30TH ANNIVERSARY DAW SCIENCE FICTION - FIRST EDITION HARD COVER. NY: DAW, 2002. First Edition. 6 X 9. Hard Cover. As New / As New. ISBN: 0756400643. Overview: Twenty Authors featured here from the DAW publishing family. Each author featured is listed chronilogically as the first time they were published by Daw. This is also a companion to Daws 30th Annivesary of Fantasy. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of DAW Books, editors Betsy Wollheim and Sheila Gilbert asked each and every author published by DAW throughout its history if they would like to contribute a new story for a special commemorative anthology. The sf anthology collects a stellar group of stories, including Brian Aldisss cautionary tale of a space-faring warship whose passage results in the death of civilizations (Aboard the Beatitude) and Tad Williamss wry recounting of the chat room at the end of the world (Not with a Whimper, Either). Stories by authors including Frederik Pohl, Timothy Zahn, and Kate Elliott are also among the 19 selections in this well-balanced volume. List Price $24.95. 462 pp.