''New Writings in SF 19'' is an
anthology of
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
short stories edited by
John Carnell
Edward John Carnell (8 April 1912 – 23 March 1972) was a British science fiction editor known for editing '' New Worlds'' in 1946 then from 1949 to 1963. He also edited ''Science Fantasy'' from the 1950s. After the magazines were sold to anoth ...
, the nineteenth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one.
It was first published in hardcover by
Dennis Dobson
Dennis Dobson (1919 – 1978)Lewis Foreman, Susan Foreman''London: A Musical Gazetteer'' Yale University Press, 2005, p. 327. was a British book publisher who was the eponymous founder of a small but respected company in London.
Background
Set up ...
in 1971, followed by a paperback edition issued by
Corgi
The Welsh Corgi ( or Corgi, plural Corgis, or occasionally the etymologically consistent Corgwn; ) is a small type of herding dog that originated in Wales. The name ''corgi'' is derived from the Welsh words and (which is mutated to ), mean ...
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
Edward John Carnell (8 April 1912 – 23 March 1972) was a British science fiction editor known for editing '' New Worlds'' in 1946 then from 1949 to 1963. He also edited ''Science Fantasy'' from the 1950s. After the magazines were sold to anoth ...
)
*"The Mind Prison" (
Michael G. Coney
Michael Greatrex Coney (28 September 1932 - 4 November 2005) was a British science fiction writer, best known for his novel ''Hello Summer, Goodbye.''
Life
Coney was born in Birmingham, England, on 28 September 1932. As an adult, he worked as ...
)
*"A Memory of Golden Sunshine" (
Kenneth Bulmer
Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction.
Life
Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. B ...
)
*"Critical Path" (
David Coles)
*"The Discontent Contingency" (
Vincent King)
*"Stoop to Conquer" (
John Rackham)
*"First Light on a Darkling Plain" (
Joseph Green)
*"Real-Time World" (
Christopher Priest)
References
External links
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1971 anthologies
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