The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 by Terry Carr

There may not be many surprises, but Varleys writing makes the story flow nicely and I thought it explored well the various dilemmas such a scenario would bring with conflicts of identity on ones true self.Īnother highlight was 'Meathouse Man' by George R. The problem with backing up your memory and then restoring it in a new clone has been explored several times, but I assume this has to be one of the earlier examples of this.

The best story here is 'The Phantom of Kansas' by John Varley which is a really impressive story about a woman who finds herself being restored as a clone from his backup several times because someone keeps killing her. Carr has selected more experimental stories that are borderline science fiction. Not because the stories or authors here are bad, but clearly Carr has very different taste than I do and Wollheim came closer. His win in 1985 was the first time a freelance editor had won.Ĭarr taught at the Clarion Workshop at Michigan State University in 1978, where his students included Richard Kadrey and Pat Murphy.Ĭompared to Wollheims collection of stories from 1976 this was more of a letdown. He also edited numerous one-off anthologies over the same time span. He edited an original story anthology series called Universe, and a popular series of The Best Science Fiction of the Year anthologies that ran from 1972 until his death in 1987. Le Guin and Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin.Īfter conflicts with Ace head Donald A. He first worked at Ace Books, establishing the Ace Science Fiction Specials series which published, among other novels, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Though he published some fiction in the early 1960s, Carr concentrated on editing. He was nominated five times for Hugos for Best Fanzine (1959–1961, 1967–1968), winning in 1959, was nominated three times for Best Fan Writer (1971–1973), winning in 1973, and was Fan Guest of Honor at ConFederation in 1986. (He was one of the two fans responsible for the hoax fan 'Carl Brandon' after whom the Carl Brandon Society takes its name.) Despite a long career as a science fiction professional, he continued to participate as a fan until his death. He attended the City College of San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley from 1954 to 1959.Ĭarr discovered science fiction fandom in 1949, where he became an enthusiastic publisher of fanzines, which later helped open his way into the commercial publishing world.

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 by Terry Carr