The 1972 Annual World's Best SF Author:Edited by Donald A. Wollheim Following the tradition of the many best-selling anthologies of fine science fiction he is noted for, Donald A. Wollheim selects for DAW Books those fantastic tales which in his opinion warrant being considered the best and most memorable science fiction published in the past year. — Contents:Introduction / Donald A. Wollheim, Fourth profession /... more » Larry Niven, Gleepsite / Joanna Russ, Bear with the knot on his tail / Stephen Tall, Sharks of Pentreath / Micheal G. Coney, Little knowledge / Poul Anderson, Real-time world / Christopher Priest, All pieces of a river shore / R.A. Lafferty, With friends like these / Alan Dean Foster, Aunt Jennie's tonic / Leonard Tushnet, Timestorm / Eddy C. Bertin, Transit of earth / Arthur C. Clarke, Gehenna / Barry Malzberg, One life, furnished in early poverty / Harlan Ellison, Occam's scalpel / Theodore Sturgeon.« less