Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 43 — page 152: what you’re looking at

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FANZINES In our opinion the three top places among British fanzines are held by SPACE DIVERSIONS, ANDROMEDA and SPACE TIMES, in that order. OPERATION FAN- TAST, of course, is more superiorly produced, but it does not contain as much material and it does not appear regularly or frequently. Other- wise it would have been given second place. No British fan- zine has ever topped or equalled the quality and quan- tity of SPACE DIVERSIONS. This fanzine, published in conjunction with the Liver- pool Science Fiction Society by Norman Shorrock and Dave Gardner (from 12A Rumford Place, Liverpool 3) costs 2§. 6d. for three issues (50 c.) or one shilling pér copy (20 c.). It can also be ob- tained in exchange for up-to- date fanzines or prozines. Issue No. 7, the bumper, 108 page number, costs 2s. per copy, and is indeed worth it. It contains twenty-eight separate features, including a novelette of quite high stand- ard, three short stories and a serial instalment. Non-fiction 151 covers reviews, biographies, news, science articles, poetry and correspondence. A num- ber of competent illustrations accompany the well-dupli- cated text. There can be no doubt that a great deal of care and hard work have gone into the production of this fanzine, and we thoroughly recom- mend it. ANDROMEDA is a fairly new fanzine. Although the latest issue to hand does not men- tion the fact (a bad oversight), it comes out under the auspices ofthe Lakeland Science Fiction Organisation, published by Pete Campbell, who is also the editor, from 60 Calgarth Road, Windermere. It costs 2s. a copy (30 c.) or 7s. for four issues ($1.00). Overseas sub- scriptions should be sent to Dave Rike, Box 203, Rodeo, California. ANDROMEDA runs to about sixty pages, well duplicated, well illustrated, and contains a good quantity of first quality material, including several short stories, a few articles, and quite a number of interest- ing features such as biogra- conmicloooks.conn