Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
Cover of first edition, 1986
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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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1986 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 379 pp. |
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| Preceded by | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year |
| Followed by | Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 |
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year #15 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the fifteenth volume in a series of sixteen. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in August 1986 and in hardcover and paperback by Gollancz in October of the same year, under the alternate title Best SF of the Year #15.
The book collects twelve 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 1985 in the magazines Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Omni, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Interzone, the anthology L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, the collection Fire Watch, and the chapbook Of Space/Time and the River.
The anthology placed third in the 1987 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
"Sailing to Byzantium" won the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novella, was nominated for the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 1986 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella, and placed second in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella.
"Flying Saucer Rock & Roll" was nominated for the 1985 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and placed eighth in the 1986 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.
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