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Backdrop of Stars ed. Harry Harrison (Dennis Dobson, March 1968, 0-234-77057-0, 25/-, 222pp, hc, an, cover by Richard Weaver)
Reprinted as SF: Authors’ Choice. Berkley Medallion, New York, 1968.

7 · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

12 · Judas Danced · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Star Science Fiction January 1958, as “Judas Dancing”

27 · Comment on “Judas Danced” · Brian W. Aldiss · as

31 · The Last of the Deliverers · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958

44 · Comment on “The Last of the Deliverers” · Poul Anderson · as

46 · Introduction to “Founding Father” · Isaac Asimov · is

48 · Founding Father · Isaac Asimov · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1965

55 · End-Game · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #131, June 1963

77 · Comment on “End-Game” · J. G. Ballard · as

80 · Tiger Ride · James Blish & Damon Knight · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1948

93 · Comment on “Tiger Ride” · James Blish & Damon Knight · as

96 · Introduction to “Consumer’s Report” · Theodore R. Cogswell · is

97 · Consumer’s Report · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss Imagination October 1955, as “No Gun to the Victor”

109 · Introduction to “Proposal” · L. Sprague de Camp · is

110 · Proposal · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Startling Stories November 1952

133 · Sail On! Sail On! · Philip José Farmer · ss Startling Stories December 1952

143 · Comment on “Sail On! Sail On!” · Philip José Farmer · as

151 · Comment on “Missing Link” · Frank Herbert · is

152 · Missing Link [Lewis Orne] · Frank Herbert · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1959

171 · Myths My Great-Granddaughter Taught Me · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1963

177 · Comment on “Myths My Great-Granddaughter Taught Me” · Fritz Leiber · as

181 · Comment on “Syndrome Johnny” · Katherine MacLean · is

182 · Syndrome Johnny · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1951, as by Charles Dye

197 · A Further Comment on “Syndrome Johnny” · Katherine MacLean · as

199 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966

204 · Comment on “Day Million” · Frederik Pohl · as

206 · Retaliation · Mack Reynolds · ss If November 1965, as “Time of War”

218 · Comment on “Retaliation” · Mack Reynolds · as

Best SF: 1967 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (Berkley Medallion, March 1968, S1529, 75¢, 256pp, pb, an)
In England as The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 1 (Sphere 1968).

vii · Credo · James Blish · ms

ix · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

13 · Hawksbill Station · Robert Silverberg · na Galaxy Science Fiction August 1967

67 · Ultimate Construction · C. C. Shackleton · vi Tit-Bits #4236, May 6 1967

69 · 1937 A.D.! · John T. Sladek · ss New Worlds #173, July 1967

80 · Fifteen Miles [Chet Kinsman] · Ben Bova · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1967

95 · Blackmail · Fred Hoyle · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1967

101 · The Vine · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1967

113 · Interview with a Lemming · James Thurber · vi PM March 3 1941

116 · The Wreck of the Ship John B. · Frank M. Robinson · nv Playboy June 1967

158 · The Left-Hand Way · A. Bertram Chandler · ss Australian Science Fiction Review July 1967, as “Naval Engagement”

167 · The Forest of Zil · Kris Neville · ss Amazing Stories December 1967

173 · The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race · J. G. Ballard · vi Ambit #29, 1966

176 · Answering Service · Fritz Leiber · ss If December 1967

184 · The Last Command [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1967

206 · Mirror of Ice · Gary Wright · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1967

218 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967

241 · Knights of the Paper Spaceship: A Retrospective Glance at Science Fiction · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Best SF: 1968 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (G.P. Putnam’s, June 1969, LC:68-18178, $4.95, 245pp, hc, an, cover by Paul Lehr)
Revised from The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 2 (Sphere 1969), replacing “Like Young” by Theodore Sturgeon with “The Serpent of Kundalini” by Brian Aldiss.

1 · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 2 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, Sphere, 1969

5 · Budget Planet · Robert Sheckley · ex from Dimension of Miracles, Dell, 1968

19 · Appointment on Prila [A.E.S.O.P.] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1968

37 · Lost Ground · David I. Masson · nv New Worlds SF #169, 1966

64 · The Rime of the Ancient SF Author, or Conventions and Recollections · J. R. Pierce · pm Fantastic December 1968

66 · The Annex · John D. MacDonald · ss Playboy May 1968

82 · Segregationist [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Abbottempo April 1967

89 · Final War · K. M. O’Donnell · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1968

126 · 2001: A Space Odyssey · Lester del Rey · mr Galaxy Science Fiction July 1968

127 · 2001: A Space Odyssey · Samuel R. Delany · mr The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968

130 · 2001: A Space Odyssey · Ed Emshwiller · mr The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968

134 · Apeman, Spaceman—or, 2001’s Answer to the World’s Riddle · Leon E. Stover · ar Amazing Stories March 1969

142 · The Serpent of Kundalini [Colin Charteris] · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds #179, February 1968, as by Brian W. Aldiss & C. C. Shackleton

157 · Golden Acres · Kit Reed · nv Mister Da V. and Other Stories by Kit Reed, Faber and Faber, 1967

179 · Criminal in Utopia · Mack Reynolds · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1968

202 · One Station of the Way · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1968

217 · Sweet Dreams, Melissa · Stephen Goldin · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1968

223 · To the Dark Star · Robert Silverberg · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968

236 · The House That Jules Built · Brian W. Aldiss · aw (r)

Best SF: 1969 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, August 1970, $5.95, 243pp, hc, an, cover by Paul Lehr)
Reprint (Sphere 1970 as The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 3) SF anthology.

