THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION OF THE YEAR 8
Carr, Terry (editor) (Fritz Leiber; Harlan Ellison; Thomas M. Disch; Dean Ing; John Varley; Gregory Benford; Marc Laidlaw; Donald Kingsbury; Ian Watson; Joan D. Vinge; Hilbert Schenck; Gordon Eklund; James Patrick Kelly)
Language: English
Published by Del Rey - Ballantine Books, New York, 1979
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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(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
- Author
- Carr, Terry (editor) (Fritz Leiber; Harlan Ellison; Thomas M. Disch; Dean Ing; John Varley; Gregory Benford; Marc Laidlaw; Donald Kingsbury; Ian Watson; Joan D. Vinge; Hilbert Schenck; Gordon Eklund; James Patrick Kelly)
- Publisher
- Del Rey - Ballantine Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0345280830
- ISBN 13
- 9780345280831
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Fantasy and Science Fiction
“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
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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