New Worlds Science Fiction No. 37

About this issue

This issue of the British science fiction monthly New Worlds features multiple short works across genres typical of the pulp era. The lead novelette is James White's "Boarding Party," which depicts a space battle scenario aboard the damaged battleship Starcloud, under attack by three coordinated Raghman vessels. The story centers on Dr. Grayson, the ship's medical officer, managing dwindling robot nurses while the captain issues orders to preserve a Drive Engineer needed to operate the escape vessel's critical Overdrive generators. Paul Anderson contributes the novelette "Butch." Short fiction includes E.R. James's "World Destroyer," Robert Sheckley's "Paradise II," Alan Cuthrie's "No Space for Me," and E.C. Tubb's "Perac." Articles cover astronomy by Eric Frank Russell and radio-isotopes by John Newman. The issue includes book reviews and editorial commentary. A reader survey analyzing the magazine's predominantly male, educated, technical readership is detailed in the editorial section.