Series
Universe
Terry Carr, F. M. Busby & Jack Vance · 2 novellas · 18 anthologies · 1971–1987
Universe was a series of seventeen annual science fiction anthologies edited by Terry Carr, later revived as a series of three biennial anthologies edited by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber. It was initially published in paperback by Ace Books (1971–1972), with subsequent volumes published in hardcover by Random House (1973–1975), Doubleday, and Bantam Books (1992), and paperback by Popular Library, Zebra Books, Tor, and Bantam Spectra, successively. The last two volumes of the original series were issued in hardcover only, and the last volume of the revival in paperback only. British hardcover editions were published by Dennis Dobson (1971–1979) and Robert Hale (1982–1983).
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Universe at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
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By decade
- 1970s10
- 1980s10
Shape
2 novellas · 18 anthologies
3 authors · completed series
reads like:science fictionspace explorationspacefar futurereflectiveadult
Mood
Grim and calm: 56% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book16 of 20 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Universe 11darkest
- Universe 1brightest
- Universe 7calmest
- Assault on a Citymost intense