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Best SF: 1973 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (Berkley Medallion, June 1974, 0-425-02581-0, 95¢, 255pp, pb, an)
Abridged in England as The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 7 (Sphere 1975).

9 · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

19 · Roller Ball Murder · William Harrison · ss Esquire September 1973

35 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times 1972

39 · Welcome to the Standard Nightmare · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 3 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1973

56 · Serpent Burning on an Altar · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Orbit 12 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1973

72 · We Are Very Happy Here [The Forever War] · Joe W. Haldeman · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1973

124 · The Birds · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Ruins of Earth (var. 1) ed. Thomas M. Disch, Hutchinson, 1973

132 · The Wind and the Rain · Robert Silverberg · ss Saving Worlds ed. Roger Elwood & Virginia Kidd, Doubleday, 1973

143 · Ten Years Ago… · Max Beerbohm · vi A Peep into the Past by Max Beerbohm, 1972

146 · Parthen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May/June 1973

154 · The Man Who Collected the First of September, 1973 · Tor Åge Bringsvaerd; translated by Oddrun Grønvik · ss 1973
translated from the Norwegian (“Mannen som samlet på første September”, 1972).

160 · Captain Nemo’s Last Adventure · Josef Nesvadba; translated by Iris Urwin · nv View from Another Shore ed. Franz Rottensteiner, Seabury Press, 1973
translated from the Czech (“Poslední dobrodruzství kapitána Nemo”, Vynalez proti sobé, Prague: Krasné Literatury, 1964).

188 · La Befana · Gene Wolfe · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January/February 1973

193 · A Curse · W. H. Auden · pm Telegraph Sunday Magazine 1972

194 · Auto-Apotheosis · Anthony Haden-Guest · pm Telegraph Sunday Magazine 1972

194 · Two Poems · William Jon Watkins · pm Cornudo 1973

195 · Sport · Steven Utley · pm Cornudo 1973

196 · The Windows in Dante’s Hell [Urban Nucleus] · Michael Bishop · ss Orbit 12 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1973

215 · Sister Francetta and Pig Baby · Kenneth Bernard · ss American Review #16, 1973

217 · Escape · Ilya Varshavsky; translated by Leland Fetzer · ss (r)
translated from the Russian (1968).

233 · Early Bird [Kurt Dixon] · Theodore L. Thomas & Theodore R. Cogswell · ss Astounding ed. Harry Harrison, Random House, 1973

247 · The Wizard and the Plumber · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Best SF: 1974 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (Bobbs-Merrill, June 1975, 0-672-52012-5, $8.95, viii+253pp, hc, an)
Slightly abridged in England as The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 8 (Sphere 1978).

1 · Editorial · Harry Harrison · in

7 · After King Kong Fell [Wold Newton] · Philip José Farmer · nv Omega ed. Roger Elwood, Walker US, 1973

23 · When Petals Fall · Sydney J. Van Scyoc · nv Two Views of Wonder ed. Thomas N. Scortia & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Ballantine, 1973

41 · Paleontology: An Experimental Science · Robert R. Olsen · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1974

51 · The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1973

82 · Listen with Big Brother · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Punch January 1974

88 · The Rise of Airstrip One · Clive James · ss Punch 1974

89 · Owing to Circumstances Beyond Our Control 1984 Has Been Unavoidably Detained… · Alan Coren · ss Punch 1974

95 · Lost and Found · Thomas Baum · ss Playboy March 1974

111 · The Four-Hour Fugue · Alfred Bester · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1974

131 · The Scream · Kate Wilhelm · nv Orbit 13 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1974

160 · The Gahan Wilson Horror Movie Pocket Computer · Gahan Wilson · ms National Lampoon May 1974

162 · The Executioner’s Beautiful Daughter · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974

170 · After Weightlessness · Lawrence Sail · pm Opposite Views by Lawrence Sail, Dent, 1974

171 · A Picture by Klee · Lawrence Sail · pm Opposite Views by Lawrence Sail, Dent, 1974

172 · Backward, Into Beasts Evolving… · Dick Allen · pm from The Space Sonnets, Counter/Measures 1974

172 · Science Fiction Story · Duane Ackerson · pm Edge #5/6, Autumn/Winter 1973

173 · DNA · Duane Ackerson · pm 1974

174 · Eyes of a Woman—from a Portrait by Picasso · Lisa Conesa · pm Zimri #5, August 1973

176 · Songs of War · Kit Reed · nv Nova 4 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1974

220 · Time Deer · Craig Strete · ss Red Planet Earth v1 #4, 1974

228 · A Typical Day · Doris Piserchia · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1974

240 · Programmed Love Story · Ian Watson · ss Transatlantic Review #48, Winter 1973/1974

246 · The Galaxy Begins at Home · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (Bobbs-Merrill, 1976, 0-672-52197-0, $10.00, xiv+240pp, hc, an, cover by Fredrick Samperi)
Reprint (Orbit 1976 as The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 9) SF anthology.

