 Cover of first edition, 1980 | |
| Editors | Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jack Gaughan |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Annual World’s Best SF |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
Publication date | 1980 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 284 |
| ISBN | 0-87997-535-0 |
| Preceded by | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF |
| Followed by | The 1981 Annual World's Best SF |
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the ninth volume in a series of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in May 1980, followed by a hardcover edition issued in September of the same year by the same publisher as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club. For the hardcover edition the original cover art of Jack Gaughan was replaced by a new cover painting by Gary Viskupik. The paperback edition was later reissued by DAW under the variant title Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Nine.
The book collects eleven novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Wollheim. The stories were previously published in 1979 in the magazines Omni, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Destinies, Galileo, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and the anthology Universe 9.