Edward John Carnell (8 April 1912 – 23 March 1972) was a British science fiction editor known for editing '' New Worlds'' in 1946 then from 1949 to 1963. He also edited ''

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'' from the 1950s. After the magazines were sold to another publisher he left to launch the '' New Writings in SF''

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series, editing 21 issues until his death, after which the series was continued by

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for a further 9 issues. Taken together his publications played a role in starting the careers of

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, James White,

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, and his successor at ''New Worlds'',

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. Despite that list, Carnell tended to prefer adventure and Hard SF to New Wave experimentation so

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, and E. C. Tubb were more typical of his tenure. However, he was not seen as an opponent of the New Wave in the way

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Anthologies

*''Jinn and Jitters'' (1946) *''No Place Like Earth'' (1952, T. V. Boardman, ) *''Gateway to Tomorrow'' (1954) *''The Best From New Worlds Science Fiction'' (1955) *''Gateway to the Stars'' (1955) *''Lambda 1 & Other Stories'' (1964) *'' New Writings in SF'' Anthology series, parts 1–21 - edited from 1964 to 1972 *''Weird Shadows From Beyond'' (1965)

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