Blast Off S.F. for Boys ed. Harry Harrison (Faber and Faber, June 1969, 571-08937-2, 21/-, 237pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Haberfield)
Revised as Worlds of Wonder (Doubleday, 1969).

13 · Sunjammer · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life March 1964

37 · The Thing Under the Glacier · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Daily Express Science Annual No. 2 ed. Chapman Pincher, Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd., 1963

51 · Tricky Tonnage · Malcolm Jameson · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1944

68 · Hi Diddle Diddle! [Al Mason] · Robert Silverberg · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1959, as by Calvin M. Knox

97 · Rock Pilot · Harry Harrison · ss Fleetway Boy’s Annual, Fleetway, 1965

107 · A Pail of Air · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1951

124 · The Howling Bounders [Magnus Ridolph] · Jack Vance · nv Startling Stories March 1949

148 · Moon Wreck · William F. Temple · ss The Boy’s Own Paper November 1953

161 · Heavy Planet · Milton A. Rothman (with Frederik Pohl) · ss Astounding Science-Fiction August 1939, as by Lee Gregor

174 · Keyhole · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1951

194 · The Wall Around the World · Theodore R. Cogswell · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953

226 · Someday · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction August 1956

Decade the 1940s ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss--- see under Brian W. Aldiss.

Decade the 1950s ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss--- see under Brian W. Aldiss.

Decade the 1960s ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss--- see under Brian W. Aldiss.

Farewell Fantastic Venus ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss--- see under Brian W. Aldiss.

Four for the Future: An Anthology on the Themes of Sacrifice and Redemption ed. Harry Harrison (Macdonald, February 1969, 0-356-02614-0, 21/-, 188pp, hc, an)

· Introduction · Harry Harrison · in (r)

· The Circulation of the Blood · Brian W. Aldiss · nv Impulse March 1966

· And the Stagnation of the Heart · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds #185, December 1968

· High Treason · Poul Anderson · ss Impulse March 1966

· The Dipteroid Phenomenon · Poul Anderson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1968, as “The Sharing of Flesh”

· A Hero’s Life · James Blish · nv Impulse March 1966

· Skysign · James Blish · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1968

· The Gods Themselves Throw Incense · Harry Harrison · ss Impulse March 1966

· The Ghoul Squad · Harry Harrison · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1969

Hell’s Cartographers ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss--- see under Brian W. Aldiss.

The Light Fantastic ed. Harry Harrison (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971, 0-684-10228-5, $5.95, 216pp, hc, an)

1 · The Function of Science Fiction · James Blish · ar American Libraries December 1970, as “The Tale That Wags the God”

14 · The Muse · Anthony Burgess · ss The Hudson Review Spring 1968

34 · The Unsafe Deposit Box · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 14 1962

46 · Something Strange · Kingsley Amis · nv The Spectator November 25 1960

66 · Sold to Satan · Mark Twain · ss Europe and Elsewhere by Mark Twain, Harper Bros., 1923; written Jan 1904.

76 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932

86 · The Circular Ruins · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by James E. Irby · ss Labyrinths by Jorge Luís Borges, New Directions, 1962
translated from the Spanish (“Las ruinas circulares”, Sur, December 1940).

92 · The Shout · Robert Graves · ss The Woburn Books #16, 1929

113 · The Door · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker March 25 1939

119 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909

153 · The Mark Gable Foundation · Leo Szilard · ss The Voice of the Dolphins, and Other Stories by Leo Szilard, Simon & Schuster, 1961

165 · The Enormous Radio · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker May 17 1947

177 · The Finest Story in the World · Rudyard Kipling · nv The Contemporary Review July 1891

207 · The Shoddy Lands · C. S. Lewis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956

215 · Afterword · Harry Harrison · aw

Nebula Award Stories 2 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss--- see under Brian W. Aldiss.

Nebula Award Stories Two ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss--- see under Brian W. Aldiss.

