Benford, Spider Robinson, Ted Reynolds, John Varley, Michael Swanwick, and Jack Dann.
Contents:
- The Saturn game by P. Anderson
- Walk the ice by M.D. Broxon
- Trial sample by T. Reynolds
- The pusher by J. Varley
- Venice drowned by K.S. Robinson
- Walden Three by M. Swanwick
- Second comings--reasonable rates by P. Cadigan
- Forever by D. Knight
- Emergence by D.R. Palmer
- You can't go back by R.A. Lafferty
- Walpurgisnacht by R. Zelazny
- The woman the unicorn loved by G. Wolfe
- Serpents' teeth by S. Robinson
- The thermals of August by E. Bryant
- Going under by J. Dann
- The quiet by G. Florance-Guthridge
- Swarmer, skimmer by G. Benford
- The science fiction year by C.N. Brown.
Original title: The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction
The following works are contained within this one: Pusher, the (1981) [Short Story] Author: John Varley
Thermals of August, the (1981) [Short Story] Author: Ed Bryant
Emergence (1981) [Short Story] Author: David R. Palmer
Venice Drowned (1981) [Short Story] Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Walpurgisnacht (1981) [Short Story] Author: Roger Zelazny
Going Under (1981) [Short Story] Author: Jack Dann
You Can't Go Back (1981) [Short Story] Author: R. A. Lafferty
Walden Three (1981) [Short Story] Author: Michael Swanwick
Saturn Game, the (1981) [Novella] Author: Poul Anderson
Quiet, the (1981) [Short Story] Author: George Florance-Guthridge
Woman the Unicorn Loved, the (1981) [Short Story] Author: Gene Wolfe
Second Comings—Reasonable Rates (1981) [Short Story] Author: Pat Cadigan
Walk the Ice (1981) [Short Story] Author: Mildred Downey Broxon
Swarmer, Skimmer (1981) [Short Story] Author: Gregory Benford
Serpents' Teeth (1981) [Short Story] Author: Spider Robinson
Forever (1981) [Short Story] Author: Damon Knight
Trial Sample (1981) [Short Story] Author: Ted Reynolds
Notes:
- Edited by Terry Carr
- "The Science Fiction Year" article by Charles N. Brown
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