The Year's Best Fantasy Stories (series)
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DAW Books
DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...
from 1975 to 1988 under the successive editorships of Lin Carter
Lin Carter
Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin.-Life:Carter was born in St. Petersburg, Florida...
from 1975 to 1980 and Arthur W. Saha
Arthur W. Saha
Arthur William Saha was an American speculative fiction editor and anthologist, closely associated with publisher Donald A. Wollheim.-Life:...
from 1981 to 1988. The series was a companion to DAW’s The Annual World’s Best SF
The Annual World’s Best SF
The Annual World's Best SF was a series of annual paperback anthologies published by DAW Books from 1972 to 1990 under the editorship of publisher Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha from 1972 to 1990. Some volumes were also issued in hardcover through the Science Fiction Book Club...
, issued from 1972 to 1990 under the editorship of Saha with publisher Donald A. Wollheim
Donald A. Wollheim
Donald Allen Wollheim was an American science fiction ' editor, publisher, writer, and fan. As an author, he published under his own name as well as under pseudonyms, including David Grinnell....
, and The Year's Best Horror Stories
The Year's Best Horror Stories
The Year’s Best Horror Stories was a series of annual anthologies published by DAW Books from 1971 to 1994 under the successive editorships of Richard Davis from 1971 to 1973, and, after a two year hiatus, Gerald W. Page from 1976 to 1979, and Karl Edward Wagner from 1980 to 1994. The series was...
, issued from 1971 to 1994, which performed a similar office for the science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and horror fiction
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
genres.
Each annual volume reprinted what in the opinion of the editor was the best fantasy literature
Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature is fantasy in written form. Historically speaking, literature has composed the majority of fantasy works. Since the 1950s however, a growing segment of the fantasy genre has taken the form of films, television programs, graphic novels, video games, music, painting, and other...
short fiction appearing in the previous year. Carter's picks tended to be idiosyncratic, concentrating on long-established authors in the field and reflecting his own particular enthusiasms. He also habitually padded out the volumes he edited with his own works, whether written singly, in collaboration, or under pseudonyms. Saha’s editorial choices more closely reflected the contemporary field and highlighted more emerging authors.
Under Carter's editorship surveys of "The Year’s Best Fantasy Books" and "The Year in Fantasy" rounded out each year’s collection, continuing the annual surveys of the year's best fantasy fiction he had formerly contributed to Castle of Frankenstein
Castle of Frankenstein
Castle of Frankenstein was an American horror, science fiction and fantasy film magazine, distributed by Kable News and published in New Jersey from 1962 to 1975 by Calvin Thomas Beck's Gothic Castle Publishing Company. The first three issues were edited by Larry Ivie and Ken Beale. From 1963 and...
before that magazine's 1975 demise. Saha contented himself with a general introduction.
The series
- The Year's Best Fantasy StoriesThe Year's Best Fantasy StoriesThe Year's Best Fantasy Stories is a 1975 anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books...
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, Lin Carter, ed. (1976) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3 is a 1977 anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books....
, Lin Carter, ed. (1977) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 4The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 4The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 4 is a 1978 anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books....
, Lin Carter, ed. (1978) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 5The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 5The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 5 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in January, 1980...
, Lin Carter, ed. (1980) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 6The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 6The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 6 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in November, 1980...
, Lin Carter, ed. (1980) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 7The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 7The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 7 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in 1981....
, Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1981) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 8 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in 1982....
, Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1982) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in 1983....
, Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1983) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 10The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 10The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 10 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in October, 1984....
, Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1984) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in November, 1985....
, Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1985) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 12The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 12The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 12 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in November, 1986....
, Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1986) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in November, 1987....
, Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1987) - The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 14The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 14The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 14 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in November, 1988....
, Arthur W. Saha, ed. (1988)