Edward John Carnell (8 April 1912 – 23 March 1972) was a British science fiction editor known for editing ''

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'' in 1946 then from 1949 to 1963. He also edited ''

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'' from the 1950s. After the magazines were sold to another publisher he left to launch the '' New Writings in Science Fiction''

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series, editing 21 issues until his death, after which the series was continued by

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for a further 9 issues. Taken together his publications played a role in starting the careers of

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, James White,

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, and his successor at ''New Worlds'',

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. Despite that list, Carnell tended to prefer adventure and

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to New Wave experimentation so

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, and E. C. Tubb were more typical of his tenure. However, he was not seen as an opponent of the New Wave in the way

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tended to be, and he even published a number of more experimental works by such authors as

and

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Anthologies

*''Jinn and Jitters'' (1946) *''No Place Like Earth'' (1952, T. V. Boardman, ) *''Gateway to Tomorrow'' (1954) *''The Best From New Worlds Science Fiction'' (1955) *''Gateway to the Stars'' (1955) *''Lambda 1 & Other Stories'' (1964) *''

New Writings in SF ''New Writings in SF'' was a series of thirty United Kingdom, British science fiction original anthologies published from 1964 to 1977 under the successive editorships of John Carnell from 1964 to 1972 (the last volume with the aid of Diane Lloyd ( ...

'' Anthology series, parts 1–21 - edited from 1964 to 1972 *''Weird Shadows From Beyond'' (1965)

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Carnell GoH at 1949 Worldcon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carnell, Ted 1912 births 1972 deaths British magazine editors Science fiction editors British speculative fiction editors