Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 46 — page 155: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION ing. We now have seventy members and 725 items in our library. We have twenty-nine Authentics and are still filling in our back numbers. We operate a postal library with members in Australia, and corres- - pond with anyone who wants to write to us from overseas. Sydney fans, who are now preparing for the Third Australian Science Fiction Convention, have now got their own club rooms. Meetings are held every Thursday night and also on Saturdays. On Monday nights, the rooms are used for auctions, debates, talks, etc. One thing I would like to ask you—how about having a page or two in Authentic containing news or articles on fan clubs throughout the world? Michael Bos, 24 Spencer Rd., Killara, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. That’s wonderful progress, Michael, and we’re very glad indeed that you wrote and told us about it. We take a great interest in fan affairs all over the world—which makes us think that your idea for a regular club column is a good one. We will run it from the next issue— and it will be up to fan clubs every- where to keep us supplied with news of their doings. FAIR . . . the article on ESP was very informative and fairly unbiassed, which is unusual in such articles. Your answers to “Projectiles” are usually quite fair... Bruce Whitefield, 34 Dover Rd., Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia. No comment! Except: Thank you for a very nice long letter, Bruce. (Many other overseas letters are being held over until the next issue, _due to lack of space.) HOME SECTION: NESFS In my letter which appeared in Authentic No. 38 I called on science fiction fans in the north-east to form our own society. I am now pleased to say that the North East Science Fiction Society is now in operation. We have quite a large number of members, and regular meetings are being held at the Lampton Arms, Chester-le-Street. The only person to answer my letter was Mr. G. E. Mason of 24 North Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Burtley, Co. Durham. From that point, we discussed, via letter, what form the club would take, meetings, etc. Then Mr. Mason got down to the hard and tedious task of digging up local fans. In time he contacted thirteen fans, and through them others were made known. Mr. Mason is the President of the Society. At my end I was busy arranging a fanzine. This goes into 154 conmicloooks.comnn)