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Editor:	John Carnell
Title:	New Writings In SF1
Publisher:	Dennis Dobson
Country:	UK
Date:	1964
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:	5
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ppint. 2nd Aug 2020		Review first of a major science fiction original anthology series founded by e. j. carnell (aka john carnell, aka ted carnell) to continue publishing the authors and the kinds of sf he'd published as editor of new worlds, science fantasy and science fiction adventures magazines until nova publications was bought by roberts & vinter at the end of 1963, and carnell was replaced by the new owners as editor of these magazines by young enthusiasts such as michael moorcock and friends, on new worlds, and by kyril bonfiglioni on science fantasy. initially promoted as a quarterly, "new writings in science fiction" only rarely maintained that frequency, but was for thirty anthologies and thirteen years - out-living john carnell by half a decade in the capable hands of ken bulmer - for most of its lifespan the primary uk & commonwealth market for sf authors, and published much that was great fun, as well as absorbing and sometimes very powerful reading. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



ppint. 2nd Aug 2020		original anthology of two short stories and three novelelettes, introduction by john carnell



ppint. 4th May 2023		bantam books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, first merkin edition cover art unsigned, credited as cosmograph #28, © photo-lettering, inc. cover price 50¢ 160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state bantam edition published april 1966 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 18th Dec 2022		thank-you, david: garish, ain't it - ? (& the 0-lacking number-string on the cover is the 9-digit sbn - standard book number; it was the precursor to the ten-digit isbn and iirc initially uk-publisher specific, spreading to merkin publishers ''little-by-little, bit-by-bit''; the incorporation of the sbn into the isbn system was achieved by prefixing the sbns with ''0'', which did not affect the checksum digit - a nifty bit of work(™)...) (transworld publishers started adding the ten-digit isbn to the publishing indica on the reverse of their books' the title pages before they got around to updating/changing their use of cover sbns to using isbns - so it's possible this reissue does in fact bear the isbn there, as well as the sbn on the front cover...) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 18th Dec 2022		Added covers and contents page. There isn't a leading "0" in the catalog No. It should be 552084115. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 17th Dec 2022		thank-you, david. not exactly inspiring, is it ?° ° - we had to search out sf way back then, and be thankful if & when we found any - no matter how bad the cover art. . . (this comment is from another edition of this book)



David Whiteley 17th Dec 2022		Added covers and contents page. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 20th Aug 2020		"new writings in science fiction" original anthology series 1964 through 1978: founding editor john (e. j. "ted") carnell; vols. #1 through #21; succeeded by kenneth (h. k., h. kenneth) ("ken") bulmer; vols. #22 through #30. precise form of the series titles varies with publishers and during the series: titles have been regularised so editions' variations sort together: edited by john carnell: #1: "new writings in sf1" (1964), q.v. #2: "new writings in sf2" (1964), q.v. #3: "new writings in sf3" (1965), q.v. #4: "new writings in sf4" (1965), q.v. #5: "new writings in sf5" (1965), q.v. #6: "new writings in sf6" (1965), q.v. #7: "new writings in sf7" (1966), q.v. #8: "new writings in sf8" (1966), q.v. #9: "new writings in sf9" (1966), q.v. #10: "new writings in sf10" (1967), q.v. #11: "new writings in sf11" (1967), q.v. #12: "new writings in sf12" (1968), q.v. #13: "new writings in sf13" (1968), q.v. #14: "new writings in sf14" (1969), q.v. #15: "new writings in sf15" (1969), q.v. #16: "new writings in sf16" (1969), q.v. #17: "new writings in sf17" (1970), q.v. #18: "new writings in sf18" (1971), q.v. #19: "new writings in sf19" (1971), q.v. #20: "new writings in sf20" (1972), q.v. #21: "new writings in sf21" (1972), q.v. edited by kenneth bulmer: #22: "new writings in sf22" (1973), q.v. #23: "new writings in sf23" (1973), q.v. #24: "new writings in sf24" (1974), q.v. #25: "new writings in sf25" (1975), q.v. #26: "new writings in sf26" (1975), q.v. #27: "new writings in sf27" (1975), q.v. #28: "new writings in sf28" (1976), q.v. #29: "new writings in sf29" (1976), q.v. #30: "new writings in sf30" (1978), q.v. a "best of" reprint anthology drawn from #1 - #4: a: "the best from new writings in sf" (1971) q.v. h/cvr, p/b sub-titles differ, but sort together. derived reprint anthologies in bantam books mmpb: b: "new writings in science fiction SF 7" (1971), q.v. c: "new writings in SF 8" (1971), q.v. d: "new writings in SF 9" (1972), q.v. "bind-ups" of sidgwick & jackson carcasses (cf. their "sf specials"): original page numbers kept. no credit for putting these editions together given, only the original individual books' editors: n: "new writings in sf special one" (1975) (#21, #22, #23) o: "new writings in sf special two" (1978) (#26, #29) p: ''new writings in sf special three'' (1978) (#27, #28) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 16th Aug 2020		contents: foreword (nf) john carnell key to chaos (novelelette) edward mackin two's company (short story) robert rankine (pseudonym of douglas r. mason) (a dag fletcher story) man on bridge (ss) brian aldiss haggard honeymoon (ntte) joseph green, james webbert the sea's furthest end (ntte) damien broderick (this rewritten as "the game of stars and souls", in his collection "uncle bones" (fantastic books 2009)) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Aug 2020		third corgi books p/b printing, printed from same typesetting slightly emended as appropriate, bears new sbn on cover, cover prices, new, somewhat psychedelic cover art: bentley, farrell and burnett (credited on back cover; may be a studio/corporate identity) sbn 552084114 cover price 20p (4s), south africa 50c, australia 65c, new zealand 65c 192pp. including titles, indica, foreword by carnell, etc; end pp. advertising (adverts differ from 1964, 5) adds line to publishing history: corgi edition reissued 1970 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Aug 2020		transworld publishers corgi books first printing, first p/b edition near-identical second printing 1965 cover art unsigned, uncredited; sfaik still as-yet unattributed cover price 3/6 (no overseas territories' prices) 192pp. including titles, indica, foreword (nf) e. j. carnell, etc; end pp. advertising distinguish from near-identical second printing by absence/presence of publication history line corgi edition reprinted 1965 1970 third corgi books p/b printing has isbn not incorporating original cat#, new psychedelic cover art (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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John Carnell - New Writings In SF1 - Bantam - Paperback - USA (1966)

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John Carnell - New Writings In SF1 - Bantam - Paperback - Canada (1966)