Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 44 — page 113: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION next shots. They were taken from a concealed spot near the gang’s secret experiment station. Authorised News Ser- vice found out about the professors’ weird plans and managed to sneak in a camera to bring you these exclusive pictures. “Watch now,”’ commanded the commentator in a low, conspiratorial voice. George Three strained to recognise a number of un- recognisable objects on the viewer screen. All he could make out were several human figures moving about among what appeared to be packing cases. “Watch, watch! You'll see the faces of three well-known Columbia University profes- sors, no less. Caught in this _ absurdity!” A shaky closeup unfolded - on the screen. For a brief instant a determined-faced individual flashed into view, then another and still another. The scene shifted again to show the three men bending over an open crate. They were tugging at something inside. But the scene changed abruptly back to the face of the commentator. “The professors will not be prosecuted, of course,” said the commentator, smiling brightly. “After all, one may be as ridiculous as - he pleases in this Society. They are likely to be asked to resign from their university jobs, however—one would scarcely want~such as they teaching our State technicians of the future—and they will surrender their playthings.” A comical musical selection finished off the sequence. George Three smiled at the viewer. He, would have liked to see the sky rocket the nutty professors had built. Professors were, as the commentator had implied, a weird crew. George Three remembered secondary school. There had been one old character there—George Three couldn’t remember his name; it was a_ strange one. Anyway, the professor had singled him, George Three, out for a lot of special numbers lectures. He had been a positive bug about numbers. George Three had _ been 1i2 , , ees AES LP eee comichooks.conl § / 5