New Worlds Science Fiction No. 31

About this issue

This January 1955 British science fiction magazine issue contains four short stories and part two of a three-part serial. "Fair Exchange" by Lan Wright addresses colonial territorial disputes between two races competing for settlement rights on a remote planet, presenting a political and economic crisis requiring resolution. Brian W. Aldiss contributes "Outside." Francis G. Rayer's "Kill Me This Man" follows, and Gavin Neal provides "Short Circuit." Charles Dye's serial "Prisoner in the Skull" continues. The issue features John Cornell's editorial discussing obscenity prosecutions affecting British publishers and their implications for science fiction exploring unconventional social arrangements. The author profile reveals Charles Dye was born in Hollywood in 1927, served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, suffered a serious air crash injury that prompted his writing career, and subsequently published science fiction widely before apparently relocating to Mexico.