New Dimensions 1

New Dimensions 1
Cover of first edition, 1971
Author(s)	edited by Robert Silverberg
Cover artist	Nick Aristovulos
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	New Dimensions
Genre(s)	Science fiction short stories
Publisher	Doubleday Books
Publication date	1971
Media type	Print (Hardcover, paperback)
Pages	246 pp.
Followed by	New Dimensions 2

New Dimensions 1 is an anthology of original science fiction stories edited by Robert Silverberg, published in hardcover by Doubleday Books in 1971 and reprinted in paperback by Avon Books in 1973. While Silverberg had previously compiled several reprint anthologies, New Dimensions 1 was the first anthology of original work he edited. It placed second in the annual Locus Poll for best original anthology.^[1]

Contents

• "A Special Kind of Morning", Gardner Dozois
• "The Trouble with the Past". Alex & Phyllis Eisenstein
• "The Power of Time", Josephine Saxton
• "The Giberel", Doris Pitkin Buck
• "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow", Ursula K. Le Guin
• "The Great A", Robert C. Malstrom
• "At the Mouse Circus", Harlan Ellison
• "A Plague of Cars", Leonard Tushnet
• "Sky", R. A. Lafferty
• "Love Song of Herself", Edward Bryant
• "The Wicked Flee", Harry Harrison
• "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World", Philip José Farmer
• "Conquest" Barry N. Malzberg
• "Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come", Thomas M. Disch

"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow", "A Special Kind of Morning", and "Sky" were nominated for the Hugo Award. "A Special Kind of Morning" was also nominated for the Nebula Award.^[2]

Reception

Theodore Sturgeon praised Silverberg's selection of stories, saying "His writers shine in the dark."^[3]

References

1. ^ ISFDB publication data
2. ^ Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
3. ^ "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1972, pp.85