Search Worlds Without End

Terry Carr has been called the editor with impeccable taste, the man who knows which stories will be Hugo and Nebula award winners months before he puts them in his justly famous Best SF of the Year series. There are 15 stories in this anthology. Judge for yourself. He is the fantasist of the first rank.

Table of Contents:

• Nice Guys Finish Somewhere in the Middle - essay by Harlan Ellison
• The Dance of the Changer and the Three - (1968) - shortstory
• The Winds at Starmont - (1973) - novella
• Ozymandias - (1972) - shortstory
• Rejoice, Rejoice, We Have No Choice - (1974) - shortstory
• Hop-Friend - (1962) - shortstory
• Touchstone - (1964) - shortstory
• Brown Robert - (1962) - shortstory
• Changing of the Gods - (1973) - novelette
• Stanley Toothbrush - (1962) - shortstory
• The Colors of Fear - (1974) - shortstory
• Sleeping Beauty - (1967) - shortstory
• In His Image - (1973) - shortstory
• The Old Man of the Mountains - (1963) - shortstory
• The Robots Are Here - (1967) - novelette
• They Live on Levels - (1973) - shortstory

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terry Carr
• West Wind, Falling - novelette by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
• Good News from the Vatican - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Jade Blue - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Nor Limestone Islands - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Time Exposures - novelette by Wilson Tucker
• Mindship - shortstory by Gerard F. Conway
• Notes for a Novel About the First Ship Ever to Venus - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• Poor Man, Beggar Man - novelette by Joanna Russ
• The Romance of Dr. Tanner - shortstory by Ron Goulart
• The Human Side of the Village Monster - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Mount Charity - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• All the Last Wars at Once - shortstory by George Alec Effinger

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• Retroactive - novelette by Bob Shaw
• When We Went to See the End of the World - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Funeral Service - shortstory by Gerard F. Conway
• A Special Condition in Summit City - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Patron of the Arts - novelette by William Rotsler
• Useful Phrases for the Tourist - shortstory by Joanna Russ
• On the Downhill Side - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• The Other Perceiver - shortstory by Pamela Sargent
• My Head's in a Different Place, Now - novelette by Grania Davis
• Stalking the Sun - novelette by Gordon Eklund
• The Man Who Waved Hello - shortfiction by Gardner Dozois
• The Headless Man - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Tiger Boy - novelette by Edgar Pangborn

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• Introduction - (1973) - essay by Terry Carr
• The Death of Dr. Island - (1973) - novella by Gene Wolfe
• The Ghost Writer - (1973) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• Many Mansions - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• Randy-Tandy Man - (1973) - shortstory by Ross Rocklynne
• The World Is a Sphere - (1973) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• The Legend of Cougar Lou Landis - (1973) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Free City Blues - (1973) - novelette by Gordon Eklund

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• Assault on a City - (1974) - novelette by Jack Vance
• A Sea of Faces - (1974) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• And Read the Flesh Between the Lines - (1974) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• My Sweet Lady Jo - (1974) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• Stungun Slim - (1974) - shortstory by Ron Goulart
• Desert Places - (1974) - shortstory by Pamela Sargent
• If the Stars Are Gods - (1974) - novelette by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford
• When the Vertical World Becomes Horizontal - (1974) - shortstory by Alexei Panshin

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• If This Is Winnetka, You Must Be Judy - (1974) - novelette by F. M. Busby
• Schrödinger's Cat - (1974) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• How It Felt - (1974) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• The Night Is Cold, the Stars Are Far Away - (1974) - shortstory by Mildred Downey Broxon
• Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum - (1974) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• M Is for the Many - (1974) - shortstory by J. J. Russ
• The Night Wind - (1974) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• Survival Problems - (1974) - shortstory by Kris Neville
• Passion Play - (1974) - shortstory by Michael Reaves
• The Rubber Bend - (1974) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• But As a Soldier, For His Country - (1974) - shortstory by Stephen Goldin
• The Ramparts - (1974) - novelette by Hilary Bailey

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• Journey to the Heartland - (1976) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• What Did You Do Last Year? - (1976) - shortstory by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
• Custer's Last Jump - (1976) - novelette by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop
• The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat - (1976) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Under the Generator - (1976) - novelette by John Shirley
• Stars and Darkness - (1976) - shortstory by Glenn Chang
• Shifting Parameters in Disappearance and Memory - (1976) - shortstory by Charlie Haas

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• A Rite of Spring - (1977) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
• My Lady of the Psychiatric Sorrows - (1977) - shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
• Probability Storm - (1977) - novella by Julian Reid
• People Reviews - (1977) - shortstory by Rob Chilson
• Ibid. - (1977) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
• The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton - (1977) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• Brain Fever Season - (1977) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs - (1977) - novelette by Carter Scholz

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• Old Folks at Home - (1978) - novella by Michael Bishop
• David and Lindy - (1978) - novelette by Cynthia Felice
• Vermeer's Window - (1978) - shortstory by Gordon Eklund
• Scattershot - (1978) - novelette by Greg Bear
• The Ecologically Correct House - (1978) - shortstory by Charles Ott
• Hunting - (1978) - novelette by Michael Cassutt
• Nooncoming - (1978) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies - (1978) - novelette by R. A. Lafferty

