Nebula Award Stories 1973: Kate Wilhelm, Editor

Featured stories and writers are: The Death of Doctor Island, Gene Wolfe: A mentally disturbed teenage boy is sent to a very high tech rehabilitation center. Part of his therapy is to spend time on a beautiful, almost-deserted, talking island. Shark, Edward Bryant; With Morning Comes Mistfall, George R.R. Martin: Wraithworld, a beautiful planet inhabited by only a few, experiences the daily beauty of of Mistfall. But the beauty of the mist-filled valleys is damaged by the belief in the Wraiths who claim they have killed...The Future of Science - Prometheus, Apollo, Athena, Ben Bova; Of Mist and Grass and Sand, Vonda N. McIntyre: In a post nuclear holocaust world, a young healer whose use of snakes in creating healing venom is misunderstood by those she tries to help.The Deathbird, Harland Ellison: Millions of years ago, 'The Mad One' took possession of the earth. The original creators left behind one member of their race, Dira, to tell humans the truth about their 'God'. As the world now comes to an end, there is only one descendant of Dira left to make the journey to the mountain of 'God' and ask that the Earth be put out of its misery. A Thing of Beauty, Norman Spinrad: In a future depressed and bankrupt America, an antique dealer is approached by a Japanese billionaire who wants to buy the Brooklyn Bridge. Love Is The Plan The Plan Is Death, James Tiptree, Jr: Moggadeet, an intelligent, spider-like creature, decides to resist the violent life-cycle of his species...the lifecycle they call 'The Plan'. The Childhood of the Human Hero, Carol Emshwiller.