New Worlds Profile: Donald Malcolm

# New Worlds Science Fiction (Volume 27, No. 80, February 1959)

This British science fiction monthly contains four short stories and the conclusion of a serial. Robert Silverberg's "Earthman's Burden" follows Colonel John Devall, a military anthropologist commanding a Terran cultural mission to the planet Markin. Beneath his authoritative military bearing, Devall is a scholarly man who doubts himself—a dichotomy that deepens when a blood-red sunset, interpreted by the Markins as a harbinger of conflict, disrupts his usual composure. The story examines cultural contact and the tension between military protocol and genuine understanding of alien perspectives. Brian W. Aldiss contributes "The Towers of San Ampa," John Kippax offers "Friday," and Donald Malcolm provides "The Stuff of Dreams." Lan Wright's serial "A Man Called Destiny" concludes this issue. Kenneth Johns contributes an article titled "The Meson Story." The issue also includes editorial commentary by editor John Carnell and reader features.