Universe 7 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385114141 ISBN 13: 9780385114141

Publisher: Doubleday, 1977

Synopsis

Each volume in Terry Carr's Universe series is an eagerly awaited event in science fiction: the best new stories by famous authors and tomorrow's stars. This latest collection features:

Fritz Leiber's A Rite of Spring, a full-length novelette in which a young genius discovers an unknown cosmos;

Brian W. Aldiss's My Lady of the Psychiatric Sorrows, a tale of humanity struggling to adjust to a strange future;

R. A. Lafferty's Brain Fever Season, the wacky story of a time when everyone in the world became an Intellectual.

Plus stories of time travel, future art-forms, gremlins from another dimension, and more, by Gene Wolfe, Julian Reid, Robert Chilson, George Alec Effinger, and Carter Scholz.

Stories include: A Rite of Spring, by Fritz Leiber (nominated, 1977 Nebula Award); My Lady of the Psychiatric Sorrows, by Brian W. Aldiss; Probability Storm, by Julian Reid; People Reviews, by Robert Chilson; Ibid., by George Alec Effinger; The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton, by Gene Wolfe; Brain Fever Season, by R. A. Lafferty; The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs, by Carter Scholz (nominated, 1977 Nebula Award, 1978 Hugo Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0385114141
• ISBN 13: 9780385114141
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Terry Carr