Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 50 — page 141: what you’re looking at

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Sure you could have something different—and then Authentic would cost you more. The paper's pretty good as magazines go, and it isn’t really yellow, is it? And the double column printing lets us get more words to the page by using smaller type than could be read easily in a long line. Want us to cut down on wordage? Sorry, we can’t do anything for you! NEITHER Just a few words about the cover of No. 47. Will the bridge of hot gases that joins the red giant and the yellow star in the binary fol- low the yellow star along its orbit until such time that the white member of the twin becomes the nearer of the two, and then flicker across and form a band of even hotter gases? Or should there be a permanent bridge between all three of the stars? William Hammond, Miners Hostel, Sharp Street, Walkden, Lancs. Neither, William. The streak of light issuing from the yellow star is able. AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION quite unconnected with the red giant. It is a spiral of hot gases—you can see a part of the spiral at the top of the cover—lying in the plane of the binary. True, it “‘looks” as though the gases are joined to the red giant, and this is just how it looks in a tele- scope; but it’s an optical illusion. Caught you! WITTY I have read a fairly immense amount of science fiction, and have published and broadcast an article on the subject, and although I try hard to explain every reason for people reading science fiction to my friends, I find it very difficult to explain that science fiction can possibly have a funny side and that there is such a thing as a “‘witty”’ science fiction story, and I have to admit that they are pretty rare. I wonder if you could oblige by printing one? T. B. Pulvertaft, 55 Oakley Gardens, London, S.W.3. Been asleep? We've published several! | RRR REE EA A AAA) \) ANNOUNCEMENT \ A limited number of Authentic back issues are avail- \ Nos. 29 to current issue. 4 Address your orders to:— SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT, ’ AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY. \ (AZ Ze 8 Ae ea” Ze Ze Ze Ae Ze Ae 72 Ze Ze Ze Ae Ze Ze Ae Ze we 140 comicloooks.conm