num_pages: 252
description: "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim)"Variation on a Theme from Beethoven" (Sharon Webb)"Beatnik Bayou" (John Varley)"Elbow Room" (Marion Zimmer Bradley)"The Ugly Chickens" (Howard Waldrop)"Prime Time" (Norman Spinrad)"Nightflyers" (George R. R. Martin)"A Spaceship Built of Stone" (Lisa Tuttle)"Window" (Bob Leman)"The Summer Sweet, the Winter Wild" (Michael G. Coney)"Achronos" (Lee Killough)
language: English
title: The 1981 Annual World's Best SF
titlecomplete: The 1981 Annual World's Best SF
genres: Short Story Collection, Short Stories, Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Anthologies
ratings_count: 75
series: Annual World's Best SF
publisher: DAW Books, Inc. (NYC)