Donald A. Wollheim Presents the The 1981 Annual World’s Best SF – Donald A. Wollheim – May, 1981 [Michael Mariano]

Contents

Variation on a Theme From Beethoven, by Sharon Webb

Beatnik Bayou, by John Varley

Elbow Room, by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Ugly Chickens, by Howard Waldrop

Prime Time, by Norman Spinrad

Nightflyers, by George R.R. Martin

A Spaceship Built of Stone, by Lisa Tuttle

Window, by John Varley, from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

The Summer Sweet, the Winter Wild, by Michael G. Coney

Achronos, by Lee Killiugh