‘New Worlds’ (fanzine)

New Worlds (fanzine)

New Worlds magazine was preceded by four issues of a fanzine version, which itself followed an earlier fanzine, Novae Terrae — Latin for ‘New Worlds’ — (29 issues, 1936–’39). Wartime paper shortages curtailed the N.W. fanzine’s run, but gave rise after the War to the magazine which would go on to become the most seminal of speculative fiction periodicals.

New Worlds Vol. 1 No. 1
London:  Chapman-Carnell fanzine, March 1939;
edited by Ted Carnell;
assistant editor: Ken G. Chapman;
original price:  4d;
14 pages;
cover artist: Harry Turner.

Contents:-
p. 3: Editorial (uncredited, presumably Ted Carnell);
p. 4: ‘Is Weinbaum Over-rated’ (non-fiction) by Frank Edward Arnold;
p. 5: ‘Empyrean Rendezvous’ by John Victor Peterson;
p. 11: ‘Concerning Webwork’ (non-fiction) by Thornton Ayre (a.k.a. John Russell Fearn);
p. 13: ‘News…’ (reviews; uncredited, presumably Carnell);
p. 14: ‘The Forum’ (non-fiction) by Eric C. Hopkins.

New Worlds Vol. 1 No. 2
London:  Chapman-Carnell fanzine, April 1939;
edited by Ted Carnell;
assistant editor: Ken G. Chapman;
original price:  4½d;
12 pages;
cover artist: Harry Turner.

Contents:-
p. 3: ‘Science-Fiction 1950’ by John Russell Fearn;
p. 5: ‘Pro-Weinbaum’ (non-fiction) by Harry Kay;
p. 7: ‘Futurist Fallacies: No. 2 — Mental Giants’ (non-fiction) by Frank Arnold;
p. 9: ‘The Forum’ (non-fiction [correspondence, etc.]);
p. 11: ‘Fan Mag Digest’ (uncredited).

New Worlds Vol. 1 No. 3
London:  Chapman-Carnell fanzine, May 1939;
edited by Ted Carnell;
assistant editor: Ken G. Chapman;
original price:  4½d;
14 pages;
cover artist: Harry Turner.

Contents:-
p. 3: ‘The Inscrutable American Angle’ (non-fiction) by Sam Moskowitz;
p. 6: ‘The Inscrutable British Angle’ (non-fiction) by John F. Burke;
p. 8: ‘The Smith Bubble’ (non-fiction) by Harry Kay;
p. 9: ‘News Emporium Rendezvous’ (non-fiction) by Jimmy Taurasi, Arnold Wood & Ted Carnell;
p. 13: ‘Stop Press News’ (non-fiction).

New Worlds Vol. 1 No. 4
London:  Chapman-Carnell fanzine, August 1939 (as “Autumn 1939” inside, with references to the outbreak of War in September ’39);
edited by Ted Carnell;
assistant editor: Arthur C. Clarke;
original price:  4½d;
32 pages;
cover artist: Harry Turner (also interior).

Contents:-
p. 4: ‘No Chance’ (part) by Bill Temple (as William F. Temple on contents page);
p. 10: ‘Reverie’ (non-fiction) by Arthur C. Clarke;
p. 12 (as 13 on contents page): ‘Unknown, And The New Escapism’ (non-fiction, as ‘Unknown — And The New Escapism’ on contents page) by Robert W. Lowdnes (sic; a.k.a. Robert A.W. Lowndes);
p. 16: ‘British Angle’ (non-fiction, as ‘The Inscrutable British Angle’ on contents page) by J.M. Rosenblum;
p. 17: ‘American Angle’ (non-fiction, as ‘The Inscrutable American Angle’ on contents page) by Donald A. Wollheim;
p. 19: ‘So What Department’ (non-fiction) by Eric Williams;
p. 20: ‘Zinopski’s Final Attempt’ by W.P. Cockcroft (as Wilfred P. Cockcroft on contents page);
p. 23: ‘Mathematica Minus’ (non-fiction) by Ray Bradbury;
p. 25: ‘Myths’ (non-fiction) by R.G. Medhurst;
p. 28: ‘One Hour With A Psychiatrist’ by Dave McIlwain (a.k.a. Charles Eric Maine);
p. 30: ‘No Chance’ (conclusion);
p. 31: Editorial (uncredited, presumably Ted Carnell);
p. 32: ‘The Man From Earth’ (artwork) by Harry Turner.