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The New Improved Sun

Thomas M. Disch

First published 1975
Publisher Harper & Row
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Jonathan Weld
Pages viii+208
Price $8.95
ISBN 006011052X

  • "First U.S. Edition" appears on copyright page.
  • Number line: 75 76 77 78 79 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Date of issue "0975" appears on the front dust jacket flap.
  • Subtitle: "An Anthology of Utopian S-F" (on cover and title page).
  • "Jacket design by Luba Litwak" appears on back dust jacket flap.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction: Buck Rogers in the New Jerusalem Thomas M. Disch Essay
5 Getting There Is (n-1/n)th the Fun John Sladek Short Story
5 Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias John Sladek Short Fiction
6 Mr. and Ms. America John Sladek Short Story
6 The Bright Side John Sladek Short Story
7 Empty Promise John Sladek Short Story
8 The Paradise Problem John Sladek Short Story
9 Handout John Sladek Short Story
9 What Changed Doyster's Mind John Sladek Short Story
10 Art News John Sladek Short Story
10 Assessment John Sladek Short Story
11 Pax Gurney John Sladek Short Story
12 A Fable John Sladek Short Story
13 Utopia: A Financial Report John Sladek Short Story
14 Luck John Sladek Short Story
14 Utopiary John Sladek Short Story
15 A Picnic John Sladek Short Story
17 Repairing the Office Charles Naylor Novelette
37 What You Get for Your Dollar (excerpt from The Shape of Further Things) Brian W. Aldiss Short Fiction
49 The People of Prashad James Keilty Novelette
81 A Few Things I Know About Whileaway Joanna Russ Short Story
98 Drumble Cassandra Nye Short Story
108 A Clear Day in the Motor City Eleanor Arnason Short Story
117 Settling the World M. John Harrison Short Story
144 Instead of the Cross, the Lollipop (excerpt from Walden Two) B. F. Skinner Short Fiction
157 I Always Do What Teddy Says Harry Harrison Short Story
167 Pyramids for Minnesota Thomas M. Disch Short Story
171 The Zen Archer Jonathan Greenblatt Short Story
182 The Hero As Werwolf Gene Wolfe Short Story
201 The Change (Excerpt from In the Days of the Comet) H. G. Wells Short Fiction

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The New Improved Sun Cover 1976 Hutchinson Hardcover Anthology Chris Foss 192