New Worlds Science Fiction No. 44

# New Worlds #44 (February 1956)

This British science fiction magazine issue contains four short stories and a novelette, plus articles and editorial content. The featured novelette is J. T. McIntosh's "The Solomon Plan," a spy thriller set on the planet Bynald, involving Counter-Espionage (CE) operations. The story follows Harnell, a worn-out former CE operative, summoned back into service when intelligence chief GS reveals the assignment actually concerns Harnell's eighteen-year-old daughter Veronica. James White's "Question of Cruelty" explores effects of orbital spaceflight on human physiology. Additional stories include John Brunner's "Thing Friday," Brian W. Aldiss's "There Is a Tide," and George Longdon's "The Falsifiers." Articles cover lunar politics ("Whose Moon?"), interstellar travel ("Between the Stars"), and futurism ("Future Indefinite"). The editorial addresses manuscript submission standards for prospective authors, rejecting handwritten work and stories under 3,000 words while welcoming fiction exploring technological change and human adaptation.