New Dimensions
Entry updated 2 September 2019. Tagged: Publication.
Original-Anthology series (1971-1981) edited by Robert Silverberg. New Dimensions I (anth 1971) appeared when original anthology series were proliferating in the USA, with such titles as Infinity, QUARK/ and Universe. It was one of the longest surviving titles from this period, although it changed publishers several times in order to keep going: #1-#3 from Doubleday, #4 from Signet, #5-#10 from Harper and Row, #11-#12 from Pocket Books. The final volumes, New Dimensions 11 (anth 1980) and New Dimensions 12 (anth 1981), were co-edited by Silverberg and Marta Randall. A derivative reprint anthology was The Best of New Dimensions (anth 1979). See below for the full sequence.
New Dimensions was one of the more experimental anthology series, and introduced a number of new writers. Its regular contributors included Gardner Dozois, George Alec Effinger, Felix Gotschalk and James Tiptree Jr. #2 contained "Eurema's Dam" by R A Lafferty, which shared a Hugo as Best Short Story; #3 contained two Hugo-winning stories: "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" by Tiptree and "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K Le Guin; #11 had "Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas, which won a Nebula as Best Novella. Many other stories were award nominees; yet although New Dimensions was one of the best original anthology series its sales were never high. [MJE/PN/DRL]
New Dimensions
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions I: Fourteen Original Science Fiction Stories (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1971) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Nick Aristovulos]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions II (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1972) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Dickran Palulian]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions 3 (Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1973) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Dennis Anderson]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions IV (New York: New American Library/Signet Books, 1974) [anth: New Dimensions: pb/uncredited]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions Science Fiction, number 5 (New York: Harper and Row, 1975) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Mark Rubin Design]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions Science Fiction, number 6 (New York: Harper and Row, 1976) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Irving Freeman]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions Science Fiction, number 7 (New York: Harper and Row, 1977) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Plus One Studio]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions Science Fiction, number 8 (New York: Harper and Row, 1978) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Neil Stuart]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions Science Fiction, number 9 (New York: Harper and Row, 1979) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Neil Stuart]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. New Dimensions Science Fiction, number 10 (New York: Harper and Row, 1980) [anth: New Dimensions: hb/Sidney Feinberg]
- Robert Silverberg, editor. The Best of New Dimensions (New York: Pocket Books, 1979) [anth: reprinting stories from earlier volumes: New Dimensions: pb/Richard Powers]
- Robert Silverberg and Marta Randall, editors. New Dimensions 11 (New York: Pocket Books, 1980) with Marta Randall [anth: New Dimensions: pb/Richard Powers]
- Robert Silverberg and Marta Randall, editors. New Dimensions 12 (New York: Pocket Books, 1981) [anth: New Dimensions: pb/uncredited]
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