''New Writings in SF 29'' is an
anthology
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In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...
of
science fiction
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short stories edited by
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 ...
, the eighth volume of nine he oversaw in the ''
New Writings in SF
''New Writings in SF'' was a series of thirty 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) and Kenneth Bulm ...
'' series in succession to the series' originator,
John Carnell. It was first published in hardcover by
Sidgwick & Jackson in November 1976, followed by a paperback edition issued by
Corgi in 1978. The contents of this volume, together with those of volume 26 of the series, were later included in the omnibus anthology ''New Writings in SF Special 2'', issued by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1978.
The book collects eight novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Bulmer.
Contents
*"Foreword" (
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 ...
)
*"Double Summer Time" (
Cherry Wilder)
*"The Z Factor" (
Ernest Hill)
*"A Space for Reflection" (
Brian W. Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for ...
)
*" Random Sample" (
E. C. Tubb)
*"Sentenced to a Scheherazadean Death" (
David H. Walters)
*"Between the Tides" (
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 ...
)
*"Young Tom" (
Dan Morgan)
*"In the Coma Condition" (
Charles Partington)
External links
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1976 anthologies
29
Sidgwick & Jackson books
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