Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 48 — page 136: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION first issue contains an article by me, so there’s really no more to be said, though I’d better mention that co-contri- butors include Walter Willis, Frank Arnold, E. J. Carnell, and several more whom you know quite well, with, naturally, Tubb, McKenzie and Clark. Also, you might like to know that the usual fan dribblings are not con- tained in 2, so they say. It is said to be a publication “by the elite, for the elite.” That could mean you, too, of course. When I tell you that its printed on green paper with mushroom men round the edge, you'll know just what they mean by elite. Being a London _ publica- tion, there is no guarantee that it will come out regu- larly or at all, but the buy- as-you-like-it terms take care of that. Since everybody con- cerned with z reads all the science fiction there is, it is understandable that they are not interested in “swapping” with other fanzines. The only way to get it is by paying for 135 it. Nice and straightforward with nothing to confuse the neofans. Printing is limited each issue to 200 copies, and anybody who sends in money after they’ve all been sold will get it back. The editors also reserve the right not to sell it to anybody they think is not an acceptable reader, though what basis of selection they will use God only knows. t is in extremely capable hands, and it could be that this fanzine will reach the top of the tree. The main hazard to the life and progress of a fanzine has been shown to be squabbles among the editors. We think that this, at least, is most unlikely to happen in the case of 1. We are really overjoyed at its appearance, and we very sincerely wish it the very best of luck for the future. And we hope that every single reader will forth- with send off 1s. 6d. to J. Stuart McKenzie, 5 Hans Place, London, S.W.1. (If you mention Authentic you will probably be accepted as an acceptable reader !) comicloooks.com