New Worlds 6: The Science Fiction Quarterly
(Also known as New Worlds Vol. 57 No. 207)
London: Sphere, 1973 (September 16th) mass-sized paperback;
as New Worlds 6 on spine;
edited and introduced by Michael Moorcock & Charles Platt;
original price: 40p;
263 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-7221-6201-4;
cover artist: Bruce Pennington;
no hardcover edition.
An anthology of short fiction & non-fiction serving as a full, original issue of New Worlds, the seminal speculative fiction magazine which Moorcock edited for many years and with which he remains closely associated.
as New Worlds #5;
original price: $2·95;
267 pages;
I.S.B.N.: none (code: 18093);
cover artist: unknown;
no hardcover edition.
(Preceded by New Worlds Quarterly 5)
Contents (first edition):-
p. 9: Introduction (non-fiction) by Michael Moorcock;
p. 11: ‘Coming From Behind’ by M. John Harrison;
p. 25: ‘An Office Meeting’ by Giles Gordon;
p. 33: ‘Count D’Unadix’ by Marek Obtulowicz;
p. 46: ‘Behind The Walls’ by Laura Tokunaga;
p. 51: ‘Among Other Things’ by Robert Meadley;
p. 61: ‘My Eight Days In The Automotive Industry’ by Charles Arnold;
p. 73: ‘The Coldness’ by Charles Platt;
p. 82: ‘The Story Of Three Cities’ (as ‘The Story Of The Three Cities’ on contents page) by Ronald Anthony Cross (as Ronald and Anthony Cross on contents page);
p. 87: ‘Tubs Of Slaw’ by Rachel Pollack;
p. 91: ‘Tulpa’ by Jack M. Dann;
p. 98: ‘An Overload’ by Barrington Bayley;
p. 118: ‘Scholia, Seasoned With Crabs, Blish Is’ (non-fiction) by John Clute;
p. 130: ‘Night-Marriage’ (poem) by D.M. Thomas;
p. 137: ‘Accepting For Winkelmeyer’ by Harvey Jacobs;
p. 146: ‘The Beautiful One’ by Keith Roberts;
p. 169: ‘Gorgias’ by Peder Carlsson;
p. 179: ‘Bella Goes To The Dark Tower’ by Hilary Bailey;
p. 183: ‘An Unpleasant End’ by Scott Edelstein;
p. 187: ‘A Clear Day In The Motor City’ by Eleanor Arnason;
p. 193: ‘There Is No More Away’ by Steve Cline;
p. 201: ‘Origins Of The Universe’ by Gwyneth Cravens;
p. 204: ‘Stance Of Splendour’ by George Zebrowski;
p. 209: ‘Thy Blood Like Milk’ by Ian Watson;
p. 235: ‘Aurora In Zenith’ by Gordon Abbott;
p. 243: ‘Disintegration’ by Michael Butterworth;
p. 253: ‘Filling Us Up’ (non-fiction) by Harrison;
p. 262: ‘Introduction To New Readers’ (non-fiction) by Platt.
Contents (American edition):-
p. 9: Introduction (non-fiction) by Charles Platt;
p. 11: ‘Coming From Behind’ by M. John Harrison;
p. 25: ‘An Office Meeting’ by Giles Gordon;
p. 33: ‘Count D’Unadix’ by Marek Obtulowicz;
p. 46: ‘Behind The Walls’ by Laura Tokunaga;
p. 51: ‘Among Other Things’ by Robert Meadley;
p. 61: ‘My Eight Days In The Automotive Industry’ by Charles Arnold;
p. 73: ‘The Coldness’ by Charles Platt;
p. 82: ‘The Story Of Three Cities’ by Ronald Anthony Cross;
p. 87: ‘Tubs Of Slaw’ by Rachel Pollack;
p. 91: ‘Tulpa’ by Jack M. Dann;
p. 98: ‘An Overload’ by Barrington Bayley;
p. 118: ‘Scholia, Seasoned With Crabs, Blish Is’ (non-fiction) by John Clute;
p. 130: ‘Night-Marriage’ (poem) by D.M. Thomas;
p. 137: ‘Accepting For Winkelmeyer’ by Harvey Jacobs;
p. 146: ‘The Beautiful One’ by Keith Roberts;
p. 169: ‘Gorgias’ by Peder Carlsson;
p. 179: ‘Bella Goes To The Dark Tower’ by Hilary Bailey;
p. 183: ‘An Unpleasant End’ by Scott Edelstein;
p. 187: ‘A Clear Day In The Motor City’ by Eleanor Arnason;
p. 193: ‘There Is No More Away’ by Steve Cline;
p. 201: ‘Origins Of The Universe’ by Gwyneth Cravens;
p. 204: ‘Stance Of Splendour’ by George Zebrowski;
p. 209: ‘Thy Blood Like Milk’ by Ian Watson;
p. 235: ‘Aurora In Zenith’ by Gordon Abbott;
p. 243: ‘Disintegration’ by Michael Butterworth;
p. 253: ‘Filling Us Up’ (non-fiction) by Harrison;
p. 263: Afterword (non-fiction) by Michael Moorcock;
p. 265: ‘About The Contributors’ (non-fiction, uncredited, presumably Moorcock &/or Platt).
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