Timescape / Pocket Books, 1983. Mass market paperback, first edition. Collects the very best sceince fiction stories of 1982. Includes an introduction and recommended reading list by editor Terry Carr , "The Science Fiction Year 1982" essay by Charles N. Brown and 13 wonderful stories: “The Pope of the Chimps” by Robert Silverberg "Swarm” by Bruce Sterling "Souls” by Joanna Russ "Burning Chrome” by William Gibson "Farmer on the Dole” by Frederik Pohl "Meet Me at Apogee” by Bill Johnson "Sur” by Ursula K. Le Guin "Understanding Human Behavior: A Romance of the Rocky Mountains” by Thomas M. Disch "Relativistic Effects” by Gregory Benford "Firewatch” by Connie Willis "The Wooing of Slowboat Sadie” by George Alec Effinger [as by O. Niemand] "With the Original Cast” by Nancy Kress "When the Fathers Go” by Bruce McAllister
This book is part of the Best Science Fiction of the Year Books series.