New Writings in SF 1, edited by John Carnell, published by Dennis Dobson, 1964.
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 Bulmer from 1973 to 1977. There were in addition four special volumes compiling material from the regular volumes. The series showcased the work of mostly British and Commonwealth science fiction authors, and "provided a forum for a generation of newer authors."[1]
It is the earliest of four notable science fiction original anthology series of the 1960s and 1970s.[2] The popularity of New Writings crossed the Atlantic, and several US original anthology series publications emerged, including Orbit, Nova, and Universe. However, overexpansion of the original anthologies field attributed by some to one a particular editor, who was unable to fulfill a significant proportion of the volumes he signed contracts for with various U.S. publishers, resulted in the sub-genre ending up a fad, lacking overall the distribution and sales of the better-established series and magazines.[3]
The series was issued quarterly for the first nine volumes but could not sustain this pace thereafter.[4] Successive issues were released at somewhat irregular intervals, with as few as one and as many as five volumes appearing in a given year. Initial publication was usually in hardcover by Dennis Dobson to 1972, and by Sidgwick & Jackson from 1972 onward. Volumes were reissued in paperback after an interval by Corgi, though on more than one occasion the pattern was reversed, with the Corgi edition appearing first, Corgi Books being the main paperback imprint of London-based publisher, Transworld Publishers.
The American publisher for volumes 1-9 was Bantam Books, which reissued volumes 1–6 in paperback, usually a few years after publication in England. The contents of Bantam's volumes 7-9 diverged from their British counterparts, consisting of repackaged selections from volumes 7-15 the original series. Bantam did not continue its series beyond its volume 9, and there was no American publication for the remaining volumes of the original series.
^Aldiss, Brian W. "Carnell, Edward John (1912–1972)," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
^James, Edward; Farah Mendlesohn (2003). The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (Digitized ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-521-01657-6.
^Seed, David (2005). A Companion to Science Fiction (Digitized ed.). Blackwell Publishing. pp. 69, 316. ISBN 1-4051-1218-2.
^Ashley, Michael (2005). Transformations: The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine 1950 to 1970 (Digitized ed.). Liverpool University Press. p. 235. ISBN 0-85323-779-4.
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