Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 44 — page 156: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION First of all, Archie Mercer, who speaks of there being nothing wonderful in space travel and being idiotic enough to imagine that insects and Pterodactyls were space travellers. ... D. Bailey, 50 Mayplace Avenue, Crayford, Kent. Come, come, Mr. Bailey. Archie Mercer said no such thing. He said that there is nothing wonderful about flight, not space travel. And you have to admit that insects and pterodactyls have been flying for quite a while! EN GARDE! I dare say that you are under the impression that your magazine is only being read by the inhabitants of this planet, Earth. If you are, I can assure you that you are wrong, as you will find out in the near future. Speaking for myself, I am here to help you. I have come for a good cause. I admit I have not yet reached full maturity. ... -M.J., Portsmouth, Hants. We've been waiting for you. But one thing worries us. You say “speaking for yourself.’ What about the others? Are they helping _ 100, or.are they marauding varmints? | Li Tied EAS SE OARS Hk Re SN | WITHIN the obvious limita- tions of a hobbyist-editor’s budget, ANDROMEDA is an ambitious and constantly advancing fan-magazine. We always try to give worth- while reading material, and plenty of it, in each issue. It contains 50 to 60 pages, eight inches by ten. Other fanzines have produced larger issues, certainly, but only for anniversaries, ete. ANDROMEDA is ALWAYS about twice as large as the average fanzine. We offer cash prizes for the best contributions in each issue—the only British fanzine to do so. The content is evenly divided be- tween fiction and fact. The articles are about the professional and fan publishing fields, the personalities behind them, and S-F fandom(nice people, fans—you should get to know them sometime!). DAVE RIKE, our U.S.A. Corres- pondent, provides news, views, reviews to the extent of several pages in each issue. Like Forrie Ackerman, Dave is a_ native Californian with a distinctive style of his own. Send 2s. for a copy of ANDROMEDA (or 7s. for four issues), to Peter Campbell, 60 Calgarth Rd., Windermere. — 138 COMIC IOOXS.CON)