''New Writings in SF 20'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
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short stories edited by
John Carnell, the twentieth 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 1972, followed by a paperback edition issued by
Corgi under the slightly variant title ''New Writings in SF -- 20'' the same year.
The book collects six novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell.
Contents
*"Foreword" (
John Carnell)
*"Conversational Mode" (
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)
*"Which Way Do I Go For Jericho?" (
Colin Kapp)
*"Microcosm" (
Robert P. Holdstock)
*"Cainn" (
H. A. Hargreaves)
*"Canary" (
Dan Morgan)
*"Oh, Valinda!" (
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 ...
)
Notes
1972 books
20
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