Epoch (anthology)

Epoch cover art.

Epoch is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg, issued in hardcover by Berkley Putnam in 1975 and in paperback by Berkley in 1977.

Table of contents

• Arm by Larry Niven
• Angel of Truth by Gordon Eklund
• Mazes by Ursula K. Le Guin
• For All Poor Folks at Picketwire by R. A. Lafferty
• Growing Up in Edge City by Frederik Pohl
• Durance by Ward Moore
• The Ghost of a Model T by Clifford D. Simak
• Planet Story by Kate Wilhelm
• Graduation Day by W. Macfarlane
• Timetipping by Jack Dann
• Encounter with a Carnivore by Joseph L. Green
• Lady Sunshine and the Magoon of Beatus by Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin
• ...for a single yesterday by George R. R. Martin
• Bloodstream by Lou Fisher
• Existence by Joanna Russ
• Interface by A. A. Attanasio
• Blooded on Arachne by Michael Bishop
• Leviticus: In the Ark by Barry N. Malzberg
• Cambridge, 1:58 A.M. by Gregory Benford
• Run from the Fire by Harry Harrison
• The Aperture Moment by Brian W. Aldiss
• Nightbeat by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• Uneasy Chrysalids, Our Memories by John Shirley
• The Dogtown Tourist Agency by Jack Vance.

Each story has an afterword. Several were nominated for and/or won awards, and the Gregory Benford story was expanded into the novel Timescape.

The anthology was an attempt to portray the "state of the art" of science fiction at the time it was published, and is important to the field on that basis. Most of the writers are considered "name" providers of science fiction material and several are multiple award-winners.

"Blooded on Arachne" was nominated for the Nebula award in 1976.
"Timescape" won the Nebula Award in 1981.
"Growing Up in Edge City" was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1976.
"ARM" was nominated for the Hugo Award in 1976.
Robert Silverberg won the Hugo Award for "Professional Editor" in 1976.

The anthology is relatively obscure and is out of print as of 2012.

Bibliography of Robert Silverberg
Novels	Revolt on Alpha C The Shrouded Planet Starman's Quest The Dawning Light Collision Course The Seed of Earth Time of the Great Freeze Conquerors from the Darkness The Gate of Worlds Planet of Death Thorns Those Who Watch The Time Hoppers The Man in the Maze Hawksbill Station The Masks of Time Downward to the Earth Across a Billion Years Nightwings To Live Again Up the Line Tower of Glass Son of Man The Second Trip The World Inside A Time of Changes The Book of Skulls Dying Inside Shadrach in the Furnace Gilgamesh the King Gilgamesh in the Outback Nightfall The Face of the Waters Kingdoms of the Wall The Positronic Man Starborne Roma Eterna
Short story collections	Lest We Forget Thee Earth The Cube Root of Uncertainty
Anthologies edited	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964 New Dimensions 1 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two Epoch Strange Gifts Alpha 1 Alpha 2 Alpha 3 Alpha 4 Alpha 5 Alpha 6 Alpha 7 Alpha 8 Alpha 9 Dawn of Time The Best of Randall Garrett Legends Legends II Far Horizons Deep Space: Eight Stories of Science Fiction
Non-fiction	Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations