‘New Worlds Quarterly 4’

New Worlds Quarterly 4

(Also known as New Worlds Vol. 55 No. 205)
London and New York: Sphere and Berkley, simultaneous mass-paperbacks, 1972 (June);
as New Worlds 4: The Science Fiction Quarterly on cover, and New Worlds 4 on spine (U.K.);
as New Worlds Quarterly #4 (U.S.A.);
edited by Michael Moorcock;
original prices:  35p (U.K.), 95¢ (U.S.A.);
224 pages (U.K.), 223 pages (U.S.A.);
I.S.B.N. (U.K.):  none  (code:  62111);
I.S.B.N. (U.S.A.):  425-02176-9;
cover artists:  unknown (U.K.), Richard Powers (U.S.A.);
illustrated by Mal Dean, Richard Glyn Jones & Keith Roberts;
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.

(Preceded by New Worlds Quarterly 3)

Contents (British edition):-
p. 7: ‘The Problem Of Sympathy’ (non-fiction) by M. John Harrison;
p. 14: ‘The Exploration Of Space’ by Barrington Bayley (as B.J. Bayley on contents page);
p. 33: ‘Simon’ by William A. Woodrow (as William Woodrow only, on contents page);
p. 45: ‘The First Of Two Rapes Prospects’ by Marek Obtulowicz;
p. 58: ‘334’ by Thomas M. Disch;
p. 156: ‘Man In Transit’ by Alan Aumbry (a.k.a. Bayley);
p. 166: ‘The Locked Room: Another Fenton Worth Mystery’ (as ‘The Locked Room’ only, on contents page) by John Sladek (as John T. Sladek on contents page);
p. 173: ‘Weihnachtabend’ by Keith Roberts;
p. 211: ‘Attack-Escape: An Article About Alfred Bester’ (as ‘Attack-Escape: An Interview With Alfred Bester’ on contents page) (non-fiction) by Charles Platt;
p. 222: ‘The Authors’ (non-fiction, uncredited, presumably Moorcock).

Contents (American edition):-
p. 5: ‘The Problem Of Sympathy’ (non-fiction) by M. John Harrison;
p. 12: ‘The Exploration Of Space’ by Barrington Bayley (as B.J. Bayley on contents page);
p. 32: ‘Simon’ by William A. Woodrow (as William Woodrow only, on contents page);
p. 44: ‘The First Of Two Rapes Prospects’ by Marek Obtulowicz;
p. 57: ‘334’ by Thomas M. Disch;
p. 156: ‘Man In Transit’ by Alan Aumbry (a.k.a. Bayley);
p. 166: ‘The Locked Room: Another Fenton Worth Mystery’ (as ‘The Locked Room’ only, on contents page) by John Sladek (as John T. Sladek on contents page);
p. 173: ‘Weihnachtabend’ by Keith Roberts;
p. 210: ‘Attack-Escape: An Article About Alfred Bester’ (as ‘Attack-Escape: An Interview With Alfred Bester’ on contents page) (non-fiction) by Charles Platt;
p. 221: ‘The Authors’ (non-fiction, uncredited, presumably Moorcock).

(Followed by New Worlds Quarterly 5)