Following the tradition of the many best-selling anthologies of fine science fiction he is noted for, Donald A. Wollheim selects for DAW Books those fantastic tales which in his opinion warrant being considered the best and most memorable science fiction published in the past year.
Here is R.A. Lafferty with a fabulous fragment of Something From Beyond.
Here is Stephen Tall with a desperate expedition to answer an entire world's S.O.S.
Here is Joanna Russ with an unforgettable glimpse into a future we never intended to create.
Here are wonder, science, fantasy, and marvel - packed into fourteen of the best.
"Introduction" Donald A. Wollheim
"The Fourth Profession" Larry Niven
"Gleepsite" Joanna Russ
"The Bear with the Knot on His Tail" Stephen Tall
"The Sharks of Pentreath" Michael G. Coney
"A Little Knowledge" Poul Anderson
"Real-Time World" Christopher Priest
"All Pieces of a River Shore" R.A. Lafferty
"With Friends Like These..." Alan Dean Foster
"Aunt Jennie's Tonic" Leonard Tushnet
"Timestorm" Eddy C. Bertin
"Transit of Earth" Arthur C. Clarke
"Gehenna" K.M. O'Donnell
"One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" Harlan Ellison
"Occam's Scalpel" Theodore Sturgeon
Following the tradition of the many best-selling anthologies of fine science fiction he is noted for, Donald A. Wollheim selects for DAW Books those fantastic tales which in his opinion warrant being considered the best and most memorable science fiction published in the past year.
Here is R.A. Lafferty with a fabulous fragment of Something From Beyond.
Here is Stephen Tall with a desperate expedition to answer an entire world's S.O.S.
Here is Joanna Russ with an unforgettable glimpse into a future we never intended to create.
Here are wonder, science, fantasy, and marvel - packed into fourteen of the best.
"Introduction" Donald A. Wollheim
"The Fourth Profession" Larry Niven
"Gleepsite" Joanna Russ
"The Bear with the Knot on His Tail" Stephen Tall
"The Sharks of Pentreath" Michael G. Coney
"A Little Knowledge" Poul Anderson
"Real-Time World" Christopher Priest
"All Pieces of a River Shore" R.A. Lafferty
"With Friends Like These..." Alan Dean Foster
"Aunt Jennie's Tonic" Leonard Tushnet
"Timestorm" Eddy C. Bertin
"Transit of Earth" Arthur C. Clarke
"Gehenna" K.M. O'Donnell
"One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" Harlan Ellison
"Occam's Scalpel" Theodore Sturgeon