New Dimensions 1

New Dimensions 1 is an anthology of original science fiction stories edited by American writer Robert Silverberg, published in hardcover by Doubleday Books in 1971 and reprinted in paperback by Avon Books in 1973. While Silverberg had previously compiled several reprint anthologies, New Dimensions 1 was the first anthology of original work he edited. It placed second in the annual Locus Poll for best original anthology.^[1]

New Dimensions 1

Cover of first edition, 1971
Editor	Robert Silverberg
Cover artist	Nick Aristovulos
Language	English
Series	New Dimensions
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Doubleday Books
Publication date	1971
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	246
Followed by	New Dimensions II

Contents

• "A Special Kind of Morning", Gardner Dozois
• "The Trouble with the Past". Alex & Phyllis Eisenstein
• "The Power of Time", Josephine Saxton
• "The Giberel", Doris Pitkin Buck
• "Vaster Than Empires and More Slow", Ursula K. Le Guin
• "The Great A", Robert C. Malstrom
• "At the Mouse Circus", Harlan Ellison
• "A Plague of Cars", Leonard Tushnet
• "Sky", R. A. Lafferty
• "Love Song of Herself", Edward Bryant
• "The Wicked Flee", Harry Harrison
• "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World", Philip José Farmer
• "Conquest" Barry N. Malzberg
• "Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come", Thomas M. Disch

"Vaster Than Empires and More Slow", "A Special Kind of Morning", and "Sky" were nominated for the Hugo Award. "A Special Kind of Morning" was also nominated for the Nebula Award.^[2]

Reception

Theodore Sturgeon praised Silverberg's selection of stories, saying "His writers shine in the dark."^[3]