New Dimensions II

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New Dimensions II
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Cover of first edition
Editor Robert Silverberg
Cover artist Dickran Palulian
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series New Dimensions
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date
1972
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pagesviii, 229 pp.
ISBN 0-385-09141-9
Preceded by New Dimensions 1  
Followed by New Dimensions 3  

New Dimensions II: Eleven Original Science Fiction Stories is an anthology of original science fiction short stories edited by American writer Robert Silverberg, the second in a series of twelve. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in December 1972, with a paperback edition under the variant title New Dimensions 2 following from Avon Books in December 1974. [1]

Contents

The book collects eleven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by the editor.

Contents

Awards

The anthology placed third in the 1973 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.

"Nobody's Home" placed fourteenth in the 1973 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction.

"Eurema's Dam" won the 1973 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the 1975 Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story, and placed sixteenth in the 1973 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction.

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