Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year -- fifth annual collection

Lester del Rey was born Leonard Knapp in Saratoga, Minnesota, the son of poor sharecroppers of partly Spanish ancestry. His mother died shortly after his birth, and he managed to complete high school and two years at George Washington University before dropping out for economic reasons. He started publishing stories in pulp magazines in the late 1930s. He was closely associated Astounding Science Fiction, then the leading science fiction magazine. In 1935, his first wife was killed in a car ac...

Phyllis Eisenstein is the author of Microcosmic Tales. She's a writer of science fiction and fantasy.

Joan D. Vinge is the author of the science fiction novel The Snow Queen. Her work often explores themes of magic and technology.

Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kr...

Hayford Peirce is the author of the engaging Ethnic Detectives series. If you enjoy mysteries with a unique cultural twist, you'll want to check out his work.

Robert Hoskins wrote the speculative fiction novel If, published in February 1958. His work often explores thought-provoking ideas.

Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award.The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master,[4] and the Horror Writers Association made him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.[5] He is associated with the pastoral science fiction subgenre.