▁Ann ual ▁World ' s ▁Best ▁SF ▁is ▁an ▁anth ology ▁of ▁science ▁fiction ▁short ▁stories ▁edited ▁by ▁Donald ▁A . ▁W oll heim ▁and ▁Arthur ▁W . ▁Sah a , ▁the ▁e ighth ▁volume ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁nin ete en . ▁It ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁paper back ▁by ▁DA W ▁Books ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁It ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁by ▁DA W ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁under ▁the ▁variant ▁title ▁W oll heim ' s ▁World ' s ▁Best ▁SF : ▁Series ▁E ight , ▁this ▁time ▁with ▁cover ▁art ▁by ▁Oliver o ▁Bern i . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁collect s ▁ten ▁nov ell as , ▁no ve lett es ▁and ▁short ▁stories ▁by ▁various ▁science ▁fiction ▁authors , ▁with ▁an ▁introduction ▁by ▁W oll heim . ▁The ▁stories ▁were ▁previously ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁in ▁the ▁mag az ines ▁Anal og ▁Science ▁F iction / S cience ▁Fact , ▁Isaac ▁As im ov ' s ▁Science ▁F iction ▁Magazine , ▁The ▁Magazine ▁of ▁Fant asy ▁& ▁Science ▁F iction , ▁and ▁the ▁anth ologies ▁En vision ed ▁World s , ▁Cass andra ▁R ising , ▁St ell ar ▁# 4 , ▁and ▁Un iverse ▁ 8 . ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁" Introduction " ▁( Donald ▁A . ▁W oll heim ) ▁" Come ▁to ▁the ▁Party " ▁( Fran k ▁Herbert ▁ ▁and ▁F . ▁M . ▁Bus by ) ▁" Cre ator " ▁( David ▁Lake ) ▁"