Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 44 — page 153: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION magazine. In my opinion you are way ahead of your rivals in stories, designs and covers. 22692284 Pte. Whalley, D., Royal Army Pay Corps, Command Pay Office, Gibraltar. Number 37! anything yet! You haven't seen EXCHANGE Thought you might like to hear from a reader in India. I am glad you are giving more space to British authors; now is the time to develop your home authors while British mags are giving more and more value for money, and the American mags are cutting. down. I have a large number of spare American mags and would like to exchange them with your readers for back issues of Authentic, Panther Books, etc. John D. Rundlett, Hotz Hotels Ltd., Laurie’s Hotel, Agra, India. Thanks for writing, John. No doubt some of our readers will swap with you. AMATEUR GOOD This writer, David Wilcox, is capable of singular expressive alliteration which is, for my own discernment, the aspiration of a moderate classical literature. Please 152 compare him favourably with Bradbury and Sturgeon, for with this one story he promises to become their equal. How concise! How word-savouring! And such mature imagination! No wasting ability on pedantic science jargon, on religious fantasy. My gratitude and expectation, David Wilcox. Richard Dumigan, 10895 Cobourg Avenue, Montreal North, Canada. It’s nice to know you agree with us, Richard, and we are sure that Wilcox will be pleased with your remarks. We are hoping to print some more of his stories soon. HUMOUR The only good feature not in your stories is a semi-humorous approach that there is in a couple of other science fiction magazines. I have sent my copies to my brother in New Guinea; I hope he enjoys them, but I fear that he may not appreciate a magazine that requires depth of thought and an elastic mind that can grasp unusual concepts. S. M. Bohman, 60 Minna Street, Burwood, N.S.W., Australia. Humour is hard to find, Mr. Bohman—and hard to write—but we do have one now and then. Stand-in in Number 43, for example. Ccomicloooks.conn