Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss launched their series with a "Credo" by James Blish that snipes at the two extant year's best anthology series and suggests minimum standards for a better one. The result is far closer to Merril than to Wollheim/Carr, with numerous works from non-genre sources and the occasional poem or film review (of
2001). For once the titles reflect the contents:
Best SF: 1967, published in 1968, contains stories first published in 1967. The first volume was a paperback original from Berkley Medallion, the next six hardcovers from Putnam's with paperback reprints from Berkley Medallion, and then came two final hardcovers from Bobbs Merril that never had US paperback editions. Each volume opens with an informal introduction by Harrison on changes in the field, and closes with a longer, incisive essay by Aldiss on the state of the literature.
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Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual, (Bobbs Merrill, 1976)
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Complete Contents by Author and Title
Duane Ackerson
DNA
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Science Fiction Story
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1974
Brian W. Aldiss
As for Our Fatal Continuity...
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
The Hunter at His Ease
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1971
Listen with Big Brother
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Progression of the Species
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1969
Serpent Burning on an Altar
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
The Serpent of Kundalini
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
Working in the Spaceship Yards
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Dick Allen
Backward, Into Beasts Evolving...
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Kingsley Amis
Mason's Life
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1973
Report
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Gleb Anfilov
Erem
(1963)
-- Best SF: 1970
Isaac Asimov
Segregationist
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1968
W. H. Auden
A Curse
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1973
J. G. Ballard
The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race
(1966)
-- Best SF: 1967
The Killing Ground
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Leo L. Barrow
Darkness, by André Carneiro
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Donald Barthelme
The Genius
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Thomas Baum
Lost and Found
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Charles Baxter
The Ideal Police State
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Patricia Beer
After Death
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Max Beerbohm
Ten Years Ago...
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1973
Kenneth Bernard
Sister Francetta and Pig Baby
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Alfred Bester
The Four-Hour Fugue
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Michael Bishop
The Windows in Dante's Hell
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
James Blish
Statistician's Day
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1971
Ben Bova
Fifteen Miles
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Tor Åge Bringsvaerd
The Man Who Collected the First of September, 1973
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Algis Budrys
Now Hear the Word of the Lord
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
A Scraping at the Bones
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
Anthony Burgess
The Muse
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1969
B. Alan Burhoe
Ornithanthropus
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
André Carneiro
Darkness
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Angela Carter
The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
A. Bertram Chandler
The Left-Hand Way
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Arthur C. Clarke
A Meeting with Medusa
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Theodore R. Cogswell
Early Bird
(by TRC & Theodore Thomas)
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Faex Delenda Est
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Lisa Conesa
Eyes of a Womanfrom a Portrait by Picasso
(tbd)
-- Best SF: 1974
Robert Coover
A Pedestrian Accident
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1970
Alan Coren
Owing to Circumstances Beyond Our Control 1984 Has Been Unavoidably Detained...
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
John Cotton
Columbus on St. Domenica
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Report Back
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Richard Cowper
The Custodians
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
Philip K. Dick
The Electric Ant
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Thomas M. Disch
Angouleme
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
The Asian Shore
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
The Birds
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
The Santa Claus Compromise
(1974)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
William J. Earls
Traffic Problem
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
Paul R. Ehrlich
Eco-Catastrophe!
