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Best SF: 1971

Editors	Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
Language	English
Series	Best SF
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Sphere Books
Publication date	August 1972
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	253
ISBN	43443
OCLC	219955189
Preceded by	Best SF: 1970
Followed by	Best SF: 1972

Best SF: 1971 (also known as The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 5) is the fifth in the Best SF series edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss, first published in a British edition in August 1972 by Sphere Books. The first American (and first hardcover) edition was released later that year by Putnam, with a Berkley paperback following shortly thereafter.

Contents

• Introduction to Best SF: 1971 (1972) by Harry Harrison
• "Doctor Zombie and His Little Furry Friends" (1971) by Robert Sheckley
• "Conquest" (1971) by Barry N. Malzberg
• "Gehenna" (1971) by Barry N. Malzberg
• "A Meeting with Medusa" (1971) by Arthur C. Clarke
• "The Genius" (1971) by Donald Barthelme
• "Angouleme" (1971) by Thomas M. Disch
• "If "Hair" Were Revived in 2016" (1971) by Arnold M. Auerbach
• "Statistician's Day" (1970) by James Blish
• "The Science Fiction Horror Movie Pocket Computer" (1971) by Gahan Wilson
• "The Hunter at His Ease" (1970) by Brian W. Aldiss
• "The Cohen Dog Exclusion Act" (1971) by Steven Schrader
• "Gantlet" (1972) by Richard E. Peck
• "Report" (1971) by Kingsley Amis
• "Fisherman" (1971) by Lawrence Sail
• "The Ideal Police State" (1971) by Charles Baxter
• "The Pagan Rabbi" (1966) by Cynthia Ozick
• "(Untitled) (From Cancerqueen)" (1971) by Tommaso Landolfi
• "An Uneven Evening" (1971) by Steve Herbst
• "Ornithanthropus" (1971) by B. Alan Burhoe
• "No Direction Home" (1971) by Norman Spinrad
• "Afterword: A Day in the Life-Style of..." (1972) by Brian W. Aldiss

External links

• Best SF: 1971 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 5 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Category:1972 short story collections Category:Science fiction anthologies