The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
Cover of first edition, 1981
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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 | Pocket Books |
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1981 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 434 pp. |
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| Preceded by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 |
| Followed by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 |
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the tenth volume in a series of sixteen. It was first published in paperback by Pocket Books in July 1981, and in trade paperback and hardcover and trade paperback (the latter under the slightly variant title The Best Science Fiction of the Year: No. 10) by Gollancz in the same year.
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 1980 in the magazines Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, TriQuarterly, Playboy, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and the anthologies New Voices III: The Campbell Award Nominees, Universe 10, Their Immortal Hearts, and Interfaces.
The anthology placed third in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" won the 1980 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, the 1980 Analog Award for Best Short Story, and the 1981 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and placed first in the 1981 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.
"Scorched Supper on New Niger" placed sixteenth in the 1981 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.
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