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Description edit
First hardcover edition, reprint of DAW paperback original. 1990 Locus Poll Award, Best Anthology (Place: 10). Introduction by Isaac Asimov; The Giving Plague, by David Brin (nominated, 1989 Hugo Award); Peaches for Mad Molly, by Steven Gould (nominated, 1988 Nebula Award, 1989 Hugo Award);... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
The Giving Plague
Peaches for Mad Molly
Shaman
Schrödinger's Kitten
The Flies of Memory
Skin Deep
A Madonna of the Machine
Waiting for the Olympians
Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
Adrift Among the Ghosts
Ripples in the Dirac Sea
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Science Fiction Collections. (community list)
This is book 1989 of 30 in The Annual World's Best SF. (standard series)
Preceded by The 1988 Annual World's Best SF, and followed by The 1990 Annual World's Best SF.
This is book 783 of 911 in DAW Books. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Donald A. Wollheim (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- Isaac Asimov (Introduction)
- Ian Watson (Contributor) - The Flies of Memory
- David Brin (Contributor) - The Giving Plague
- Steven Gould (Contributor) - Peaches for Mad Molly
- John Shirley (Contributor) - Shaman
- George Alec Effinger (Contributor) - Schrödinger's Kitten
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Contributor) - Skin Deep
- Tanith Lee (Contributor) - A Madonna of the Machine
- Frederik Pohl (Contributor) - Waiting for the Olympians
- Brenda W. Clough (Contributor) - Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
- Jack L. Chalker (Contributor) - Adrift Among the Ghosts
- Geoffrey A. Landis (Contributor) - Ripples in the Dirac Sea
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Daw Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0886772818
Page Count: 315
Publisher: Daw Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0886772818
Page Count: 315
Awards edit
- Locus Poll Award (Finalist, 1990: Best Anthology, #10)
- Hugo (Finalist, 1989: For The Giving Plague)
- Nebula Award (Finalist, 1988: For Peaches for Mad Molly)
- Hugo Award (Finalist, 1989: For Peaches for Mad Molly)
- Nebula Award (1988: For Schrödinger's Kitten, Winner)
- Hugo (1989: For Schrödinger's Kitten, Winner)
- Sturgeon Award (1989: For Schrödinger's Kitten, Winner)
- SF Chronicle Award (1989: For Schrödinger's Kitten, Winner)
- Locus Poll Award (Finalist, 1989: Best Novella for The Flies of Memory, #18)
- Locus Poll Award (1989: Best Novella for Waiting for the Olympians, #13)
- Nebula Award (1989: For Ripples in the Dirac Sea, Winner)
- Hugo (Finalist, 1989: For Ripples in the Dirac Sea)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 808.83876
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