Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 48 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION Thelma has been making quite a name for herself in the States with these short pieces. Very few people can write on sucha small canvas with such neat effect. Maybe you remember her story in my anthology, Tomorrow’s Universe? She wrote Servant Problem es- pecially for Authentic. Do tell me how you like it. On the non-fiction side we are also building up a fine batch of regular writers. Frank Wilson is here again with his logic series. This will soon turn into a series on scientific method, telling you how it is that scientists go about find- ing out things. John Tayne keeps cropping up lately and he is back again this issue with a masterful piece on evolution. Many readers have asked for an article on this thorny subject; I hope you will agree with me that John has success- fully removed the thorns. Another non-fiction writer who seems to be carving a niche for himself in our pages is C. V. Jackson. You will undoubtedly remember his piece on medical progress in the future. Some correspond- ence about this from a doctor is printed on pages 121-123. And Jackson gives us an interesting article on inven- tions, not great but small, in this issue. If you want to follow the advice he gives, write to him, not me! (Unless you’ve got an invention for editing a magazine with utter perfection.) : The first in the series on fan clubs appears on pages 105-106. This one is about the London Circle. Don’t forget that if you want your club written up, send me all the information you can about it. All part of the service. Our Great Man this month is John Stuart Mill, the philo- sopher. A queer man was Mill, mixture of genius and complete idiot. You can read about him on pages 119-120. Supporting features, as usual, are fanzine reviews, book reviews and projectiles. Not a bad bit of variety, I think. I’m trying to cover as wide a field as possible in this non-fiction material. Got any ideas? This month sees the last of our present cover series, loth as I am to see it stop. But we've got quite a good series to follow—a tour of the solar system, planet by planet, ina way that’s never been done before. Trust Authentic to be different, but good, eh? See you next month. H.J.C. comiclbooks.con