Publication: The Best of New Worlds

Publication: The Best of New WorldsPublication Record # 35845
Editor: Michael Moorcock
Date: 1965-00-00
Catalog ID: H287
Publisher: Compact Books
Price:
5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 318
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- © 1965, no other date
- No statement of printing on copyright page, no number line.
- Dedicated to Ted Carnell "Without whom none of this would have been possible"
- Cover artist is not credited, no visible signature [photograph?].
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2854269
- Reginald-1: 10259

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (The Best of New Worlds) • essay by Michael Moorcock
13 • The Pit My Parish • (1958) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
35 • Tableau • [Sector General] • (1958) • novelette by James White
63 • Another Word for Man • (1958) • short story by Robert Presslie
81 • I See You • (1959) • novelette by Harry Harrison (variant of Robot Justice)
105 • The Outstretched Hand • (1959) • short story by Arthur Sellings
119 • The Railways Up on Cannis • [Unorthodox Engineers] • (1959) • novelette by Colin Kapp
147 • The Time Dweller • [Scar-Faced Brooder • 1] • (1964) • short story by Michael Moorcock
167 • The Terminal Beach • (1964) • novelette by J. G. Ballard
191 • The Traps of Time • (1964) • short story by John Baxter
207 • The Last Lonely Man • (1964) • short story by John Brunner
225 • The Fall of Frenchy Steiner • (1964) • novelette by Hilary Bailey
259 • New Experience • (1964) • short story by E. C. Tubb
273 • I Remember, Anita ... • (1964) • short story by Langdon Jones
285 • The Mountain • (1965) • short story by Michael Moorcock [as by James Colvin]
299 • All the King's Men • (1965) • novelette by Barrington J. Bayley [as by B. J. Bayley]

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