New Writings in SF-15

New Writings in SF #15

by John Carnell (Editor), Vincent King, Joseph L. Green

New Writings in SF-15 features stories by Vincent King, Christopher Priest, Joseph Green, Michael G. Coney, Arthur Selling and Keith Roberts.

New Writings in SF brings to lovers of science fiction brand new stories never before published—stories written especially for the series by international authors.

New Writings in SF is now one of the most popular and well-established series in science fiction and presents a stimulating and energetic approach to modern SF.

Contents:
Michael G. Coney. Symbiote. 1969.
Vincent King. Report From Linelos. 1969.
Christopher Priest. The Interrogator. 1969.
Joseph L. Green. When I Have Passed Away. 1969.
Arthur Sellings. The Trial. 1969.
Keith Roberts. Therapy 2000. 1969.

Genres: Anthologies, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction

189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

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Reviews

[Kevin Phyland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Surreal might be the theme here. Vincent King has a bifurcated viewpoint tale of a generation ship gone terribly awry in "Report From Linelos", where the shipmind has conducted some unauthorized eugenics experiments. An early Christopher Priest piece tells the story of "The Interrogator", but who is interrogating who and why? Michael Coney has a story of the alien Chinto who use humans as pedicular vehicles, acting as a "Symbiote", but is it really beneficial? Finally, Keith Roberts has his character turn to progressively more and more radical solutions to the noise of the urban highrise in "Therapy 2009". The other stories are readable but unmemorable.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

At last, the series has moved towards what it initially promised - away from "golden age" science fiction to something more challenging and experimental works. If only the collection wasn't so dour and bleak... the sparks of humour which had leavened the earlier collections is almost totally missing here. As a result, though several of the stories are very good, this collection feels very one-note. Still worthwhile, but maybe read as individual stories rather than en masse.

[Peter Dunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have picked up 10 or so of these over time and thought I better actually read at least one of them. Interesting to be reminded how melancholic and pessimistic British SF was then (1968) despite it being the height of the race to the moon in the US.

Great stories in here by two favourite SF authors of mine: Keith Roberts, and a young Christopher Priest, who is described as “Londoner Christopher Priest who plans to become a professional writer soon”......