| The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 | |
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Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author(s) | edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction Short stories |
| Publisher | Fredrick Fell |
| Publication date | 1949 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 314 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 is a 1949 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. It was the first published anthology to present the best science fiction stories for a given year.[1] The stories had originally appeared in 1948 in the magazines Planet Stories, Astounding, Blue Book, Comment, and Thrilling Wonder Stories. The anthology was later combined with the 1950 volume and reissued as Science Fiction Omnibus.[2]
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L. Sprague de Camp received the anthology favorably, describing it as "a superior product . . . with all the stories readable and some excellent."[3]