Search Worlds Without End

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1968 to 1969 (and the Short Story winner from 1970), each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. This is the paperback reprint edition of the second half of the original hardback volume 2 of the series (the hardback was too large to conveniently reprint in paperback and was therefore split into halves).

Table of Contents:

• A Few More Words-Unexpectedly - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Weyr Search - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey
• Riders of the Purple Wage - (1967) - novella by Philip José Farmer
• Gonna Roll the Bones - (1967) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
• I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream - (1967) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Nightwings - (1968) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• The Sharing of Flesh - (1968) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World - (1968) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones - (1968) - novelette by Samuel R. Delany

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1963 to 1967, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. This is the paperback reprint edition of the first half of the original hardback volume 2 of the series (the hardback was too large to conveniently reprint in paperback and was therefore split into halves).

Table of Contents:

• Here I Am Again - (1971) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Dragon Masters - (1962) - novella by Jack Vance
• No Truce With Kings - (1963) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Soldier, Ask Not - (1964) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman - (1965) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• The Last Castle - (1966) - novella by Jack Vance
• Neutron Star - (1966) - novelette by Larry Niven

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1971 to 1972 (and the Novella winner from 1970), each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. This is the paperback reprint edition of the first half of the original hardback volume 3 of the series (the hardback was too large to conveniently reprint in paperback and was therefore split into halves).

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Third Time Around - (1977) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Ship of Shadows - (1969) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• Ill Met in Lankhmar - (1970) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• Slow Sculpture - (1970) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Queen of Air and Darkness - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Inconstant Moon - (1971) - novelette by Larry Niven

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1973 to 1975, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. This is the paperback reprint edition of the second half of the original hardback volume 3 of the series (the hardback was too large to conveniently reprint in paperback and was therefore split into halves).

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (The Hugo Winners) - (1977) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Word for World Is Forest - (1972) - novella by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Goat Song - (1972) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Meeting - (1972) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
• Eurema's Dam - (1972) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• The Girl Who Was Plugged In - (1973) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Deathbird - (1973) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - (1973) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• A Song for Lya - (1974) - novella by George R. R. Martin
• Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W - (1974) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• The Hole Man - (1974) - shortstory by Larry Niven
• Afterword - (1977) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Appendix: The Hugo Awards 1973-75 - (1977) - essay by uncredited

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1955 to 1961, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Allamagoosa - (1955) - shortstory by Eric Frank Russell
• Exploration Team - (1956) - novelette by Murray Leinster
• Flowers for Algernon - (1959) - novelette by Daniel Keyes
• Or All the Seas with Oysters - (1958) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• That Hell-Bound Train - (1958) - shortstory by Robert Bloch
• The Big Front Yard - (1958) - novella by Clifford D. Simak
• The Darfsteller - (1955) - novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• The Longest Voyage - (1960) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Star - (1955) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• Appendix: The Hugo Awards - essay by uncredited

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1963 to 1969, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. Also included is the 1970 Short Story winner (the two 1970 winners were split between volume 2 and volume 3 of the series). Not included is the 1962 winner, Hothouse (The Long Afternoon of Earth), which was never included in any volume of the series.

Table of Contents:

• Here I Am Again - (1971) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Dragon Masters - (1962) - novella by Jack Vance
• No Truce With Kings - (1963) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Soldier, Ask Not - (1964) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman - (1965) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• The Last Castle - (1966) - novella by Jack Vance
• Neutron Star - (1966) - novelette by Larry Niven
• Weyr Search - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey
• Riders of the Purple Wage - (1967) - novella by Philip José Farmer
• Gonna Roll the Bones - (1967) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
• I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream - (1967) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Nightwings - (1968) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• The Sharing of Flesh - (1968) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World - (1968) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones - (1968) - novelette by Samuel R. Delany
• Appendix: Hugo Awards 1962-70 - (1971) - essay by uncredited

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1971 to 1975, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. Also included is the 1970 Novella winner (the two 1970 winners were split between volume 2 and volume 3 of the series).

