''New Writings in SF 9'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
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short stories edited by
John Carnell, the ninth 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 the United Kingdom in 1966, followed by a paperback edition by
Corgi the same year, and an American paperback edition with different contents by
Bantam Books
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in May 1972.
The United Kingdom edition collects seven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell. The American edition contains one piece from the UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 12'', three from the UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 13'', two from the UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 14'', and two from the UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 15
''New Writings in SF 15'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the fifteenth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in 1969, f ...
''.
The third, fourth and seventh stories from the UK edition were later reprinted in the American edition of ''
New Writings in SF 7''.
Contents (UK edition)
*"Foreword" (
John Carnell)
*"Poseidon Project" (
John Rackham)
*"Folly to Be Wise" (
Douglas R. Mason)
*"Gifts of the Gods" (
Arthur Sellings
Arthur Sellings was the pseudonym of Arthur Gordon Ley, (31 May 1921 – 24 September 1968) an English scientist, book and art dealer, and science fiction author. In addition to Sellings he also wrote under the pen names Ray Luther and Martin Lut ...
)
*"The Long Memory" (
William Browning Spencer
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Awards and honors
His novel ''RÃ ...
)
*"Guardian Angel" (
Gerald W. Page
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)
*"Second Genesis" (
Eric Frank Russell
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)
*"Defense Mechanism" (
Vincent King
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Writing career
King's novels were p ...
)
Contents (US edition)
*"Foreword" (
John Carnell)
*"When I Have Passed Away" (
Joseph Green) - from UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 15
''New Writings in SF 15'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the fifteenth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in 1969, f ...
''
*"Symbiote" (
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 ...
) - from UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 15
''New Writings in SF 15'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the fifteenth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in 1969, f ...
''
*"If You're So Smart" (
Paul Corey) - from UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 14''
*"Testament" (
Vincent King
Rex Thomas Vinson (October 22, 1935 – May 2000) was an English art teacher, artist and science fiction author active in writing in the late 1960s and early 1970s, who wrote under the pen name of Vincent King.
Writing career
King's novels were p ...
) - from UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 13''
*"The Macbeth Expiation" (
M. John Harrison
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) - from UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 13''
*"The Last Time Around" (
Arthur Sellings
Arthur Sellings was the pseudonym of Arthur Gordon Ley, (31 May 1921 – 24 September 1968) an English scientist, book and art dealer, and science fiction author. In addition to Sellings he also wrote under the pen names Ray Luther and Martin Lut ...
) - from UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 12''
*"Tilt Angle" (
R. W. Mackelworth) - from UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 14''
*"The City, Dying" (
Eddy C. Bertin
Eddy C. Bertin (26 December 1944 – 19 May 2018) was a Belgian author of adult and children's fiction, best known in the United States for his science fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Edith Brendall, Doriac Greysun and others.
Life
B ...
) - from UK edition of ''
New Writings in SF 13''
External links
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