New Worlds Science Fiction No. 90

About this issue

: This issue of New Worlds Science Fiction (January 1960, Vol. 30, No. 90) contains a novelette and two short stories alongside the serialized conclusion of Philip K. Dick's novel. James White's "O'Mara's Orphan" opens the issue, depicting O'Mara, a psychologist aboard the Sector General space hospital, caring for a half-ton Hudlarian infant orphaned when its parents died in a construction accident during the hospital's assembly. The story explores the operation of this massive multi-species hospital under construction across fifty cubic miles of space, where sections fabricated by hundreds of worlds must be fitted together—dangerous work resulting in the accident. Brian W. Aldiss contributes "Under an English Heaven" and Philip E. High offers "Mumbo-Jumbo Man." Part Two of Philip K. Dick's serialized "Time Out of Joint" continues across pages 73-125. The editorial addresses recurring plot clichés rejected by the magazine, quoting Donald Westlake's list of thirteen overused science fiction premises. Features include profile sections and reader correspondence in "Postmortem."