New Worlds #129, April 1963

New Worlds Science Fiction, April 1963 This British science fiction magazine issue (Volume 43, No. 129) features a three-part serial "Window on the Moon" by E.C. Tubb, concerning a British bacteriological station on the lunar surface. Director Sir Ian Macdonald learns of an unscheduled spacecraft arrival carrying VIPs. Moorcock, guest editor and 23-year-old author of the acclaimed "Elric" stories, contributes an editorial titled "Play with Feeling," arguing that science fiction can accommodate both entertainment and serious literary merit—comparing the genre's potential to classical drama and questioning why writers sacrifice characterization and stylistic originality. The issue also contains novelette "Adaptation" by Roy Robinson, and short stories "Quest" by Lee Harding, "Dossier" by John Rackham, and "Compensation" by James Inglis, along with book reviews and literary columns.