 Cover of first edition, 1979 | |
| Editor | Terry Carr |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Best Science Fiction of the Year |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
Publication date | 1979 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 363 |
| ISBN | 0-345-28083-0 |
| Preceded by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 |
| Followed by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 |
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the eighth volume in a series of sixteen. It was first published in paperback by Del Rey Books in July 1979, and in hardcover by the same publisher in conjunction with the Science Fiction Book Club in August 1979. The first British edition was issued by Gollancz in the same year.
The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction, notes and concluding essays by Carr and Charles N. Brown. The stories were previously published in 1978 in the magazines Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Omni, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and the anthologies Andromeda 3, Anticipations, and Universe 8.