 Cover of first edition, 1979 | |
| Editors | Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
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| Cover artist | Jack Gaughan |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Annual World’s Best SF |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
Publication date | 1979 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 268 |
| ISBN | 0-87997-459-1 |
| Preceded by | The 1978 Annual World's Best SF |
| Followed by | The 1980 Annual World's Best SF |
The 1979 Annual World's Best SF is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the eighth volume in a series of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in May 1979. It was reissued by DAW in 1984 under the variant title Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Eight, this time with cover art by Olivero Berni.
The book collects ten novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Wollheim. The stories were previously published in 1978 in the magazines Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and the anthologies Envisioned Worlds, Cassandra Rising, Stellar #4, and Universe 8.