''New Writings in SF 18'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
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short stories edited by
John Carnell, the eighteenth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by
Dennis Dobson
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Background
Set up ...
in June 1971, followed by a paperback edition issued by
Corgi later the same year.
The book collects seven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell.
Contents
*"Foreword" (
John Carnell)
*"Mistress of the Mind" (
Lee Harding
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Career Bedrock
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)
*"Frontier Incident" (
Robert Wells)
*"The Big Day" (
Donald Malcolm
Donald Malcolm (1930–2013) was a Scottish author of science fiction and fact who was active as a writer from the mid-1950s until the mid-1970s. Some of his nonfiction was written under the pen name Roy Malcolm.
Career
Malcolm's work was publi ...
)
*"Major Operation" (
James White)
*"The Cyclops Patrol" (
William Spencer)
*"Some Dreams Come in Packages" (
David A. Kyle
David A. Kyle (February 14, 1919 – September 18, 2016) was an American science fiction writer and member of science fiction fandom.
Professional career
Kyle served as a reporter in the Air Force Reserves with the rank of lieutenant colonel, wr ...
)
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)
External links
*
1971 anthologies
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