Gardner Dozois, at the time an author of note since the early 1970s and associate editor of
Asimov's Science Fiction (before becoming full editor in 1986), took over Dutton's line of hardcover Best of the Year anthologies from Lester del Rey, who'd edited the first five volumes, with this 1977 volume. The Dutton anthologies were slender, little more than 200 pages each, yet included Dozois' introductory summations (an additional 20-30 pages) and extensive lists of honorable mentions. Dozois produced five volumes for Dutton before the line was discontinued, after which Dozois published much larger anthologies under the title
The Year's Best Science Fiction, at first for Bluejay and then for St. Martin's, a series that continued for 35 volumes.
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Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection, (Dutton, 1977)
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Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection, (Dutton, 1978)
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Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Eighth Annual Collection, (Dutton, 1979)
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Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection, (Dutton, 1980)
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Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection, (Dutton, 1981)
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Complete Contents by Author and Title
Isaac Asimov
Found!
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
The Last Answer
(1980)
-- Vol. #10
Gregory Benford
In Alien Flesh
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
Redeemer
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
Michael Bishop
The House of Compassionate Sharers
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
Old Folks at Home
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
The Samurai and the Willows
(1976)
-- Vol. #6
Vernalfest Morning
(1978)
-- Vol. #9
Edward Bryant
giANTS
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
Particle Theory
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
Strata
(1980)
-- Vol. #10
Suzy McKee Charnas
The Ancient Mind at Work
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
Unicorn Tapestry
(1980)
-- Vol. #10
Jack Dann
Camps
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
Bernard Deitchman
Cousins
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
Thomas M. Disch
Mutability
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
Phyllis Eisenstein
Lost and Found
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
James P. Girard
In Trophonius's Cave
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
September Song
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
Joe Haldeman
Armaja Das
(1976)
-- Vol. #6
Blood Sisters
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
Dean Ing
Down & Out on Ellfive Prime
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Diary of the Rose
(1976)
-- Vol. #6
George R. R. Martin
Bitterblooms
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
Nightflyers
(1981)
-- Vol. #10
Sandkings
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
The Way of Cross and Dragon
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
Naomi Mitchison
The Finger
(1980)
-- Vol. #10
Larry Niven
The Green Marauder
(1980)
-- Vol. #10
Christopher Priest
Whores
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
Jeanne Robinson
Stardance
(by Spider Robinson & JR)
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
Spider Robinson
Stardance
(by SR & Jeanne Robinson)
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
Jake Saunders
Back to the Stone Age
(1976)
-- Vol. #6
Hilbert Schenck
The Battle of the Abaco Reefs
(1979)
-- Vol. #9
Raccoona Sheldon
The Screwfly Solution
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
Michael Swanwick
The Feast of Saint Janis
(1980)
-- Vol. #10
James Tiptree, Jr.
Slow Music
(1980)
-- Vol. #10
Steven Utley
Black as the Pit, from Pole to Pole
(by SU & Howard Waldrop)
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
Custer's Last Jump
(by SU & Howard Waldrop)
(1976)
-- Vol. #6
John Varley
Air Raid
(1977)
-- Vol. #6
In the Hall of the Martian Kings
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
The Persistence of Vision
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
Joan D. Vinge
View from a Height
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
Howard Waldrop
Black as the Pit, from Pole to Pole
(by Steven Utley & HW)
(1977)
-- Vol. #7
Custer's Last Jump
(by Steven Utley & HW)
(1976)
-- Vol. #6
Mary Margaret Road-Grader
(1976)
-- Vol. #6
The Ugly Chickens
(1980)
-- Vol. #10
Kate Wilhelm
Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis
(1976)
-- Vol. #6
Gene Wolfe
Seven American Nights
(1978)
-- Vol. #8
War Beneath the Tree
(1979)
-- Vol. #10