Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 46 — page 153: what you’re looking at

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OVERSEAS SECTION STORY TYPE Just what kind of science fiction do you like? In the end there seems to be two or three main types. Human interest, “‘Foundation” and psychological studies. The first part wasn’t invented until the late *forties, but the popular deeper space school came in under E. E. Smith and Edmund Hamilton in the ’thirties. But they remained—to become popular under the pen of Asimov. These stories lack human interest—such as is found in Judith Merril’s Shadow on the Hearth. Although the old stories weren’t too well written, they seemed to have a certain ‘“‘This is for real, bud!” air to them. Many modern stories lack this. Psychological stories take in quite a bit of science fiction—very rarely is a novel good 152 without having a moral, or at least, a few pointed comments. But psy- chological isn’t the right name for them. They seem to be the authors’ views on certain subjects. Every now and then some author has some views which must have taken some thought on the rest of the human race, but not often. James Seusier, Route No. 4, Trenton, Tenn., U.S.A. Now what exactly are you getting at, Mr. Seusier? In answer to your first question—we like all kinds of science fiction. SAUCERS I would be deeply indebted to anyone who could send me data on flying saucers. I make this request because I am in possession of some excellent authentic photographs of these strange craft. I say craft because I am really convinced that we have been honoured with a visit by intelligent beings from another comiclooks.corn