Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 48 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION number of neutralisers from the Takato Belt to Venus to help arrest this blight.” Tabarni started laughing again. ‘ Takato—er—Direc- tor,” he rumbled. “ You mean to turn these life - giving devices to destructive pur- poses. Truly you are your father’s son. Your scheme is brilliant.” “* Destructive ? defensive, rather. I’m glad you approve the scheme. Now, Tabarni, if there is nothing more to discuss .. . I’m rather busy. I should like you to leave again for Venus immediately. You will want to be on the spot when the neutralisers arrive.” Tabarni rose and silently produced his crimson emana- tion which wrapped them both in insensitivity for a few moments. The red haze dis- appeared, the office resumed its normal dimensions and Tabarni walked _ silently through the doorway. Call them FIGHTING HEADQUARTERS were usually very quiet, working 40 with the silent efficiency of a machine. Now they buzzed with activity. In the central operations room Marshal Takato paced to and fro, his eyes narrowed, his lips drawn back from his teeth in a snarl. In his hand he held a tran- script of the message which a monitor, orbiting one of the Martian moons, had _inter- cepted earlier in the day. It came from some body of up- starts describing themselves as the Venusian Revolutionary Council, and it was signed by someone called Cha Tabarni. The marshal read it again: “Violence and terror have been abolished on Venus,” the manifesto began. b “ Rasy,” sneered the mar- shal. “‘ There never was much violence or terror in that steaming swamp of pot- bellied farmers.” “The Venusian Revolu- tionary Council is deter- mined to bring about a state of liberty and tranquillity in the whole system. Solar comicloooks.con