''Universe 7'' is an

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of original

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short stories edited by

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, the seventh volume in the seventeen-volume Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by

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in January 1977, with a

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edition following from the same publisher in March of the same year, a paperback edition from

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in August 1978, and a British hardcover edition from

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in August 1979. The book collects eight novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors.

* " A Rite of Spring" (

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) * " My Lady of the Psychiatric Sorrows" (

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) * " Probability Storm" (

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) * " People Reviews" (

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) * "

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) * " The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton" (

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) * " Brain Fever Season" ( R. A. Lafferty) * " The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs" (

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Awards

"A Rite of Spring" was nominated for the 1978

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, and placed fourth in the 1978 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction. "The Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven and Other Lost Songs" was a finalist for the 1978

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, nominated for the 1978

, and placed eleventh in the 1978 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction.

References

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