 Cover of first edition, 1980 | |
| Editor | Terry Carr |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Best Science Fiction of the Year |
| Genre | Science fiction short stories |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
Publication date | 1980 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 369 |
| ISBN | 0-345-28601-4 |
| Preceded by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 |
| Followed by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 |
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the ninth volume in a series of sixteen. It was first published in paperback by Del Rey Books in August 1980, and in hardcover by Gollancz in October of the same year.
The book collects fourteen 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 and 1979 in the magazines Omni, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Rolling Stone College Papers, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and the anthologies Universe 9 and Rooms of Paradise.