Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 44 — page 155: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION Home Section OH! Please, please, would you make a statement in Authentic that I am not a patient at Staffordshire General Infirmary but a student nurse! The last time this mistake was made I decided that if I wrote you, by the time you could publish my letter it would have been too late to stop the arrival of sf mags from other sf fans. In any case I could make my own explanations to the people in- volved, which I did. It appears this was a wrong decision and I’m a little afraid of the outcome. Last time the Assistant Matron— who deals with the post—absolutely adored me! Mrs. J. Childs, 33 Redhill Road, Chadsmoor, Cannock, Staffs. We're really very sorry for any inconvenience caused to you by our reading too much into your letter, Mrs. Childs. But you should have told us about it earlier—it would have been nice to know that some readers had responded to our appeal. this notice should clear up _ the matter. NO MOON Why have you so blatantly ig- nored our Moon in your series of cover paintings? It may be a 154 Still, dead world—though it’s not all that dead—but it will certainly be the first world on which man will set foot. I am enclosing three photographs of my own paintings, showing spaceships, etc. I have done quite a lot of this work, all of which is scientifically accurate. Your cover artist does not seem too sure of his illumination; Mars in issue No. 40 is showing an impossible phase! David A. Hardy, 44 Griffins Brook Lane, Bourneville, Birmingham. There are far too many pictures of the moon about, Mr. Hardy. We like to have something different. If you sent your drawings for an opinion, we can only say that they resemble much too closely the illustrations in Gatland and Kunesch’s recently published Space Travel to have any real value. Concerning our cover on Number 40—remember that Phases seen from Earth are not the only ones possible. Indeed, there is an infinite number of phases related to the position of the ob- server. CORRECTIONS I would like to correct mistakes that were made in two of your readers’ letters in Number 40. ? ft CoOnnielooolkS.eomnn)