New Worlds

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New Worlds was a British science fiction - magazine , which was published from 1946 to 1997 in 222 editions. From the mid-1960s, the magazine was an important platform for the authors of the New Wave .

history

New Worlds developed from a fanzine called Nova Terrae that had existed since 1936 and was renamed New Worlds in 1939 under the publisher John Carnell . The first professional edition appeared under Carnell's editorship in 1946 by Pendulum Publications. The magazine appeared irregularly in the first few years, starting with number 22 in April 1954 monthly. The authors of this period include Arthur C. Clarke , John Wyndham and James White , whose Orbit Hospital series began in New Worlds .

From May 1964 New Worlds appeared in a new publisher and with a new editor. Michael Moorcock also gave the new direction of the magazine in the first edition for which he was responsible in the essay A New Literature for the Space Age . With reference to William S. Burroughs , Moorcock called for more experimental literature on form and content and science fiction more important to one's own life and the reader's time. Authors published in New Worlds include Brian Aldiss , James Graham Ballard , John Brunner and, from the USA, Samuel R. Delany , Thomas M. Disch and Norman Spinrad . Moorcock's own character Jerry Cornelius was also first published in the magazine. Towards the end of the 1960s, New Worlds , which had been supported at times by the Arts Council of Great Britain , ran into financial difficulties. The last edition (number 200) appeared in April 1970. Thereafter, from March 1971, 16 further editions appeared at irregular intervals with various editors until 1979 and the last six from 1991 to 1997.

New Worlds and the New Wave

The magazine is inseparable from the new wave in science fiction. connected. Moorcock encouraged authors on both sides of the Atlantic to try something different, something new. Many important writers of this trend wrote short stories for New Worlds . In addition to the ones listed above, there are also Barrington J. Bayley , Philip José Farmer , John Sladek and Pamela Zoline . The first publication of Norman Spinrad's controversial novel Bug Jack Barron in New Worlds sparked a debate in the House of Commons because of its obscene language and political cynicism. on the purpose of government support from the Arts Council of Great Britain.

Editors and publishers

expenditure date editor publishing company format pages price
1-2 [July] 1946 - [October] 1946 John Carnell Pendulum Publications, London Pulp 64 2 / -
3 [October] 1947 1/6
4th [April] 1949 - [April] 1949 Nova Publications, London Large digest 88
5-20 [September] 1949 - March 1953 96
21-31 June 1953 - January 1955 Digest 128
32-85 February 1955 - July 1959 2 / -
86 August / September 1959 112
87-88 October 1959 - November 1959 128
89-133 August 1963 - April 1964 2/6
134-141 September 1963 - April 1964 3 / -
142-159 May / June 1964 - February 1966 Michael Moorcock Roberts & Vinter, Ltd, London Paperback 2/6
160-170 March 1966 - January 1967 160 3/6
171-172 March 1967 - April 1967 Gold Star Publications, London 128
173-176 July 1967 - October 1967 Moorcock / Magnelist Publications, London Slick 64
177 November 1967 5 / -
178-182 December 1967 / January 1968 - July 1968 Moorcock / Stonehart Publications, London
183-188 October 1968 - March 1969 Moorcock privately as
New Worlds Publishing, London
189-192 April 1969 - July 1969 Langdon Jones
193 August 1969 Charles Platt 32 3/6
194 September / October 1969 Michael Moorcock
195 November 1969 Charles Platt & R. Glyn Jones
196 December 1969 Graham Hall & Graham Charnock
197-200 January 1970 - April 1970 Charles Platt
201 March 1971 Michael Moorcock A4 20th 25p
202 [September] 1971 Sphere Books, London Paperback 176 30p
203 [December] 1971 192
204 [March] 1972 208
205 [June] 1972 224 35p
206 [January] 1973 280 40p
207 [September] 1973 272
208 [December] 1974 Hilary Bailey & Charles Platt 216 50p
209 [March] 1975 Hilary Bailey 224
210 [November] 1975 Corgi Books, London
211 [August] 1976 240 60p
212 Spring 1978 Michael Moorcock Michael Moorcock A4 8th Free
213 Summer 1978 32 40p
214 Winter 1978 56 75p
215 Spring 1979 David Britton & Michael Butterworth David Britton & Michael Butterworth 48 £ 1.00 each
216 September 1979 Charles Platt Charles Platt 44
217 1991 David Garnett Gollancz, London Paperback 267 £ 4.99
218 1992 293 £ 5.99
219 1993 219 £ 6.99
220 1994 224
221 Winter 1996 Michael Moorcock Michael Moorcock A4 64 £ 10.00
222 1997 David Garnett White Wolf, Stone Mountain GA Paperback 357 $ 12.99

literature

  • Joachim Körber (Ed.): New Worlds: An Anthology of Modern Speculative Literature , Sphinx Verlag, Basel 1983, ISBN 3-85914-410-3

proof

  1. ↑ a b c d Entry New Worlds in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
  2. ↑ a b Editors, publishers and editions
  3. ^ A New Literature for the Space Age
  4. ↑ Michael Moorcock in: Joachim Körber (Ed.): New Worlds: An Anthology of Modern Speculative Literature , p. 13, Sphinx Verlag, Basel 1983, ISBN 3-85914-410-3
  5. ↑ Joachim Körber in: Joachim Körber (Ed.): New Worlds: An Anthology of Modern Speculative Literature , p. 11, Sphinx Verlag, Basel 1983, ISBN 3-85914-410-3

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