New Writings in SF is a successful departure in the science fiction field, bringing to lovers of the genre brand new stories never before published—stories written especially for the series by a wide variety of authors.
It is the next step forward in the exciting expansion of SF from the limitations it has suffered for the last thirty years and international authors have written for a far wider audience than ever before.
New Writings in SF (of which this is the 11th volume) lives up to its name. The stories are NEW. The Editor encourages fresh methods and techniques of writing and the whole series is a stimulating and energetic approach to modern SF.
Contents: Vincent King. The Wall to End the World. 1967 John Rackham. Catharsis. 1967 Lee Harding. Shock Treatment. 1967 Dennis Etchison. Bright Are the Stars That Shine, Dark Is the Sky. 1967 Douglas R. Mason. There Was This Fella.... 1967 W.T. Webb. For What Purpose?. 1967 Douglas R. Mason. Flight of a Plastic Bee. 1967 H.A. Hargreaves. Dead to the World. 1967 Jack Wodhams. The Helmet of Hades. 1967
Still more that feels like Golden Age 50s sf than the late 60s-70s new wave it was hoping to kick-start, but some fine stories for all that. Jack Wodhams' "The Helmet of Hades" in particular has a few moments that suggested the way ahead.