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Third Time Around - (1977) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Ship of Shadows - (1969) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• Ill Met in Lankhmar - (1970) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• Slow Sculpture - (1970) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Queen of Air and Darkness - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Inconstant Moon - (1971) - novelette by Larry Niven
• The Word for World Is Forest - (1972) - novella by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Goat Song - (1972) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Meeting - (1972) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
• Eurema's Dam - (1972) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• The Girl Who Was Plugged In - (1973) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Deathbird - (1973) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - (1973) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• A Song for Lya - (1974) - novella by George R. R. Martin
• Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W - (1974) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• The Hole Man - (1974) - shortstory by Larry Niven
• Afterword - (1977) - essay by Isaac Asimov

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1976 to 1979, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: What Again? - (1985) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Home is the Hangman - (1975) - novella by Roger Zelazny
• The Borderland of Sol - (1975) - novelette by Larry Niven
• Catch That Zeppelin! - (1975) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• By Any Other Name - (1976) - novella by Spider Robinson
• Houston, Houston, Do You Read? - (1976) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• The Bicentennial Man - (1976) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• Tricentennial - (1976) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• Stardance - (1977) - novella by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson
• Eyes of Amber - (1977) - novelette by Joan D. Vinge
• Jeffty Is Five - (1977) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• The Persistence of Vision - (1978) - novella by John Varley
• Hunter's Moon - (1978) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• Cassandra - (1978) - shortstory by C. J. Cherryh

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1980 to 1982, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: My Magazine - (1986) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1980: 38th Convention, Boston - (1986) - essay by Barry B. Longyear
• Enemy Mine - (1979) - novella by Barry B. Longyear
• Sandkings - (1979) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• The Way of Cross and Dragon - (1979) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 1981: 39th Convention, Denver - (1986) - essay by Gordon R. Dickson
• Lost Dorsai - (1980) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• The Cloak and the Staff - (1980) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• Grotto of the Dancing Deer - (1980) - shortstory by Clifford D. Simak
• 1982: 40th Convention, Chicago - (1986) - essay by Poul Anderson
• The Saturn Game - (1981) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Unicorn Variation - (1981) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• The Pusher - (1981) - shortstory by John Varley

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1983 to 1985, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1989) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Souls - (1982) - novella by Joanna Russ
• Fire Watch - (1982) - novelette by Connie Willis
• Melancholy Elephants - (1982) - shortstory by Spider Robinson
• Cascade Point - (1983) - novella by Timothy Zahn
• Blood Music - (1983) - novelette by Greg Bear
• Speech Sounds - (1983) - shortstory by Octavia E. Butler
• Press Enter [] - (1984) - novella by John Varley
• Bloodchild - (1984) - novelette by Octavia E. Butler
• The Crystal Spheres - (1984) - shortstory by David Brin
• Appendix - (1989) - essay by uncredited

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1986 to 1988.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai - (1985) - novella by Roger Zelazny
• Paladin of the Lost Hour - (1985) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• Fermi and Frost - (1985) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl
• Gilgamesh in the Outback - (1986) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• Permafrost - (1986) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• Tangents - (1986) - shortstory by Greg Bear
• Eye for Eye - (1987) - novella by Orson Scott Card
• Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1987) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers - (1987) - shortstory by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• Appendix: The Hugo Awards - essay by uncredited

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1989 to 1991, each with an introduction by Connie Willis.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Connie Willis
• Kirinyaga - (1988) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• Schrödinger's Kitten - (1988) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
• The Last of the Winnebagos - (1988) - novella by Connie Willis
• Boobs - (1989) - shortstory by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another - (1989) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• The Mountains of Mourning - (1989) - novella by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Bears Discover Fire - (1990) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• The Manamouki - (1990) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• The Hemingway Hoax - (1990) - novella by Joe Haldeman

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1992 to 1994.

Table of Contents:

• A Walk in the Sun - (1991) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Gold - (1991) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• Beggars in Spain - (1991) - novella by Nancy Kress
• Even the Queen - (1992) - shortstory by Connie Willis
• The Nutcracker Coup - (1992) - novelette by Janet Kagan
• Barnacle Bill the Spacer - (1992) - novella by Lucius Shepard
• Death on the Nile - (1993) - novelette by Connie Willis
• Georgia on My Mind - (1993) - novelette by Charles Sheffield
• Down in the Bottomlands - (1993) - novella by Harry Turtledove