The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
Cover of first edition, 1974 | |
| Editor | Terry Carr |
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| Cover artist | Larry Sutton |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best Science Fiction of the Year |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 0-345-24063-4 |
| Preceded by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 |
| Followed by | The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 |
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the third volume in a series of sixteen. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in July 1974, and reissued in July 1976.
The book collects eleven novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction, notes and concluding essay by Carr. The stories were previously published in 1973 in the magazines The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, and the anthologies Astounding: John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology, Future City, Showcase, Three Trips in Time and Space, New Dimensions 3, Universe 3, and Nova 3.