`The Year 2000' (the hardbound edition was released in 1970; the paperback in 1972) isn't a pathbreaking anthology in and of itself, but it does stand as an interesting snapshot of SF as the decade of the 70s was about to unfold. At the time of the book's release the genre was firmly being propelled by the ethos of the New Wave movement, and more than a few of the anthology's entries reflect this development.