Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 43 — page 153: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION phies, crosswords, news, letters. If the publishers can manage to bring their price down a bit, they will surely be putting out something of high value. Even now it ranks next to SPACE DIVERSIONS. SPACE TIMES is the fanzine that once upon a time was run solely by the Nor’ West Science Fantasy Club, but has now developed an association with London through publishing editor, Stuart Mackenzie. The new broadness of outlook has made a considerable differ- ence to this fanzine. In the old days it was narrow, bigoted and pathetically adolescent and belligerent. Now, it has grown up. Good for you, Stuart! The number to hand has fifty-eight pages, excluding the very nice covers. And those pages are full of very fine material, including a story by Arthur C. Clarke, articles by science fiction editors of Gray- sons and Sidgwick & Jackson, other stories, articles, features, letters, etc. A very good piece of work on the part of the publishers and editors. SPACE TIMES costs 6s. for twelve issues ($1.00) and we consider this to be extremely reasonable. If these people can do it for 6d. a copy, the others will have to look to 152 their coffers! British sub- scriptions go to Brian Varley, Balmoral Hotel, 33 Princes Square, London, W.2. Over- seas, to Dale R. Smith, 3001 Kyle Avenue, Minneapolis 22, Minn., U.S.A. It was a great pleasure for us to see the first issue of FISSION, the new fanzine from a new fan area, Surrey. Authentic played some small part in the birth of this fanzine, since the two editors, Colin Parsons and G. M. Wingrove, met each other through our columns. As is to be expected with a new fanzine run by only two people, FISSION is small and a little bitty. But the reproduc- tion is good and the thirty pages contain some well- selected material. Wisely, the editors have refrained from _ using illustrations; these can ruin a fanzine. Contents range over short stories by F. G. Rayer, P. J. Cakebread and H. J. Campbell; a personality piece by Bryan Berry, letters, reviews, science article, quiz, and messages from well-known fans. FISSION costs 9d. a copy or 4s. for six issues, from Colin Parsons, 31 Benwood Court, Benhillwood Road, Sutton, Surrey. We hope our readers in that area, and everywhere, will support this brave venture. comicloooks.conrn