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Universe 1 (Carr anthology)

1971 anthology edited by Terry Carr

1971 anthology edited by Terry Carr

FieldValue
nameUniverse 1
imageUniverse 1 cover.jpg
captionCover of first edition, 1971
editorTerry Carr
illustratorAlicia Austin
cover_artistDavis Meltzer
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
seriesUniverse
genreScience fiction
publisherAce Books
release_date1971
media_typePrint (paperback)
pages249
followed_byUniverse 2

Universe 1 is an anthology of original science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, and illustrated by Alicia Austin, the initial volume in a series of seventeen. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in 1971, with a British hardcover facsimile edition following from Dennis Dobson in 1975.

The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Carr. Alicia Austin supplied a full-page illustration for each story, returning just once more for Universe 2.

Contents

  • "Introduction" (Terry Carr)
  • "West Wind, Falling" (Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund)
  • "Good News from the Vatican" (Robert Silverberg)
  • "Jade Blue" (Edward Bryant)
  • "Nor Limestone Islands" (R. A. Lafferty)
  • "Time Exposures" (Wilson Tucker)
  • "Mindship" (Gerard F. Conway)
  • "Notes for a Novel About the First Ship Ever to Venus" (Barry N. Malzberg)
  • "Poor Man, Beggar Man" (Joanna Russ)
  • "The Romance of Dr. Tanner" (Ron Goulart)
  • "The Human Side of the Village Monster" (Edward Bryant)
  • "Mount Charity" (Edgar Pangborn)
  • "All the Last Wars at Once" (George Alec Effinger)

Reception

Theodore Sturgeon praised Universe 1 as "a nice full-spectrum anthology of originals" which "stay[s] within Carr's rather strict definition of what sf ought to be."

Awards

The anthology placed first in the 1972 Locus Poll Award for Best Original Anthology.

"Good News from the Vatican" won the 1971 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.

"Poor Man, Beggar Man" was nominated for the 1971 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.

"Mount Charity" was nominated for the 1971 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and placed sixth in the 1972 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction.

"All the Last Wars at Once" was nominated for the 1972 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and placed second in the 1972 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction.

References

References

  1. "Galaxy Bookshelf", ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', March 1972, pp.84-85
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