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The Best from New Writings in S-F First Selection

John Carnell

First published 1971
Publisher Dennis Dobson
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Eric Ayers
Pages 253
Price £1.50
ISBN 0234776579

Notes


Dated 1st printing of this 1971 edition. Title page:

  • "The Best From [over] New Writings in S-F [over] First Selection [over] Edited by [over] John Carnell"
  • "London : Dennis Dobson"
Copyright page:
  • "Copyright © 1971 John Carnell"
  • "First published in Great Britain in 1971 by Dobson Books Ltd., [over] 80 Kensington Church Street, London W.8"
  • "ISBN 0 234 77657 9"
  • "Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press), Ltd., [over] Bungay, Suffolk"
Front dj inside flap:
  • "£1.50 net"
Back dj inside flap:
  • Adverts:
  • "Analog Anthologies edited by John W. Campbell"
  • "Analog 3 ISBN 0 234 77937 3"
  • "Analog 4 ISBN 0 234 77061 9"
  • "Analog 5 ISBN 0 234 77160 7"
  • "Analog 6 ISBN 0 234 256 5"
  • "Printed in Great Britain"
  • "ISBN 0 234 77657 9"
Back cover:
  • Advertising for 107 Dobson Science Fiction titles (no pricing).
Month/day from Amazon UK. Cover art credit from other Dobson titles in this series. First numbered page is 7. ToC on page 3 states the Foreword correctly at page 7. ToC states the page numbers for the start of the stories (as below), not the half-title pages. Acknowledgements on page 6 (see below). Foreword is signed on page 9: "London, August 1970 [over] John Carnell". The last story finishes on unnumbered page 253. Size: 13.5 x 20.3 cms (w x h). Black boards with silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket.

Acknowledgements
  • 'Star Light by Isaac Asimov. Copyright © 1962 by Hoffman Electronics Corporation. Reprinted by permission of the publisher and author.
  • 'Bernie The Faust' by William Tenn. Copyright © 1963 by HMH Publishing Co. Inc., and published originally in Playboy. Reprinted by permission of the author.
  • 'The Fiend' by Frederik Pohl. Copyright © 1964 by HMH Publishing Co. Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.
  • 'Man On Bridge' by Brian W. Aldiss; 'The Night-Flame' and 'The Subways Of Tazoo' by Colin Kapp; 'The Creators' by Joseph Green; 'The Eternal Machines' by William Spencer; 'Testament' by John Baxter; 'Night Watch' by James Inglis. Copyright © 1964 by John Carnell for New Writings In S-F 1, 2 and 3. Reprinted by permission of the author.
  • 'High Eight' by David Stringer. Copyright © 1965 by John Carnell for New Writings In S-F 4. Reprinted by permission of the author.