(xi) 372 pp. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Barbie Murders - a novelette by John Varley; Black Glass - a novelette by Fritz Leiber; Count the Clock That Tells the Time by Harlan Ellison; The Man Who Had No Idea - a novelette by Thomas M. Disch; Devil You Don't Know - a novelette by Dean Ing; A Hiss of Dragon by Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw; To Bring in the Steel - a novelette by Donald Kingsbury; The Very Slow Time Machine - a novelette by Ian Watson; View from a Height by Joan D. Vinge; The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck - a novelette by Hilbert Schenck; Vermeer's Window by Gordon Eklund; and Death Therapy by James Patrick Kelly.

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Title

THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION OF THE YEAR 8

Publisher

Del Rey - Ballantine Books, New York

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

0345280830

ISBN 13

9780345280831

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Book

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Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Ballantine Del Rey, 1979. First edition. Collects 12 top science fiction stories from 1978. Includes introduction and "recommended reading" list from editor Terry Carr, "The Science Fiction Year (1978)" essay by Charles N. Brown, and these works:

“The Barbie Murders” by John Varley
”A Hiss of Dragon” by Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw
”Black Glass” by Fritz Leiber
"To Bring in the Steel" by Donald Kingsbury
"The Very Slow Time Machine" by Ian Watson
"Devil You Don't Know" by Dean Ing
"Count the Clock That Tells the Time" by Harlan Ellison
“View from a Height” by Joan D. Vinge
”The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck” by Hilbert Schenck
”Vermeer's Window” by Gordon Eklund
”The Man Who Had No Idea” by Thomas M. Disch
”Death Therapy” by James Patrick Kelly

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