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Author
  
edited by John Carnell

Language
  
English

Publication date
  
1966

Originally published
  
1966

Followed by
  
New Writings in SF 8

Publisher
  
Dennis Dobson

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Country
  
United Kingdom

Series
  
New Writings in SF

Media type
  
Print (Hardcover)

Preceded by
  
New Writings in SF 6

Genre
  
Science Fiction

Editor
  
John Carnell

Similar
  
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New Writings in SF 7 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the seventh volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in the United Kingdom in January 1966, followed by a paperback edition by Corgi the same year, and an American paperback edition with different contents by Bantam Books in August 1971.

Contents

The United Kingdom edition of the book collects seven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell. The American edition contains three pieces from the UK version, one from the UK edition of New Writings in SF 8, and three from the UK edition of New Writings in SF 9.

Contents (UK edition)

  • "Foreword" (John Carnell)
  • "Invader" (James White)
  • "The Man Who Missed the Ferry" (Douglas R. Mason)
  • "The Night of the Seventh Finger" (Robert Presslie)
  • "Six Cubed Plus One" (John Rankine)
  • "Coco-Talk" (William F. Temple)
  • "A Touch of Immortality" (R. W. Mackelworth)
  • "Manscarer" (Keith Roberts)

    • Contents (US edition)

  • "Foreword" (John Carnell)
  • "The Pen and the Dark" (Colin Kapp - from UK edition of New Writings in SF 8
  • "Gifts of the Gods" (Arthur Sellings) - from UK edition of New Writings in SF 9
  • "The Long Memory" (William Spencer) - from UK edition of New Writings in SF 9
  • "The Man Who Missed the Ferry" (Douglas R. Mason) - from UK edition
  • "The Night of the Seventh Finger" (Robert Presslie) - from UK edition
  • "Six Cubed Plus One" (John Rankine) - from UK edition
  • "Defense Mechanism" (Vincent King) - from UK edition of New Writings in SF 9

    • References

    New Writings in SF 7 Wikipedia
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