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Harlan Ellison
Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Jerry Farber
Gorman
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1970
Philip José Farmer
After King Kong Fell
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1974
Stephen Goldin
Sweet Dreams, Melissa
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
Alvin Greenberg
"Franz Kafka" by Jorge Luís Borges
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
James Gunn
The Old Folks
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Anthony Haden-Guest
Auto-Apotheosis
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1973
Joe Haldeman
End Game
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
Hero
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
We Are Very Happy Here
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Alex Hamilton
Words of Warning
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
M. John Harrison
Settling the World
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
William Harrison
Roller Ball Murder
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Jon Hartridge
Like Father
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Steve Herbst
An Uneven Evening
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Hayden Howard
Oil-Mad Bug-Eyed Monsters
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
Fred Hoyle
Blackmail
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Clive James
The Rise of Airstrip One
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
R. A. Lafferty
Parthen
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Keith Laumer
The Last Command
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Ursula K. Le Guin
Nine Lives
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Fritz Leiber
Answering Service
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
One Station of the Way
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
John D. MacDonald
The Annex
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
Barry N. Malzberg
Conquest
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Final War
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
A Galaxy Called Rome
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
Gehenna
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Pacem Est
(by Kris Neville & BNM)
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
David I. Masson
Lost Ground
(1966)
-- Best SF: 1968
Bruce McAllister
The Man Inside
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Naomi Mitchison
Mary and Joe
(1962)
-- Best SF: 1970
Michael Moorcock
A Dead Singer
(1974)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
Slawomir Mrozek
The Ugupu Bird
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1970
Howard L. Myers
Out, Wit!
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Josef Nesvadba
Captain Nemo's Last Adventure
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
The Lost Face
(1964)
-- Best SF: 1970
Kris Neville
The Forest of Zil
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Pacem Est
(by KN & Barry N. Malzberg)
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
Robert R. Olsen
Paleontology: An Experimental Science
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Cynthia Ozick
The Pagan Rabbi
(1966)
-- Best SF: 1971
Richard Peck
Gantlet
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1971
Louis Phillips
The Lop-Eared Cat that Devoured Philadelphia
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
John R. Pierce
The Rime of the Ancient SF Author, or Conventions and Recollections
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
Doris Piserchia
A Typical Day
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Frederik Pohl
The Schematic Man
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Christopher Priest
The Head and the Hand
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Ken W. Purdy
The Dannold Cheque
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
In the Matter of the Assassin Merefirs
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Peter Redgrove
A Twelvemonth
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
Kit Reed
Golden Acres
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1968
Songs of War
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
The Vine
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Mack Reynolds
Criminal in Utopia
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
Keith Roberts
Weihnachtabend
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Stephen Robinett
The Linguist
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
Frank M. Robinson
The Wreck of the Ship John B.
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Lawrence Sail
After Weightlessness
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Cymbal Player
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Fisherman
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
A Picture by Klee
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Report from the Planet Proteus
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972
Steven Schrader
The Cohen Dog Exclusion Act
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
C. C. Shackleton
Ultimate Construction
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Bob Shaw
Appointment on Prila
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
Robert Sheckley
Doctor Zombie and His Furry Little Friends
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Welcome to the Standard Nightmare
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Robert Silverberg
Black Is Beautiful
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
Hawksbill Station
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
To the Dark Star
(1968)
-- Best SF: 1968
The Wind and the Rain
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
John Sladek
1937 A.D.!
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Norman Spinrad
No Direction Home
(1971)
-- Best SF: 1971
Craig Strete
Time Deer
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
D. M. Thomas
Hospital of Transplanted Hearts
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Theodore Thomas
Early Bird
(by Theodore R. Cogswell & TT)
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
James Thurber
Interview with a Lemming
(1941)
-- Best SF: 1967
James Tiptree, Jr.
The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
The Women Men Don't See
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1974
Lisa Tuttle
Changelings
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
John Updike
The Chaste Planet
(1975)
-- Best SF: 75, The Ninth Annual
Steven Utley
Sport
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Sydney J. Van Scyoc
When Petals Fall
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1974
Ilya Varshavsky
Escape
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
William John Watkins
Two Poems
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Ian Watson
Programmed Love Story
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Joseph Wesley
Womb to Tomb
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Kate Wilhelm
The Scream
(1974)
-- Best SF: 1974
Robin Scott Wilson
Gone Fishin'
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
Gene Wolfe
La Befana
(1973)
-- Best SF: 1973
Car Sinister
(1970)
-- Best SF: 1970
Gary Wright
Mirror of Ice
(1967)
-- Best SF: 1967
Pg Wyal
The Castle on the Crag
(1969)
-- Best SF: 1969
Robert F. Young
The Years
(1972)
-- Best SF: 1972