Universe 8

{{Short description|1978 anthology edited by Terry Carr}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = Universe 8

| title_orig =

| translator =

| image = Universe 8 cover.jpg

| caption = Cover of first edition

| editor= Terry Carr

| illustrator =

| cover_artist = James Starrett

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Universe

| genre = Science fiction

| publisher = Doubleday

| release_date = 1978

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| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 185

| isbn = 0-385-12479-1

| preceded_by = Universe 7

| followed_by = Universe 9

}}

Universe 8 is an anthology of original science fiction short stories edited by Terry Carr, the eighth volume in the seventeen-volume Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in May 1978, with a paperback edition from Popular Library in July 1979, and a British hardcover edition from Dennis Dobson in July 1979.{{isfdb title|id=33561}}

The book collects eight novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors.