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1972 - 1st printing. Includes: "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); and "Occam's Scalpel" (Theodore Sturgeon). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 302 pages, Text Only.

NOTE: For previous volumes see World's Best Science Fiction HC (1943-1971)

1973 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Goat Song" (Poul Anderson); "The Man Who Walked Home" (James Tiptree, Jr.); "Oh, Valinda!" (Michael G. Coney); "The Gold at the Starbow's End" (Frederik Pohl); "To Walk a City's Street" (Clifford D. Simak); "Rorqual Maru" (T. J. Bass); "Changing Woman" (W. Macfarlane); "'Willie's Blues'" (Robert J. Tilley); "Long Shot" (Vernor Vinge); and "Thus Love Betrays Us" (Phyllis MacLennon). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 254 pages, Text Only.

1974 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "A Supplicant in Space" (Robert Sheckley); "Parthen" (R. A. Lafferty); "Doomship" (Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson); "Weed of Time" (Norman Spinrad); "A Modest Genius" (translation of "Skromnyi Geniy", 1965) (Vadim Shefner); "The Deathbird" (Harlan Ellison); "Evane" (E. C. Tubb); "Moby, Too" (Gordon Eklund); "Death and Designation Among the Asadi" (Michael Bishop); and "Construction Shack" (Clifford D. Simak). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, Text Only.

1975 - 1st printing. Cover by Richard Corben. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "A Song for Lya" (George R. R. Martin); "Deathsong" (Sydney J. Van Scyoc); "A Full Member of the Club" (Bob Shaw); "The Sun's Tears" (Brian M. Stableford); "The Gift of Garigolli" (C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl); "The Four-Hour Fugue" (Alfred Bester); "Twig" (Gordon R. Dickson); "Cathadonian Odyssey" (Michael Bishop); "The Bleeding Man" (Craig Strete); and "Stranger in Paradise" (Isaac Asimov). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, Text Only.

1976 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Catch That Zeppelin!" (Fritz Leiber); "The Peddler's Apprentice" (Joan D. Vinge and Vernor Vinge); "The Bees of Knowledge" (Barrington J. Bayley); "The Storms of Windhaven" (George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle); "The Engineer and the Executioner" (Brian M. Stableford); "Allegiances" (Michael Bishop); "Child of All Ages" (P. J. Plauger); "Helbent 4" (Stephen Robinett); "The Protocols of the Elders of Britain" (John Brunner); and "The Custodians" (Richard Cowper). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, Text Onlt.

1977 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Appearance of Life" (Brian W. Aldiss); "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" (John Varley); "Those Good Old Days of Liquid Fuel" (Michael G. Coney); "The Hertford Manuscript" (Richard Cowper); "Natural Advantage" (Lester del Rey); "The Bicentennial Man" (Isaac Asimov); "The Cabinet of Oliver Naylor" (Barrington J. Bayley); "My Boat" (Joanna Russ); "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" (James Tiptree, Jr.); and "I See You" (Damon Knight). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, Text Only.

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1978 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "In the Hall of the Martian Kings" (John Varley); "A Time to Live" (Joe Haldeman); "The House of Compassionate Sharers" (Michael Bishop); "Particle Theory" (Edward Bryant); "The Taste of the Dish and the Savor of the Day" (John Brunner); "Jeffty Is Five" (Harlan Ellison); "The Screwfly Solution" (Raccoona Sheldon); "Eyes of Amber" (Joan D. Vinge); "Child of the Sun" (James E. Gunn); and "Brother" (Clifford D. Simak). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 270 pages, Text Only.

1979 - 1st printing. Includes: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim); "Come to the Party" (Frank Herbert and F. M. Busby); "Creator" (David Lake); "Dance Band on the Titanic" (Jack L. Chalker); "Cassandra" (C. J. Cherryh); "In Alien Flesh" (Gregory Benford); "SQ" (Ursula K. Le Guin); "The Persistence of Vision" (John Varley); "We Who Stole the Dream" (James Tiptree, Jr.); "Scattershot" (Greg Bear); and "Carruthers' Last Stand" (Dan Henderson). Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 268 pages, Text Only.