World's Best Science Fiction: 1965 [Mass Market Paperback]

Doanld A. (Editor) Wollheim (Author)

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• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Ace; First Ed. edition (1965)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000AUUUGO
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, But Is It The Best?, June 3, 2006

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"World's Best Science Fiction: 1965" edited by Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr is an anthology of 17 stories written in 1964. This is the first of six yearly anthologies that the two would co-edit. After Terry Carr left, Donald Wollheim continued the series with Arthur W. Saha until Wollheim's death in 1990. Terry Carr went on to start another anthology series called "Best Science Fiction of the Year" until his death in 1987.

There are too many stories here to go through them one by one. Many of them are very good, and most have aged well. That being said, I didn't find those one or two outstanding stories which can really make an anthology something special. There are stories here from Philip K. Dick, Ben Bova, John Brunner, Thomas M. Disch, Fritz Leiber, C. C. MacApp, and many more. The book also tries to live up to its title with a couple of stories: Josef Nesvadba's "Vampires Ltd." which is a story from what was at the time Czechoslovakia and translated by Iris Urwin, and Harry Mulisch's "What Happened to Sergeant Masuro?" which is a story from the Netherlands translated by Roy Edwards. This book was only available in paperback, which at that time was slightly smaller than a standard paperback is today.