vii • Introduction (The 1974 Annual World's Best SF) • (1974) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim1 • A Suppliant in Space • (1973) • novelette by Robert Sheckley21 • Parthen • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty28 • Doomship • [Cuckoo] • (1973) • novella by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson85 • Weed of Time • (1970) • short story by Norman Spinrad (variant of The Weed of Time)93 • A Modest Genius • (1973) • short story by Вади́м Серге́евич Ше́фнер (trans. of Скромный гений (1963) [as by Vadim Shefner]108 • The Deathbird • (1973) • novelette by Harlan Ellison136 • Evane • (1973) • short story by E. C. Tubb144 • Moby, Too • (1973) • novelette by Gordon Eklund161 • Death and Designation Among the Asadi • (1973) • novella by Michael Bishop233 • Construction Shack • (1973) • short story by Clifford D. Simak