''New Writings in SF 28'' is an

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

short stories edited by

Kenneth Bulmer Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British writer, primarily of science fiction. Life Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. B ...

, the seventh volume of nine he oversaw in the ''

New Writings in SF ''New Writings in SF'' was a series of thirty British science fiction original anthologies published from 1964 to 1977 under the successive editorships of John Carnell from 1964 to 1972 (the last volume with the aid of Diane Lloyd) and Kenneth Bulm ...

'' series in succession to the series' originator,

John Carnell 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 ''Science Fantasy'' from the 1950s. After the magazines were sold to anoth ...

. It was first published in hardcover by

Sidgwick & Jackson Sidgwick & Jackson was an imprint of book publishing company Pan Macmillan. Formerly it was an independent publisher; as such, it was founded in Britain in 1908. Its early authors include poet Rupert Brooke and novelist E.M. Forster. In m ...

in 1976, followed by a paperback edition issued by

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in 1977. The contents of this volume, together with those of volume 27 of the series, were later included in the omnibus anthology ''New Writings in SF Special 3'', issued by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1978. The book collects several novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Bulmer.

*"Foreword" (

) *"What Happened to William Coombes" ( Angela Rogers) *"The Way Erving Went" ( Grahame Leman) *"The Banks of the Nile" ( Ritchie Smith and Thomas Penman) *"The Bones of Bertrand Russell: A Triptych of Absurd Enigmatic Plays" (

Brian W. Aldiss Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for oc ...

) **"Futurity Takes a Hand" (

) **"Through a Galaxy Backwards" (

) **" Where Walls Are Hung with Multi-Media Portraits" (

) *"On the Inside" ( Robert P. Holdstock) *"The Great Plan" (

Leroy Kettle Leroy Richard Arthur "Roy" Kettle OBE (born 1949) is a retired United Kingdom civil servant who, among many other achievements, was one of the principal architects of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. With Greg Pickersgill, he was a leadin ...

) *"Face to Infinity" (

E. C. Tubb Edwin Charles Tubb (15 October 1919 – 10 September 2010) was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and Western (genre), western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for Dumarest sag ...

) *"The Call of the Wild" ( Manuel van Loggem) *"Wordsmith" ( Bryn Fortey) *"Manganon" ( Michael Stall)

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