Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 47 — page 138: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION MORE PLANETS? I particularly like your articles and features, especially those that dealt with the planets. I find myself wishing there were more planets. Perhaps you could start a series dealing with the different types of suns. Your magazine is undoubtedly the best British science fiction magazine distributed in South Australia and is certainly on a par with the best American magazines. John Ziegler, 11 Theresa Street, — Norwood, South Australia. _ Glad you like the non-fiction, John. So do many other readers. Glad, too, that you rate us so highly. We hope we continue to please you. PEN PAL Having read all your books from No. 9 ofiwards I feel that I would like to offer a few of my opinions, for what they are worth. Your covers are the finest I have seen on any science fiction magazine and I hope you will keep up the high standard you have set. Secondly, your non-fiction articles are also tops and are so interesting that I find myself reading these first. Your stories, I feel, are declining, apart from Bryan Berry and one or two others. Some stories to my mind approach ordinary thriller or ad- venture stories, which, though set on distant planets or in the future, could quite easily be set in the present era on poor old Earth. If you publish this, I wonder if any other Johannesburger reading it would like to communicate with me with a view to swapping sf books, and I would welcome any other pen pals of about my age (20) from anywhere. Keith Bartlett, 20 Emmarentia Ave., Parkview, Johannesburg, S.A. Sorry that you think we’re on the downgrade, Keith, though we wish you had been more specific and mentioned titles. We can’t offhand think of any that fit your description, but then, maybe we're biassed! Hope you get some pen pals. DESPERATE! In desperation I am writing to ask if you could feature a request in one of your future issues for any of the following numbers: 10, 11, 12,. 13, 19. These five issues are the only ones I need to complete my library of Authentic. If any of your readers have these copies and would like to sell them, I will be only too glad to buy them. Allan Moston, 24 Lucerne Street, Ashburton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. We're sure you would, Allan, but we don’t hold out very high hopes that you'll get them. Most readers like to keep Authentic, and only very recent back numbers are still floating around. Still, keep your Singers crossed! SOLID Whenever I see your cover it says to me: “Here is something that is here to stay!” It is a good, solid looking cover and fitting for a magazine of such quality... Arthur J. Damarell, 30 Shipster Street, Gorresville, South Australia. 2 Thank you, Arthur, thank you, thank you...! 137 Connicloooks.conrn