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Magazine Issues

The New World [1918]

see under The World Tomorrow

New Worlds [1939]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

Amateur magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1939 – Aug-1939:

Science Fiction Index

Related Sites: Now and Then



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New Worlds [1946]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 224

Original magazine sequence ended with #201, Mar-1971. A Canadian edition was distributed by Modern Distributors of Toronto, and a New Zealand one by Messrs. P.B. Fisher.

#202 to #211 were original anthologies, initially called NEW WORLDS QUARTERLY: there were US editions of #1 through 4, and the British New Worlds Quarterly #6 & 7 were printed in the US as New Worlds #5 & 6.

#212 to #216 were a short-lived revival of as a semi-prozine, and the issues after that were trade paperbacks from various publishers.

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1946 – #201, 1971:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

#202, 1971 – #211, 1976, as New Worlds (Quarterly):	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

#212, 1978 – #216, 1979, as New Worlds:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

#217, 1991 – #224, 2024, as New Worlds:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers

  Summer 1946 – Fall 1947: Pendulum Publications
  Winter 1949 – Apr-1964: Nova Publications
  May/Jun-1964 – Jan-1967: Roberts & Vinter
  #171, 1967 – #201, 1971: various imprints under proprietor Michael Moorcock
  #171, 1967 – #172, 1967: Gold Star Publications
  Jul-1967 – Nov-1967: Magnelist Publications
  Dec-1967/Jan-1968 – Mar-1969: Stonehart Publications
  Apr-1969 – #201, 1971: New Worlds Publishing
  Jun-1971 – Spring 1975: Sphere Books
  Winter 1975 – Spring 1976: Corgi Books
  Spring 1978 – Sep-1979: Coma Publications
  Sep-1991 – Nov-1994: Gollancz
  Winter 1996: Jayde Design
  Aug-1997: White Wolf

Editors

  Summer 1946 – Apr-1964: John Carnell
  May/Jun-1964 – Sep-1979: Michael Moorcock [with various assistants]
  Sep-1991 – 1997: David S. Garnett

Formats

  Summer 1946 – Fall 1947: small pulp
  Winter 1949 – Apr-1964: large digest
  May/Jun-1964 – Mar-1967: pocketbook
  Jul-1967 – Mar-1971: semi-slick
  Jun-1971 – Spring 1976: pocketbook
  Spring 1978 – Sep-1979: A4
  Sep-1991 – 1997: pocketbook

Frequency

  Summer 1946 – Winter 1951: quarterly but irregular
  Jan-1952 – Jun-1953: bimonthly
  Apr-1954 – Apr-1964: monthly
  May/Jun-1964 – Nov/Dec-1964: bimonthly
  Jan-1965 – Apr-1970: monthly [with gaps]
  1970 – 2024: irregular

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia






Issue Checklist

New Worlds Science Fiction (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of New Worlds Science Fiction. Probably started in early 1954 and continued through 1956, ended due to a strike, and started back again with issue 99, and then continued to 142. As far as is known the contents were identical to the UK issues but issues were dated a month or two later.

Issues & Index Sources

1954? – 1956?:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all except Sep-1954)

Nov-1960 – Apr-1964:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all except Sep-1962)

Publishers

1954? – 1956?: Modern Distributors Ltd., 267 Wellington Street West, Toronto
Nov-1960 – Apr-1964: Gordon & Gotch - Canada, Ltd



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New Worlds Science Fiction (New Zealand)

Country: New Zealand

New Zealand reprint edition of New Worlds Science Fiction. Probably started in early 1954 and continued through 1964. As far as is known the contents and cover dates were identical to the UK issues.

