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A white man with dark short hair and a dark van dyke beard sits on a yellow couch reading a fantasy periodical. A window in the background shows an empty suburban street. — by Brian Collins

It seems that between Harlan Ellison’s massive (that is, quite bloated) Dangerous Visions and Damon Knight’s Orbit series, original anthologies are here to stay; not only that, but we’re starting to see more of them, albeit thankfully not on the same scale as Ellison’s book. Harry Harrison is nothing if not knowledgeable of the field we share, and he’s also been involved in nearly every aspect of SF publishing that I can think of. It helps, too, that he’s already released an original anthology, just last month actually, titled The Year 2000. I have to admit that calling this new anthology Nova 1 is a bit presumptuous, since it implies a guarantee of future entries in this new series; but time will tell if the number is unfortunate or not.

Nova 1, edited by Harry Harrison

The cover of Nova 1. The title is written vertically in a 3-dimensional font. The fronts of the letters are white and the sides are blue with white clouds. The title descends at a slant from top left to bottom right over a black background with many white stars. At the bottom behind the number 1 is part of a large red circle, probably representing a nearby star or planet. Next to the title is written in a blue plain font: An Anthology of
original science fiction stories by Robin Scott, Robert Silverberg, Ray Bradbury, Gordon R. Dickson, James Sallis, Donald E Westlake, Piers Anthony, Brian W. Aldiss, and others. Edited by Harry Harrison — Cover art by Johannes Regn.

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by Victoria Silverwolf

Clarke and Kubrick Minus One

A recent film has made many of us aware of the first year of the next century. But what about the last year of this century?

(You do know that 2000 will be the last year of the twentieth century and not the first year of the twenty-first century, right? I thought so.)

A new anthology of original science fiction stories attempts to offer a glimpse of that evocative year to come.

The Year 2000, edited by Harry Harrison

Cover art by Pat Steir.

Obviously, all the stories take place three decades from now. Other than that, they have a wide range of themes and styles, from old-fashioned tales of adventure to commentary on social issues to New Wave experimentation. Let's take a look.

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[March 4, 1970] Harry's Heroes (Nova 1, edited by Harry Harrison)

[February 10, 1970] Thirty Years To Go (The Year 2000, a science fiction anthology by Harry Harrison)

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