Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 51 — page 137: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION to learn about the peculiari- ties of stateside fanaticism. It _ costs 10 cents a copy from John Magnus Junior, 9312 Second Avenue, Silver Spring, Md. FISSION (see Projectiles) comes from the Surrey Circle of fans and its editor is Colin Parsons of 31 Benwood Court, Benhillwood Road, Sutton, Surrey. It costs 4/- for six issues or 9d. a copy. The 32- page issue number two is to hand. The editorial calls it the March issue, the cover says it is the February issue, its publishing date is the 10th of June and it reached us in late August. This, we think, is an indication of the sloppy way in which this fanzine is put together. True, the people who are running it have not yet reached the eminent height of maturity, but even young fans should be able to do a better job than this. Quite a quarter of the issue we have is unreadable due to careless duplication. The illustrations are poor in the extreme and the hand-titling makes one wince. Happily, the actual content of the thing is fairly 136 good—much better, indeed, than one would expect from a quick glance at the ink- smeared pages. If the Surrey Circle bestir themselves to make a neat job of the next issue, they may well produce a worthwhile fanzine. ALPHA is Belgium’s only fanzine, but that doesn’t stop us calling it one of the best English-speaking efforts we have seen. It is edited by Dave Vendelmans, 130 Strydhof Avenue, Berchem, and he makes a really fine job of it. It comes out bi-monthly and costs 4/- a year. Subscriptions should be sent to Harry W. Roscoe, | Beeldekensstr., 124 Antwerp. The fifth issue con- tains reports on two conven- tions (the British in reality and the Belgian in imagination) which are extremely well done and are lacking the puerile attempts at humour which stigmatise some other fan- zines. Although ALPHA has a strong continental slant, it would probably be of interest to most British fans. As we have said before, ALPHA is good; good enough to have a large circulation in Britain and America. comicloooks.com