‘Eduardo Paolozzi At “New Worlds”’

Eduardo Paolozzi At New Worlds

Manchester: Savoy, 2013 (December 16th) trade-sized paperback;
by David Brittain;
original price: £17·00;
184 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-0-86130-128-7;
introduction by Rick Poynor;
cover artist: John Coulthart (design [incl. interior]);
illustrated throughout (with artwork, book & magazine covers, photographs, etc.) by various hands;
no other edition.

“From 1964 to ’71 New Worlds, under editor Michael Moorcock, evolved from a small SF monthly to what JG Ballard called ‘one of the most exciting magazines of any kind’. Its writers discarded future technology & life on other planets in favour of the media landscape of the 20th century. Paolozzi was showcased with Pop Art colleague Richard Hamilton, and was acknowledged as ‘Aeronautics Adviser’. Eduardo Paolozzi At New Worlds examines the magazine, and interactions of art with the so-called ‘new wave of science fiction’, placing his SF art in the context of the new & fragmentary, collaged writing of Ballard, Moorcock, Aldiss & others. Contains rare & unseen images, excerpts from an unpublished SF novel by the artist & new interviews with Moorcock & others about the magazine”.

Contents:-
p. 5: ‘Foreword’ by David Brittain;
p. 9: ‘Introduction’ by Rick Poynor;
p. 19: ‘Denizens Of The Media Landscape’;
p. 123: ‘Appendix I: Interviews’ (with Michael Moorcock, Charles Platt, Michael Butterworth, John Clute, Christopher Finch & J.G. Ballard);
p. 147: ‘Appendix II: “The Generations Of America” By JG Ballard’ (by Ballard);
p. 151: ‘Appendix III: Extract From A Cure For Cancer By Michael Moorcock’ (by Moorcock);
p. 163: ‘Appendix IV: “Katzville” By Eduardo Paolozzi’ (by Paolozzi);
p. 171: Bibliography;
p. 174: Index.