''New Writings in SF 3'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
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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 anothe ...
, the third 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 1965, followed by a paperback edition by
Corgi
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the same year, and an American paperback edition by
Bantam Books
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in February 1967. Selections from this volume, together with others from volumes 1-2 and 4 of the series, were later included in ''The Best from New Writings in SF'', issued by Dobson in 1971 and Corgi in 1972.
The book collects eight 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 anothe ...
)
*"The Subways of Tazoo" (
Colin Kapp
Derek Ivor Colin Kapp (3 April 1928["C Kapp birth record ...](_blank)
)
*"The Fiend" (
Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...
)
*"Manipulation" (
John Kingston)
*"Testament" (
John Baxter)
*"Night Watch" (
James Inglis James or Jimmy Inglis may refer to:
*James Charles Inglis (1851–1911), British civil engineer
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*James I ...
)
*"Boulter's Canaries" (
Keith Roberts
Keith John Kingston Roberts (20 September 1935 – 5 October 2000) was an English science fiction author. He began publishing with two stories in the September 1964 issue of ''Science Fantasy'' magazine, "Anita" (the first of a series of stor ...
)
*"Emreth" (
Dan Morgan
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)
*"Spacemaster" (
James H. Schmitz)
External links
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1960s science fiction works
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