World's best science fiction, 1971 / edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wollheim, Donald A., editor.

Carr, Terry, editor.

Meltzer, Davis, 1930- illustrator.

Gaughan, Jack, illustrator.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Ace book ; 91358.

An Ace book ; 91358

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 372 pages : illlustrations ; 18 cm.

Other Title:

World's best science fiction: 1971

Place of Publication:

New York : Ace, [1971]

Contents:

Introduction / the Editors

Slow sculpture / Theodore Sturgeon

Bird in the hand / Larry Niven

Ishmael in love / Robert Silverberg

Invasion of privacy / Bob Shaw

Waterclap / Isaac Asimov

Continued on next rock / R.A. Lafferty

The thing in the stone / Clifford D. Simak

Nobody lives on Burton Street / Gregory Benford

Whatever became of the McGowans / Michael G. Coney

The last time around / Arthur Sellings

Greyspun's gift / Neal Barrett, Jr.

The Shaker revival / Gerald Jonas

Dear Aunt Annie / Gordon Eklund

Confessions / Ron Goulart

Gone are the lupo / H.B. Hickey.

Notes:

Cover painting by Davis Meltzer ; interior artwork by Jack Gaughan -- title page verso.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 55367

OCLC:

42399332