Universe 17 Book

Original anthology of 6 stories. The last of the Universe series edited by Terry Carr before his death. Contents: * Second Going / James Tiptree, Jr.; * Mencken Stuff ·/ Joel Richards; * Lapidary Nights / Marta Randall; * The Man Who Watched the Glaciers Run / Cherie Wilkerson; * Pliny’s Commentaries / Ned Huston; * In the Tower / Jack McDevitt. ----- Until Terry Carr's untimely death in 1987, his Universe series was acknowledged by critics and readers alike as the foremost anthology of original science fiction. Its seventeen star-filled volumes were a shocase for the finest work of the field's most distinguished authors. The Universe series was continued for three editions with starting over numbering: Universe 1 (1990); Universe 2 (1992); Universe 3 (1994) ... under the editorship of two of Terry Carr's closest friend's, multiple award winning author and anthologist Robert Silverberg and his wife, author Karen Haber.