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New Writings in SF #17
New Writings in SF-17
New Writings in SF-17 features stories by H.A. Hargreaves, L. Davison, Lee Harding, Joseph Green, R.W. Mackelworth, Ernest Hill, and Michael G. Coney.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.Joseph L. Green. Death and the Sensperience Poet. 1970.H.A. Hargreaves. More Things in Heaven and Earth. 1970.L. Davison. Aspect of Environment. 1970.Lee Harding. Soul Survivors. 1970.R.W. Mackelworth. Two Rivers. 1970.Ernest Hill. The Hero. 1970.Michael G. Coney. The True Worth of Ruth Villiers. 1970.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published April 27, 1970
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October 3, 2025
A very literary start to this issue (in all senses) when a group of Shakespearean scholars deliver video
lectures to thousands of schools which can interact with them, but one student seems to be asking questions using the lecturers' mouths! H. A. Hargreaves anticipates video conferencing in 1969 but now it's just amusingly dated in "More Things In Heaven And Earth". A grieving man uses a memory visualizer device to be with his dead wife and children again in Lee Harding's "Soul Survivor" - but to what end? Michael Coney shows us a Britain where bureaucracy and nationalisation has gone mad in "The True Worth Of Ruth Villiers", but the most memorable tale is the shortest - the miserable denouement of the life of "The Hero" in the world constructed by Ernest Hill where all the heroes are dead and forgotten.
lectures to thousands of schools which can interact with them, but one student seems to be asking questions using the lecturers' mouths! H. A. Hargreaves anticipates video conferencing in 1969 but now it's just amusingly dated in "More Things In Heaven And Earth". A grieving man uses a memory visualizer device to be with his dead wife and children again in Lee Harding's "Soul Survivor" - but to what end? Michael Coney shows us a Britain where bureaucracy and nationalisation has gone mad in "The True Worth Of Ruth Villiers", but the most memorable tale is the shortest - the miserable denouement of the life of "The Hero" in the world constructed by Ernest Hill where all the heroes are dead and forgotten.
August 29, 2023
Really really enjoyed it and liked reading in a different way, with shorter stories. However some of them I didn't want to end, and I think I book could have been made out of them!! :)
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