Like Star Science Fiction Stories Number 2, the cover art of World’s Best Science Fiction 1969, encompasses both the book’s front and rear. This composite scan, which includes a dinged-up spine (ohhh, wellll!) shows the entirety of a desert landscape imagined by John Schoenherr.
I’ve also included Schoenherr’s title page art, such interior art having appeared in every Ace “World’s Best” anthology published between 1965 and 1971. I’m certain this example was created by Jack Gaughan.
Since this post has been revised from its original version (which appeared in the ancient time of 2018), the original, simplified cover scan appears at bottom.
Contents
Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay, by Robert Sheckley, from Galaxy Science Fiction
BackTracked, by Bert Filer, from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Kyrie, by Poul Anderson, from the Farthest Reaches
Going Down Smooth, by Robert Silverberg, from Galaxy Science Fiction
The Worm that Flies, by Brian W. Aldiss, from The Farthest Reaches
Masks, by Damon Knight, from Playboy
Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones, by Samuel R. Delaney, from New Worlds
Hemeac, by E.G. Von Wald, from Galaxy Science Fiction
The Cloudbuilders, by Colin Kapp, from New Writings in SF 12
This Grand Carcass, by R.A. Lafferty, from Amazing Stories
A Visit to Cleveland General, by Sydney van Scyoc, from Galaxy Science Fiction
The Selchey Kids, by Laurence Yep, from If
Welcome to the Monkey House, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., from Playboy
The Dance of The Changer and The Three, by Colin Kapp, from The Farthest Reaches
Sword Game, by H.H. Hollis, from Galaxy Science Fiction
Total Environment, by Brian W. Aldiss, from Galaxy Science Fiction
The Square Root of Brain, by Fritz Leiber, from New Worlds
Starsong, by Fred Saberhagen, from If
Fear Hound, by Katherine MacLean, from Analog Science Fiction – Science Fact
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