Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, Issue 45 — page 143: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION palatable exposition that should cover all their wants. Please buy them. * LANDS BEYOND is another of those rather extraordinary books that Willy Ley writes when he is not turning out space travel books. This one is jointly authored by L. Sprague de Camp, is published by Sidgwick & Jackson at 2ls., and takes the genera] form of DRAGONS IN AMBER, THE LUNGFISH AND THE UNICORN, etc. You will now know that it is eminently readable, in- triguingly broad in scope of ideas, and that it deals with the kind of things that no one else has ever written about in the same way. LANDS BEYOND, in the publishers’ words, is “‘a sort of geography of those lands of the imagina- tion which figured in the tall tales of travellers and poets.” Atlantis, El Dorado, the Sea of Sinbad, the land of Prester John, Golden Men and Amazons—these and others just as absorbing form the chapters of this excellent book of fabulous parts. The book is very well worth reading, and S. & J. must be con- gratulated on bringing the book out in its original American design. 142 An indispensable ‘“‘must”’ for all science fiction readers who are sometimes troubled by the meanings of scientific terms and ideas in stories is THE SCIENCE READER’S COM- PANION, published by Ward Lock (6 Chancery Lane, Lon- don, W.C.2) at 15s. This is a 256-page book listing in alpha- betical order an enormous number of terms, together with long explanations of their meanings. Supporting the text are 200 diagrams and 50 very excellent modern photographs. Here and there are slight inaccuracies or biased explanations, but it would be invidious to point them. out, for they hardly affect the general usefulness of the book. Remember that this is not merely a dictionary. In effect, the nine well-qualified authors have produced an elementary textbook of anti- biotics, archeology, astro- nautics, astronomy, atomic physics, biochemistry, chem- istry, electricity, electronics, ethology, geology, mathema- tics, mechanics, medicine, metallurgy, meteorology, paleontology, physics, physi- ology, plastics, psychology, radiology, radio, television. And a great many of the terms are of very recent comicloooks.com