Universe 12
{{Short description|1982 science fiction anthology}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = Universe 12
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = Universe 12 cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of first edition
| editor= Terry Carr
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Roger Zimmerman
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Universe
| genre = Science fiction
| publisher = Doubleday
| release_date = 1982
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| media_type = Print (hardcover)
| pages = 181
| isbn = 0-385-17923-5
| preceded_by = Universe 11
| followed_by = Universe 13
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Universe 12 is an anthology of original science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the twelfth volume in the seventeen-volume Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in June 1982, with a paperback edition from Zebra Books in December 1983. The first British edition was issued in hardcover by Robert Hale in 1983.{{isfdb title|id=33565}}
The book collects nine novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by the editor.
Contents
- "Introduction" (Terry Carr)
- "A Pursuit of Miracles" (George Turner)
- "Exploring Fossil Canyon" (Kim Stanley Robinson)
- "God's Hooks!" (Howard Waldrop)
- "Talp Hunt" (Nancy Kress)
- "When the Fathers Go" (Bruce McAllister)
- "Thieving Bear Planet" (R. A. Lafferty)
- "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (Mary C. Pangborn)
- "In Memory of" (James Patrick Kelly)
- "Helen, Whose Face Launched Twenty-Eight Conestoga Hovercraft" (Leigh Kennedy)
Awards
- The anthology placed fourth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
- "A Pursuit of Miracles" was nominated for the 1991 Ditmar Award for Best Australian Long Fiction.
- "God's Hooks!" was nominated for the 1983 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and placed fourth in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.
- "Helen, Whose Face Launched Twenty-Eight Conestoga Hovercraft" placed twenty-second in the 1983 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.