New Worlds Science Fiction No. 48

New Worlds Science Fiction, June 1956 (Vol. 16, No. 48) This issue contains editor John Carnell's commentary on recent science fiction publishing, noting a slowdown in both British and American markets. Notable forthcoming titles include Arthur C. Clarke's *The City and the Stars* (expanded from 1948's "Against the Fall of Night"), Alfred Bester's *Tiger, Tiger*, Robert Heinlein's *Double Star*, and John Mantley's *The 27th Day*. The fiction includes Alan Barclay's "The Refugee"—concerning a defeated military force occupying a barren planet, facing an ultimatum from a victorious enemy fleet called the Troll-Angar; John Brunner's "To Make a Man"; Francis C. Rayer and E. R. James's "Period of Quarantine"; Duncan Lamont's "Sun Cycle"; and part three of Lan Wright's serial "Who Speaks of Conquest?" An article by Kenneth Johns covers "Project Vanguard."