 Cover of first edition, 1973 | |
| Editor | Terry Carr |
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| Cover artist | Chris Foss |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best Science Fiction of the Year |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 370 |
| ISBN | 0-345-03312-4 |
| Preceded by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year |
| Followed by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 |
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by American writer Terry Carr, the second volume in a series of sixteen. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in July 1973, and reissued in May 1976.
The book collects sixteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction, notes and concluding essay by Carr. The stories were previously published in 1972 in the magazines The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Amazing Science Fiction, and Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, and the anthologies New Dimensions II, Infinity Four, Orbit 10, Infinity Three, New Writings in SF 20, Clarion II, Again, Dangerous Visions, Nova 2, and Universe 2.