Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 46 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION Expanding Universe—is it an illusion? by B. G. Puttick. Now Mr. Puttick is a reader who answered my request for scientific articles for a com- petition (see Editorial No. 43) and whose entry is the best of those yet received. So, Mr. Puttick receives a year’s free subscription to AUTHENTIC. You can have a shot yourself. Send me articles of 1,000 or 2,000 words, marked “‘com- petition.”’ No text-book stuff and no encyclopedia rehashes. I want something into which genuine thought has been put. I, personally, disagree with _ much of what Mr. Puttick has to say, but that is no reason why he should not say it, and _ ashe has obviously put a lot of work into it, I see no reason why it should not be published. Less happily, there are one or two factual mistakes in his ar- ticle. I am leaving them in so that you can test yourselves by trying to find the errors. Write and let me know. But this is not a competition and no prizes will be awarded! By the time you read this, the Supermancon, Britain’s first post-war out-of-London, National Science Fiction Con- vention will be over, but at the time of writing I am getting all excited about it. Apparently the Manchester people, after a rather slow start, are racing in to a finish with dash and éclat. And it seems now that this will be a really fine show. I hope a lot of you attended, for it is only by the support of indi- vidual fans that these fan- organised conventions can survive. I hear, too, that the young group out in Surrey are plan- ningto hold asmall convention next year, and are already searching for people to help. Anyone in that area—or out of it—who would like to come in on the ground floor of a con- vention should contact Colin Parsons, 31 Benhillwood Court, Benhillwood Road, Sutton, Surrey. Colin is the Editor of the fanzine FISSION, which came into being largely through AUTHENTIC, so I feel a certainamount of special good- will towards this group! You will see in the Projec- tiles section that a couple of other fan groups are starting up. Let us have more. Anyone, anywhere, who wants to start a group in his—or her!—area, just write to me and I will give the project publicity. All part of the service. H.J.C. comiclooks.corn