Neue Welten: Eine Anthologie Moderner Spekulativer Literatur
Basel: Sphinx, 1983 trade-sized paperback;
title translates as “New Worlds: An Anthology Of Modern Speculative Literature”;
edited & translated by Joachim Körber;
original price: DM 28·00;
256 pages (+ one loose-leaf sheet);
I.S.B.N.: 3-85914-410-3;
cover artist: Richard Oelze;
foreword by Körber;
introduction by Michael Moorcock.
A German anthology of short fiction published in New Worlds, the seminal speculative fiction magazine which Moorcock edited for many years and with which he remains closely associated; this edition is unique, with no English-language equivalent.
Contents:-
p. 9: Vorwort (Foreword) by Joachim Körber;
p. 13: Einführung (Introduction) by Michael Moorcock;
p. 17: ‘6B 4C DD1 22’ (illustrated by Alan Stephanson) by Michael Butterworth (from New Worlds No. 198);
p. 39: ‘Prinzessin Margarets Facelifting’ (‘Princess Margaret’s Facelift’) (illustrated by Charles Platt) by J.G. Ballard (from N.W. No. 199);
p. 43: ‘Die Verschwörung’ (‘The Conspiracy’) (illustrated by Malcolm Dean) by Norman Spinrad (from N.W. No. 187);
p. 49: ‘Der Hiroshima-Traum’ (‘The Hiroshima Dream’ [poem]) by George MacBeth (from N.W. No. 188);
p. 63: ‘Verhandlungen’ (‘The Negotiators’) (illustrated by Dean) by Harvey Jacobs (from New Worlds No. 190);
p. 81: ‘Alle Männer Des Königs’ (‘All The King’s Men’) by Barrington J. Bayley (from N.W. No. 148);
p. 107: ‘Der Dschungelrotzkopf Auf Achse’ (‘The Jungle Rot Kid On The Nod’) (illustrated by Stephanson) by Philip José Farmer (from N.W. No. 200);
p. 115: ‘Die Natur Der Katastrophe’ (‘The Nature Of The Catastrophe’) by Moorcock (from N.W. No. 197);
p. 125: ‘Labyrinth’ (poem) by D.M. Thomas (from N.W. No. 189);
p. 135: ‘Der Meisterplan’ (‘The Master Plan’) (illustrated & written) by John T. Sladek (from N.W. No. 187);
p. 157: ‘Die Strandmörder’ (‘The Beach Murders’) by Ballard (from N.W. No. 189);
p. 165: ‘Das Entropische Multifick-Endzeit-Panorama’ (‘The Entropic Gang Bang Caper’) by Spinrad (from N.W. No. 193);
p. 173: ‘Aufstieg Und Fall’ (‘Rise And Fall’) by Marek Obtulowicz (from N.W. No. 196);
p. 193: ‘Der Blick Durch Die Linse’ (‘The Eye Of The Lens’) (illustrated[?] & written) by Langdon Jones (from N.W. No. 180);
p. 247: ‘Zu Den Autoren Und Geschichten Dieses Buches’ (‘About The Authors And Stories Of This Book’) (non-fiction, uncredited, presumably Körber);
loose-leaf: ‘Fremdes Territorium’ (‘Alien Territory’) (as ‘Fremdes Territorium: Die Science Fiction-Geschichte, Die Man An Die Wand Hängen Kann Als Beilage’ [‘Alien Territory: The Science Fiction Story That You Can Hang On The Wall As An Insert’] on contents page) by Sladek (from N.W. No. 195).
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