‘Best SF Stories From New Worlds 4’

Best SF Stories From New Worlds 4

London:  Panther Books, 1969 mass-sized paperback;
edited and introduced (+ notes) by Michael Moorcock;
original price:  5/-;
158 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  none  (code:  027947);
cover artist:  unknown;
no hardcover edition.

An anthology of short fiction published (mostly) in New Worlds, the seminal speculative fiction magazine which Moorcock edited for many years and with which he remains closely associated.

(Preceded by Best S.F. Stories From New Worlds 3)

Contents (first edition):-
p. 7: Introduction (non-fiction) by Michael Moorcock;
p. 9: ‘The Ship Of Disaster’ by B.J. Bayley (from New Worlds No. 151);
p. 27: ‘The Square Root Of Brain’ by Fritz Leiber (from N.W. No. 179);
p. 39: ‘In Seclusion’ by Harvey Jacobs (from N.W. No. 179);
p. 59: ‘Transient’ by Langdon Jones (from N.W. No. 157);
p. 65: ‘The Head-Rape’ (poem) by D.M. Thomas (from N.W. No. 180);
p. 67: ‘The Source’ by Brian Aldiss (from N.W. No. 153);
p. 83: ‘Period Of Gestation’ by Thom Keyes (from Science Fantasy No. 67);
p. 93: ‘Dr. Gelabius’ by Hilary Bailey (from N.W. No. 181);
p. 97: ‘The Valve Transcript’ by Joel Zoss (from N.W. No. 181);
p. 103: ‘Linda And Daniel And Spike’ by Thomas M. Disch (from N.W. No. 178);
p. 111: ‘Masterson And The Clerks’ by John T. Sladek (from N.W. No. 175).

(Followed by Best S.F. Stories From New Worlds 5)