Universe 17 Author:Terry Carr (Editor) Original anthology of 6 stories. — The last of the Universe series edited by Terry Carr before his death. — Contents: — * Second Going / James Tiptree, Jr.; — * Mencken Stuff ·/ Joel Richards; — * Lapidary Nights / Marta Randall; — * The Man Who Watched the Glaciers Run / Cheri... more »e Wilkerson;
* Pliny’s Commentaries / Ned Huston;
* In the Tower / Jack McDevitt.
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Until Terry Carr's untimely death in 1987, his Universe series was acknowledged by critics and readers alike as the foremost anthology of original science fiction. Its seventeen star-filled volumes were a shocase for the finest work of the field's most distinguished authors.
The Universe series was continued for three editions with starting over numbering: Universe 1 (1990); Universe 2 (1992); Universe 3 (1994) ... under the editorship of two of Terry Carr's closest friend's, multiple award winning author and anthologist Robert Silverberg and his wife, author Karen Haber.« less