Nova being the feminine form of novus, meaning "new", it's appropriate that this, my favourite science-fiction anthology, travelled all the way from Nova Scotia to finally come to rest in my London home. It is, after all, very much a New Wave SF collection. The idea of such a 'new' thing (in 1968) even being in Nova Scotia seems incredulous, but then, we can't imagine how far artifacts from Swinging England travelled when they were still fresh. It could, of course, have ended up there at any time since, assuming they have a secondhand section.
Nova Publications was formed in 1949 in order to keep New Worlds magazine going and so, with Michael Moorcock transforming it into the New Wave SF mag, the nova connection, my book and it's origin in Canada is complete.
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