Baen, 1984. Mass market paperback, first edition. Collects 10 top science fiction stories from 1983. Includes an introduction and "recommended reading" list from editor Terry Carr , "The Science Fiction Year (1983)" essay by Charles N. Brown , and these works: “Servant of the People” by Frederik Pohl "Slow Birds” by Ian Watson "The Sidon in the Mirror” by Connie Willis "Hardfought” by Greg Bear "Amanda and the Alien” by Robert Silverberg "Kaleidoscope” by Cherry Wilder "The Tithonian Factor” by Richard Cowper "Blind Shemmy” by Jack Dann "Scenes from the Country of the Blind” by John Sladek "Her Habiline Husband” by Michael Bishop
This book is part of the Best Science Fiction of the Year Books series.