Best SF: 1970 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1971, $5.95, 224pp, hc, an)
Reprint (Sphere 1971 as The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 4) SF anthology.

Best SF: 1971 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, August 1972, LC:74-116158, $5.95, 253pp, hc, an)
In England as The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 5 (Sphere 1972).

9 · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

14 · Doctor Zombie and His Furry Little Friends · Robert Sheckley · ss Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? by Robert Sheckley, Doubleday, 1971

25 · Conquest · Barry N. Malzberg · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971

31 · Gehenna · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1971

37 · A Meeting with Medusa · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Playboy December 1971

83 · The Genius · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker February 20 1971

90 · Angouleme [334] · Thomas M. Disch · ss New Worlds Quarterly ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971

108 · If “Hair” Were Revived in 2016 · Arnold M. Auerbach · fa The New York Times 1971

110 · Statistician’s Day · James Blish · ss Science Against Man ed. Anthony Cheetham, Avon, 1970

120 · The Science Fiction Horror Movie Pocket Computer · Gahan Wilson · ms National Lampoon November 1971

124 · The Hunter at His Ease · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Science Against Man ed. Anthony Cheetham, Avon, 1970

144 · The Cohen Dog Exclusion Act · Steven Schrader · ss Eco-Fiction ed. John Stadler, Washington Square Press, 1971

149 · Gantlet · Richard E. Peck · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972

162 · Three Poems · gp (r)

_162 · Report · Kingsley Amis · pm The New Statesman 1971

_163 · Fisherman · Lawrence Sail · pm The New Statesman 1971

_164 · The Ideal Police State · Charles Baxter · pm The Little Magazine 1971

165 · The Pagan Rabbi · Cynthia Ozick · nv The Hudson Review 1966

198 · (Untitled) · Tommaso Landolfi · ex from Cancerqueen, 1971

200 · An Uneven Evening · Steve Herbst · ss Clarion ed. Robin Scott Wilson, Signet, 1971

210 · Ornithanthropus · B. Alan Burhoe · ss If November/December 1971

224 · No Direction Home · Norman Spinrad · ss New Worlds Quarterly 2 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971

242 · A Day in the Life-Style of… · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Best SF: 1972 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (G.P. Putnam’s, June 1973, LC:74-116158, $5.95, 254pp, hc, an)
In England as The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 6 (Sphere 1973).

9 · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

13 · In the Matter of the Assassin Merefirs · Ken W. Purdy · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1972

23 · As for Our Fatal Continuity… · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Quarterly 3 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1972

29 · The Old Folks · James E. Gunn · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1972

49 · From Sea to Shining Sea · Jonathan Ela · fa Sierra Club Bulletin 1972

55 · Weihnachtabend · Keith Roberts · nv New Worlds Quarterly 4 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1972

96 · Invisibility Competition · Y. Aratovsky · ct Priroda

96 · [cartoon] · O. Tesler · ct Smena

97 · Grin and Bear It · Lichty · ct Hall Syndicate, 1972

98 · Best SF: 1972 · William Rotsler · ct (r)

99 · The Years · Robert F. Young · vi Galaxy Science Fiction September/October 1972

103 · Darkness · André Carneiro; translated by Leo L. Barrow · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1972
translated from the Portuguese (“A Escuridão”, Diário da Nave Perdida, 1965).

123 · Cymbal Player · Lawrence Sail · pm Cornudo 1972

124 · Report from the Planet Proteus · Lawrence Sail · pm Cornudo 1972

125 · Columbus on St. Domenica · John Cotton · pm 1972

127 · After Death · Patricia Beer · pm The New Statesman 1972

128 · Faex Delenda Est · Theodore R. Cogswell · pm Cornudo 1972

131 · Words of Warning · Alex Hamilton · ss Flies on the Wall by Alex Hamilton, Hutchinson, 1972

143 · Out, Wit! · Howard L. Myers · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1972

157 · An Imaginary Journey to the Moon · Victor Sabah · ss

163 · The Head and the Hand · Christopher Priest · ss New Worlds Quarterly 3 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1972

179 · Hero [The Forever War] · Joe W. Haldeman · na Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1972

247 · The Year of the Big Spring Clean · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

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

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