Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year
Cover of first edition, 1985
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| Author | edited by Terry Carr |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best Science Fiction of the Year |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
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Publication date
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1985 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 384 pp. |
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| Preceded by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 |
| Followed by | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 |
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the fourteenth volume in a series of sixteen. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in July 1985, and in hardcover and trade paperback by Gollancz in October of the same year, under the alternate title Best SF of the Year #14.
The book collects thirteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction, notes and concluding essays by Carr and Charles N. Brown. The stories were previously published in 1984 in the magazines Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Omni, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Interzone, and the anthologies Habitats, Universe 14, and Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy Of and For Our Time.
The anthology placed third in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
"Press Enter []" won the 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novella, the 1985 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella, and the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novella, and placed first in the 1985 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella.
"Blued Moon" was nominated for the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and placed third in the 1985 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette.
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