 Cover of first edition, 1985 | |
| Author | edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Frank Kelly Freas |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Annual World’s Best SF |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 302 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-88677-047-5 |
| Preceded by | The 1984 Annual World's Best SF |
| Followed by | The 1986 Annual World's Best SF |
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the fourteenth volume in a series of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in June 1985, 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 by Frank Kelly Freas was replaced by a new cover painting by Richard Powers.
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 1984 in the magazines The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Missouri Review, and Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and the anthologies Habitats and The Clarion Awards.