Issues & Index Sources: 1954? – Apr-1964:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Publishers: 1954? – Apr-1964: P.B. Fisher

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New Worlds Science Fiction (U.S. Forces European Edition)

Country: Europe

Reprint edition of New Worlds Science Fiction printed in the UK for distribution to US Forces in Europe. The only issue seen is identical to the equivalent UK issue apart for the price on the cover and the colophon at the bottom of the Table of Contents.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Science Fiction Index

(sample issue only)


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New Worlds Science Fiction (US)

Country: US
Total Issues: 5+6=11

American reprint edition of New Worlds Science Fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

Mar-1960 – Jul-1960:

Science Fiction Index

#1, 1971 – #6, 1975:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  Mar-1960 – Jul-1960: Great American Publications, Inc., Concord, NH
  #1, 1971 – #4, 1972: Berkley Medallion
  #5, 1974 – #6, 1975: Avon Equinox



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New World Writing

Country: US
Total Issues: 25?

Published Saul Bellow, Ionesco, Pynchon, Christopher Isherwood, Tennessee Williams, Norman Mailer, Joseph Heller ("Catch-18").

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1952 – 1964

Publishers:   NAL Mentor to 1959, then Lippincott
Editors:   Vance Bourjaily
Formats:   pocketbook
Frequency:   twice yearly

The New Writer

see under Acclaim

New Writers

Country: UK
Total Issues: 12

Really an anthology series, but treated by some commentators as a "Magazine".

Issues & Index Sources: 1961 – 1976:

Index to Commonwealth Little Magazines

(1966-1967 only)

Publishers:   John Calder, London
Formats:   hardcover book format
Frequency:   irregular
Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 4

New Writing

Country: UK
Total Issues: 19

Literary journal of reviews, analysis and fiction. Authors include E.M. Forster, V.S. Pritchett, Elizabeth Bowen. Merged with Daylight in Summer 1942. Superseded by Orpheus.

Issues & Index Sources

Spring 1936 – Spring 1938:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

Autumn 1938 – Christmas 1939:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

Spring 1940 – Autumn 1941, as Folios of New Writing:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

Summer 1942 – 1946, as New Writing and Daylight:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

Publishers

Bodley Head (#1,2), Lawrence & Wishart (#3-#5); then Hogarth Press; last issue privately published

Editors

John Lehmann

Formats

digest

Frequency

quarterly, but increasingly irregular

Mentioned in: British Literary Magazines Vol. 4

New York

Country: US

A local-interest magazine which "rose from the ashes" of the dying New York Herald Tribune newspaper in 1968 - formerly it was that paper's Sunday magazine supplement.

Issues & Index Sources

8-Apr-1968 – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

1968 – 1977: Clay Felker, New York
1977 – ?: Rupert Murdoch

Formats

big slick

Frequency

weekly

The New York Arm Chair

see under The Arm Chair

New York Boys Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 138

Issues & Index Sources:  1878 – 1879

Publishers:   N. Munro
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

New York Boys Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 34

Issues & Index Sources:  1881 – 1882

Publishers:   NY Popular Pub. Co.
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

New York Boys Monthly

Country: US
Total Issues: 13

Issues & Index Sources:  1877 – 1878

Publishers:   Tousey & Small
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

New York Boys' Weekly

Country: US
Total Issues: 70

Story paper; authors include Howard De Vere, "A Trip to the Centre of the Earth" (1878); There was a companion New York Boys Monthly for just 4 issues, Sep-1877 - Dec-1877.

Issues & Index Sources

17-Mar-1877 – 13-Jul-1878:

Bibliographic Listing: Our Boys and New York Boys Weekly

#merges with Boys of New York

Publishers

Tousey & Small

Formats

large tabloid

Prices

Pagecounts

8pp

Frequency

weekly

Mentioned in: Dime Novel Bibliography

The New York Call

Country: US

A socialist daily newspaper whose Sunday magazine published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 30-May-1908 – 1923:

FictionMags Index

(partial issue only)

Publishers:   Socialist Party of America
Editors:   George Gordon (in 1908)
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

New York Citizen

Country: US

Called "the handsomest and best family and story weekly published" in 1873.

Issues & Index Sources

13-Aug-1864 – 3-Jul-1869

10-Jul-1869 – 27-Apr-1872, as New York Citizen and Round Table

Publishers

J.S. Berger (and others)

Editors

R.B. Roosevelt

Formats

story paper

Frequency

weekly