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• Frost Animals - (1979) - novelette by Bob Shaw
• Nuclear Fission - (1979) - novelette by Paul David Novitski
• Time Shards - (1979) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• The Captain and the Kid - (1979) - shortstory by Marta Randall
• The Back Road - (1979) - shortstory by Mary C. Pangborn
• Will the Chill - (1979) - novelette by John Shirley
• Chicken of the Tree - (1979) - shortstory by Juleen Brantingham
• The White Horse Child - (1979) - shortstory by Greg Bear
• Options - (1979) - novelette by John Varley

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• Saving Face - (1980) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• A Source of Innocent Merriment - (1980) - shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
• And All the Skies Are Full of Fish - (1980) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Bête et Noir - (1980) - novelette by Lee Killough
• The Ugly Chickens - (1980) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• SUPERL - (1980) - shortstory by Charles E. Elliott
• Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life - (1980) - shortstory by Harry Turtledove
• The Confession of Hamo - (1980) - shortstory by Mary C. Pangborn
• The Johann Sebastian Bach Memorial Barbecue and Nervous Breakdown - (1980) - shortstory by Carter Scholz
• First Person Plural - (1980) - novella by F. M. Busby

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• The Quickening - (1981) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• The Snake Who Had Read Chomsky - (1981) - novelette by Josephine Saxton
• Shadows on the Cave Wall - (1981) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• The Gernsback Continuum - (1981) - shortstory by William Gibson
• Venice Drowned - (1981) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• In Reticulum - (1981) - novelette by Carter Scholz
• Jean Sandwich, the Sponsor, and I - (1981) - shortstory by Ian Watson
• The Start of the End of the World - (1981) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• Mummer Kiss - (1981) - novelette by Michael Swanwick

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1982) - essay by Terry Carr
• A Pursuit of Miracles - (1982) - novelette by George Turner
• Exploring Fossil Canyon - (1982) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• God's Hooks! - (1982) - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• Talp Hunt - (1982) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• When the Fathers Go - (1982) - novelette by Bruce McAllister
• Thieving Bear Planet - (1982) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice - (1982) - novelette by Mary C. Pangborn
• In Memory of - (1982) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• Helen, Whose Face Launched Twenty-Eight Conestoga Hovercraft - (1982) - novelette by Leigh Kennedy

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• Her Habiline Husband - (1983) - novella by Michael Bishop
• The Width of the World - (1983) - shortstory by Ian Watson
• Stone Eggs - (1983) - shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson
• The Widow and the Body Sitter - (1983) - shortstory by Bill Bickel
• The Taylorsville Reconstruction - (1983) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• A Way Back - (1983) - shortstory by Leanne Frahm
• Cicada Queen - (1983) - novelette by Bruce Sterling

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• The Lucky Strike - (1984) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Gate of Horn, Gate of Ivory - (1984) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Passing as a Flower in the City of the Dead - (1984) - shortstory by Sharon N. Farber
• O - (1984) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• Art in the War Zone - (1984) - novelette by Pat Murphy
• Interlocking Pieces - (1984) - shortstory by Molly Gloss
• The Menagerie of Babel - (1984) - novelette by Carter Scholz
• Deadtime - (1984) - shortstory by Joel Richards
• Me/Days - (1984) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• Black Coral - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard

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• Mercurial - (1985) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Paladin of the Lost Hour - (1985) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• Giraffe Tuesday - (1985) - shortstory by Juleen Brantingham
• Evergreen - (1985) - novelette by Arthur Jean Cox
• Mengele - (1985) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• Originals - (1985) - novelette by Pamela Sargent
• Johann Sebastian Brahms - (1985) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• Encounter on the Ladder - (1985) - shortstory by Mona A. Clee
• Tidal Effects - (1985) - shortstory by Jack McDevitt
• The Slovo Stove - (1985) - novelette by Avram Davidson

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• Hotel Mind Slaves - (1986) - novelette by Ronald Anthony Cross
• At the Flood - (1986) - novelette by Rick Shelley
• The Idea Trap - (1986) - shortstory by George Zebrowski
• What Genius - (1986) - shortstory by Gary Konas
• Was That House Here Yesterday? - (1986) - shortstory by Robert Thurston
• The Legend of the Seven Who Found the True Egg of Lightning - (1986) - shortstory by Ian Watson
• Treading in the Afterglow - (1986) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• Dress Rehearsal - (1986) - shortstory by Martha Soukup
• Voyage South from Thousand Willows - (1986) - novelette by Lucius Shepard

Table of Contents:

• Second Going - (1987) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Mencken Stuff - (1987) - shortstory by Joel Richards
• Lapidary Nights - (1987) - shortstory by Marta Randall
• The Man Who Watched the Glaciers Run - (1987) - novelette by Cherie Wilkerson
• Pliny's Commentaries - (1987) - novelette by Ned Huston
• In the Tower - (1987) - novelette by Jack McDevitt