Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 44 — page 152: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Overseas Section ERROR? I have been following Authentic since it began its career and I am much impressed by your improved format, your articles and the much higher literary quality of your stories. There is, however, an error in one of your recent articles which I should like to correct. In Number 38, on page 100, you state: “Hermes is only one mile in diameter. Many experts believe that the Meteor Crater in Arizona was not caused by a meteor at all, but by an asteroid of the size of Hermes.” The only correct thing here is the diameter of Hermes. . .! Paul W. Healy, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 151 Sorry about this, Mr. Healy, but you are wrong. Whether the ex- perts we referred to are right or wrong does not affect the truth of Our statement, viz., that such experts do believe it. One such expert is Dr. Robert S. Richardson of Mount Wilson Observatory. In his book Astronomy you will find his views on page 181. However, the evidence you put forward in the rest of your letter does indicate that these experts are wrong. But please don’t blame us for -their views! Thank you very much for writing. Do it again. =: NOT BORED NOW Having been an ardent science fiction fan for the last four years, and been slightly bored with it of late, I managed to obtain No: 37 of your magazine. After about ten minutes of reading, I found, much to my delight—so rare a thing in sf lately—that I was unable to put it down. I really must congratulate you on a first-class cComichbooksscom)