‘New Worlds Quarterly 3’

New Worlds Quarterly 3

(Also known as New Worlds Vol. 55 No. 204)
London:  Sphere, 1972 (January*) mass-sized paperback;
as New Worlds 3: The Science Fiction Quarterly on cover, and New Worlds 3 on spine;
edited and introduced by Michael Moorcock;
original price:  30p;
208 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  none  (code:  62111);
cover artist:  unknown;
illustrated by James Cawthorn, John Kingston (a.k.a. Keith Roberts), Mal Dean, Keith Roberts & Richard Glyn Jones;
no hardcover edition.

(* Planned [and sometimes cited] as simultaneous with American edition — see below — in March 1972, but believed possibly not to have been.)

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.

(Preceded by New Worlds Quarterly 2)

Contents (first edition):-
p. 9: Introduction (non-fiction) by Michael Moorcock;
p. 12 (as 13 on contents page): ‘The Machine In Shaft Ten’ by Joyce Churchill (a.ka. M. John Harrison);
p. 24 (as 25 on contents page): ‘I Lose Medea’ by Alistair Bevan (a.k.a. Keith Roberts);
p. 39: ‘As For Our Fatal Continuity…’ by Brian W. Aldiss;
p. 44: ‘Julio 204’ by Pamela Sargent;
p. 59: ‘The Wonderful World Of Griswald Tractors’ by Thomas M. Disch;
p. 63: ‘And Dug The Dog A Tomb’ by Laurence James;
p. 74 (as 76 on contents page): ‘The Grain Kings’ by Keith Roberts;
p. 133: ‘Windows’ by Jack M. Dann;
p. 142: ‘A Cleansing Of The System’ by Charles Platt;
p. 157: ‘The Purloined Butter’ by John T. Sladek;
p. 160: ‘The Head And The Hand’** by Christopher Priest;
p. 175: ‘The History Machine’ by George Zebrowski;
p. 181: ‘A Chronicle Of Blackton’** by Hilary Bailey;
p. 199: ‘The Black Glak’ (non-fiction) by Harrison;
p. 205: ‘The Authors’ (non-fiction, uncredited, presumably Moorcock).

(** “These stories were originally to appear in [Kenneth] Bulmer’s … Sorcery magazine [which was never published]”.)

Contents (American edition):-
p. 5: Introduction (non-fiction) by Michael Moorcock;
p. 9 (as 10 on contents page): ‘The Machine In Shaft Ten’ by Joyce Churchill (a.ka. M. John Harrison);
p. 22: ‘I Lose Medea’ by Alistair Bevan (a.ka. Keith Roberts);
p. 38: ‘As For Our Fatal Continuity…’ by Brian W. Aldiss;
p. 43: ‘Julio 204’ by Pamela Sargent;
p. 60: ‘The Wonderful World Of Griswald Tractors’ by Thomas M. Disch;
p. 65: ‘And Dug The Dog A Tomb’ by Laurence James;
p. 78: ‘The Grain Kings’ by Keith Roberts;
p. 141: ‘Windows’ by Jack M. Dann;
p. 151: ‘A Cleansing Of The System’ by Charles Platt;
p. 167: ‘The Purloined Butter’ by John T. Sladek;
p. 171: ‘The Head And The Hand’ by Christopher Priest;
p. 187: ‘The History Machine’ by George Zebrowski;
p. 194: ‘A Chronicle Of Blackton’ by Hilary Bailey;
p. 214: ‘The Black Glak’ (non-fiction) by Harrison;
p. 220: ‘The Authors’ (non-fiction, uncredited, presumably Moorcock).

(Followed by New Worlds Quarterly 4)