The Best from UniverseTerry Carr Doubleday, 1984 - 209 strán (strany) Universe, an acclaimed anthology series has established an unrivaled reputation as the premier showcase for new works of science fiction and fantasy. Now, in this marvelous retrospective, Carr, who won the Milford Award for science fiction editing, includes nine of the best from the first ten Universe collections. This supernova of fiction contains three Nebula Award winners: Gene Wolfe's "The Death of Doctor Island" - a fascinating tale of people orbiting Jupiter in an artificial environment; Robert Silverberg's "Good News from the Vatican"; and Howard Waldrop's "The Ugly Chickens". Other titles are Fritz Leiber's "A Rite of Spring" about a young genius in a top-secret research installation, John Varley's "Options" - which examines one couple's response to the availability of cheap, easy and reversible sex change and short fiction by such writers as R.A. Lafferty, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harlan Ellison and Edgar Pangborn. ISBN 0-385-17512-4 : $11.95. |
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