The 1974 Annual World's Best SF. edited by Donald A. Wollheim. DAW, 1974.

Robert Sheckley. A Suppliant in Space.
R.A. Lafferty. Parthen.
Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson. Doomship.
Norman Spinrad. Weed of Time.
Vadim Shefner. A Modest Genius.
Harlan Ellison. The Deathbird.
E.C. Tubb Evane.
Gordon Eklund. Moby, Too.
Michael Bishop. Death and Designation Among the Asadi.
Clifford D. Simak. Construction Shack.
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A Suppliant in Space. Robert Sheckley.
Originally in :xx

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Parthen. R.A. Lafferty.
Originally in :Galaxy

Aliens land and inform the earth that one half of the population is redundant, and the other will be enslaved. But Roy Ronsard (and all his mates) don't worry too much about it - never had the girls been so pretty.

Doomship. Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson.
Originally in :xx

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Weed of Time. Norman Spinrad.
Originally in :xx

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A Modest Genius. Vadim Shefner.
Originally in :xx

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The Deathbird. Harlan Ellison.
Originally in :xx

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Evane. E.C. Tubb.
Originally in :xx

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Moby, Too. Gordon Eklund.
Originally in :xx

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Death and Designation Among the Asadi. Michael Bishop.
Originally in :xx

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Construction Shack. Clifford D. Simak.
Originally in :xx

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