‘New Worlds Quarterly 2’

New Worlds Quarterly 2

(Also known as New Worlds Vol. 55 No. 203)
London:  Sphere, 1971 (September*) mass-sized paperback;
as New Worlds 2: The Science Fiction Quarterly on cover, and New Worlds 2 on spine;
edited and introduced by Michael Moorcock;
original price:  30p;
187 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  none  (code:  62103);
cover artist:  unknown;
illustrated by Keith Roberts, Mal Dean, Claire Murrell & Richard Glyn Jones;
no hardcover edition.

(* Planned [and sometimes cited] as simultaneous with American edition — see below — in December 1971, but believed possibly not to have been.)

An anthology of short fiction & non-fiction (both new and previously published) 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.

(Preceded by New Worlds Quarterly)

Contents (first edition):-
p. 9: Introduction (as ‘Keeping Perspective’ on contents page) (non-fiction) by Michael Moorcock;
p. 12 (as 13 on contents page): ‘Monkey And Pru And Sal’ by Keith Roberts;
p. 32: ‘No Direction Home’ by Norman Spinrad;
p. 50: ‘The Meek’ by William Woodrow;
p. 58: ‘The Causeway’ by M. John Harrison;
p. 69: ‘Visions Of Hell: An Assessment Of Wyndham Lewis’s “Human Age” Trilogy’ (as ‘Visions Of Hell’ only, on contents page) (non-fiction) by J.G. Ballard (from New Worlds No. 160);
p. 75: ‘Fifth Person Singular’ by Peter Tate (from N.W. No. 162);
p. 83: ‘The Four-Color Problem’ by Barrington Bayley (as B.J. Bayley on contents page);
p. 121: ‘Listen, Love’ by George Zebrowski & Jack Dann;
p. 125: ‘Feathers From The Wings Of An Angel’ by Thomas M. Disch (from N.W. No. 201);
p. 135: ‘Monitor Found In Orbit’ by Michael G. Coney;
p. 154: ‘Pandora’s Bust’ by Richard A. Pollack (a.ka. Rachel Pollack);
p. 170: ‘The Key Of The Door’ by Arthur Sellings (from N.W. No. 172);
p. 181: ‘By Tennyson Out Of Disney’** (non-fiction) by Harrison;
p. 186: ‘The Authors’ (non-fiction, uncredited, presumably Moorcock).

(** “originally written for the first issue of Sword And Sorcery Magazine [which did not appear]”.)

Contents (American edition):-
p. 5: ‘Keeping Perspective’ (non-fiction) by Michael Moorcock;
p. 8 (as 9 on contents page): ‘Monkey And Pru And Sal’ by Keith Roberts;
p. 29: ‘No Direction Home’ by Norman Spinrad;
p. 47: ‘The Meek’ by William Woodrow;
p. 56: ‘The Causeway’ by M. John Harrison;
p. 68: ‘Visions Of Hell: An Assessment Of Wyndham Lewis’s “Human Age” Trilogy’ (as ‘Visions Of Hell’ only, on contents page) (non-fiction) by J.G. Ballard;
p. 74: ‘The Four-Color Problem’ by Barrington Bayley (as B.J. Bayley on contents page);
p. 113: ‘Fifth Person Singular’ by Peter Tate;
p. 122: ‘Listen, Love’ by George Zebrowski & Jack Dann;
p. 126: ‘Feathers From The Wings Of An Angel’ by Thomas M. Disch;
p. 136: ‘Monitor Found In Orbit’ by Michael G. Coney;
p. 156: ‘Pandora’s Bust’ by Richard A. Pollack (a.ka. Rachel Pollack);
p. 173: ‘The Key Of The Door’ by Arthur Sellings;
p. 185: ‘By Tennyson Out Of Disney’ (non-fiction) by Harrison;
p. 190: ‘The Authors’ (non-fiction, uncredited, presumably Moorcock).

(Followed by New Worlds Quarterly 3)