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New Writings in SF-6

John Carnell

First published 1971
Publisher Bantam Books
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Catalog ID S5795
Cover art David McCall Johnston
Pages viii+168
Price $0.75
ISBN 0553057952


Dated U.S.A. 1st printing of this 1971 edition. Title page:

  • "New Writings in SF-6 [over] Edited by John Carnell"
  • Bantam colophon.
  • "A National General Company"
Copyright page:
  • "New Writings in SF-6"
  • "A Bantam Book"
  • "Printing History"
  • "Dobson Books edition published 1965"
  • "Corgi edition published 1966"
  • "Bantam edition published March 1971"
  • "Copyright © 1965 by John Carnell."
  • "Published simultaneously in the United States and Canada"
  • "Bantam Books are published by Bantam Books, Inc., a National [over] General company. [...] Bantam Books, Inc., 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10019."
  • "Printed in the United States of America"
  • No number line.
Front cover:
  • "S5795 * 75c" "A Bantam Book"
  • Artist's signature on the artwork.
Spine:
  • "75c", "New Writings in SF 6", "553 · 05795 · 075". (ISBN-10 derived from this partial SBN)
Back cover:
  • Reproduction of front cover artwork.
  • No other pricing. No artist credit stated.
First numbered page is page vii. ToC, on unnumbered page v, states the page numbers of the half-title pages for each story; respectively pps. 1, 59, 73, 95, 107, 117, 137. The story texts start on pages as below. ToC states the Foreword start correctly as page vii. Foreword is signed, on page viii "John Carnell [over] November 1970". There are one-paragraph editorial introductions to each story beneath the half-page titling. Last story finishes on the last numbered page, 168. Gloss cover.

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Inner Wheel Keith Roberts Novella
61 Horizontal Man William Spencer Short Story
75 The Day Before Never Robert Presslie Novelette
97 The Hands John Baxter Short Story
109 The Seekers E. C. Tubb Short Story
119 Atrophy Ernest Hill Short Story
139 Advantage John Rackham Novelette
vii Foreword (New Writings in SF-6) John Carnell Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
New Writings in SF-6 Cover 1971 Bantam Books Paperback Anthology S5795 David McCall Johnston viii+168