Nova 1 ed. Harry Harrison (Delacorte Press, February 1970, $4.95, xi+222pp, hc, oa, cover by Johannes Regn)

ix · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

1 · The Big Connection · Robin Scott · ss

16 · A Happy Day in 2381 [Urban Monad] · Robert Silverberg · ss

33 · Terminus Est · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

39 · Hexamnion · Chan Davis · ss

54 · And This Did Dante Do · Ray Bradbury · pm Florida Quarterly Summer 1967, as “Dusk in the Electric Cities, And This Did Dante Do”

57 · The Higher Things · J. R. Pierce · ss

73 · Swastika! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss

82 · The HORARS of War · Gene Wolfe · ss

102 · Love Story in Three Acts · David Gerrold · ss

114 · Jean Duprès · Gordon R. Dickson · nv

156 · In the Pocket · K. M. O’Donnell · ss

161 · Mary and Joe · Naomi Mitchison · ex from Memoirs of a Spacewoman, Gollancz, October 1962

174 · Faces & Hands · James Sallis · nv

198 · The Winner · Donald E. Westlake · ss

209 · The Whole Truth · Piers Anthony · ss

Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison (Walker & Co., 1972, 0-8027-5550-X, $6.99, xii+209pp, hc, oa, cover by Enrico Scull)

vii · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

1 · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerly Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss

6 · “East Wind, West Wind” · Frank M. Robinson · nv

35 · The Sumerian Oath · Philip José Farmer · ss

42 · (Now + n), (Now - n) · Robert Silverberg · nv

62 · Two Odysseys Into the Center · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

73 · Darkness · André Carneiro; translated by Leo L. Barrow · ss
translated from the Portuguese (“A Escuridão”, Diário da Nave Perdida, 1965).

92 · On the Wheel · Damon Knight · ss

98 · Miss Omega Raven · Naomi Mitchison · ss

104 · The Poet in the Hologram in the Middle of Prime Time · Edward Bryant · ss

122 · The Old Folks · James E. Gunn · ss

141 · The Steam-Driven Boy · John Sladek · ss

150 · I Tell You, It’s True · Poul Anderson · nv

171 · And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv

193 · The Ergot Show · Brian W. Aldiss · ss

Nova 3 ed. Harry Harrison (Walker & Co., 1973, 0-8027-5558-5, $6.95, ix+243pp, hc, oa, cover by Thuy Le Ha)
Reprinted as The Outdated Man (Dell, 1975).

vii · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

3 · Welcome to the Standard Nightmare · Robert Sheckley · ss

23 · The Expensive Delicate Ship · Brian W. Aldiss · ss

31 · The Dreaming and Conversions: Two Rules by Which to Live · Barry N. Malzberg · gp

_31 · The Destruction and Exculpation of Earth · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

_38 · Introduction to the Second Edition · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

43 · Breakout in Ecol 2 · David R. Bunch · ss

51 · The Cold War…Continued · Mack Reynolds · nv

87 · The Factory · Naomi Mitchison · ss

93 · The Defensive Bomber · Hank Dempsey · ss

113 · Endorsement, Personal · Dean McLaughlin · ss

119 · The National Pastime · Norman Spinrad · nv

143 · The Ultimate End · Dick Glass · ss

157 · Pity the Poor Outdated Man · Philip Shofner · nv

179 · The Exhibition · Scott Edelstein · ss

191 · Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind · Philip José Farmer · nv

Nova 4 ed. Harry Harrison (Walker & Co., 1974, 0-8027-5563-1, $7.95, 216pp, hc, oa, cover by Barbara Huntley)

1 · The Monsters of Ingratitude IV · Brian W. Aldiss · ss

10 · Songs of War · Kit Reed · nv

55 · Protective Temporal Strike · Gerard Giannattasio · ss

60 · Making It All the Way Into the Future on Gaxton Falls of the Red Planet · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

66 · Slaves of Time · Robert Sheckley · nv

96 · Singular · Bill Garnett · ss

103 · Too Long at the Fair · Edward Wellen · ss

109 · Not a Petal Falls · Richard Bireley · ss

119 · My Affair with Science Fiction · Alfred Bester · ar

148 · Out of the Waters · Naomi Mitchison · ss

155 · Side View of a Circle · Michael Addobati · ss

165 · Beyond the Cleft · Tom Reamy · nv

193 · Our Lady of the Endless Sky · Jeff Duntemann · nv

214 · Afterword · Harry Harrison · aw

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