New Writings in SF 7


New Writings in SF 7 is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the seventh volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in the United Kingdom in 1966, and an American paperback edition with different contents by Bantam Books in 1971. This was the first volume where the contents of the US edition differed from that of the original UK edition.
The United Kingdom edition of the book collects seven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell. The American edition contains three pieces from the UK version, one from the UK edition of New Writings in SF 8, and three from the UK edition of New Writings in SF 9.

Contents (UK edition)

  • "Foreword"
  • "Invader"
  • "The Man Who Missed the Ferry"
  • "The Night of the Seventh Finger"
  • "Six Cubed Plus One"
  • "Coco-Talk"
  • "A Touch of Immortality"
  • "Manscarer"

Contents (US edition)

  • "Foreword"
  • "The Pen and the Dark" - from UK edition of New Writings in SF 9
  • "The Long Memory" - from UK edition of New Writings in SF 9
  • "The Man Who Missed the Ferry" - from UK edition
  • "The Night of the Seventh Finger" - from UK edition
  • "Six Cubed Plus One" - from UK edition
  • "Defense Mechanism" - from UK edition of ''New Writings in SF 9''

Reception

Terry Jeeves of Vector found the volume to fall short of expectations.