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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eighteenth Series or The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 18th Series is a fantasy and science fiction short story anthology edited by American editor and publisher Edward L. Ferman. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday. It includes five cartoons from Gahan Wilson.

Background
Cartoons and stories were selected from the American magazine The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Authors include Vance Aandahl, J. G. Ballard, Lloyd Biggle Jr., David R. Bunch, Sonya Dorman, Ron Goulart, Harry Harrison, Harvey Jacobs, Ed Jesby, William M. Lee, Barry N. Malzberg as K. M. O'Donnell, David Redd, Robert Sheckley, and Leonard Tushnet. Cartoons included are by Gahan Wilson.

Contents

 * Introduction to The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eighteenth Series (1969) by Edward L. Ferman
 * "The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D" (1967) by J. G. Ballard
 * "The People Trap" (1968) by Robert Sheckley
 * "In His Own Image" (1968) by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
 * "Ogre!" (1968) by Edward Jesby
 * "Lunatic Assignment" (1968) by Sonya Dorman
 * "Gifts from the Universe" (1968) by Leonard Tushnet
 * "Sundown" (1967) by David Redd
 * "Beyond the Game" (1968) by Vance Aandahl
 * "Sea Home" (1968) by William M. Lee
 * "That High-Up Blue Day That Saw the Black Sky-Train Come Spinning" (1968) by David R. Bunch
 * "Muscadine" (1968) by Ron Goulart
 * "Final War" (1968) by Barry N. Malzberg as K. M. O'Donnell
 * "I Have My Vigil" (1968) by Harry Harrison
 * "The Egg of the Glak" (1968) by Harvey Jacobs
 * Five Cartoons (1967-1968) by Gahan Wilson

Reception
In 1969, Science Fiction Review's Richard E. Geis opined "I was wondering if F&SF had sunk into a slough of third-rate fiction as I read through this collection." In 1970, Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact's P. Schuyler Miller said "[i]t's the best F&SF anthology in a long time." Luna Monthly's J. B. Post appraised Analog 7 and The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eighteenth Series with "[b]oth of these collections are well worth reading because most of the stories in both will entertain, the ultimate criteria."