Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 52 — page 143: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION HURRY! THERE ARE ONLY A FEW COPIES LEFT OF THE AUTHENTIC BOOK OF SPACE Edited by H. J. CAMPBELL F.C.S., F.R.H.S., M.S.C.1., F.B.LS. Foreword by ARTHUR C. CLARKE B.Sc., F.R.A.S., F.B.1.S. Contains over 100 pages of articles and stories by leading SF experts, including William F. Temple, Harry Harper, Ralph Smith, David Mcliwaine, H. K. Bulmer, E. C. Tubb, Forrest J. Ackerman and others. Several full page colour plates; dozens of illustrations. Sole Distributors are Sandie Bros. Ltd., London, E.C.} The Publishers have a few copies left for their sub- scribers. Write NOW to AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION 30-32, Lancelot Place, Knightsbridge LONDON, S.W.7. MIRACLE Honestly, I can’t see how you consider it a miracle to have a fanzine published in London. London should be leading the field of fanzines. London, the heart of British Science Fiction for years, and out of all the fen in the area not one has ever lifted a finger to produce a regular fanzine. Yet we have fanzines printed in many trans-Londonian places. If you rate it a miracle to see a fanzine from London, then no doubt it is ultra-miraculous to see one from the North-East where fen are almost unknown? Don Allen, 3 Arkle Street, Gates- head 8, Co. Durham. Don, old chap—THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT! POESY Don Allen (issue 44) needs a feud in Authentic. How’s this? I like Berry’s style of writing. As for him copying Bradbury’s style, humbug! This form of writing is excellent for shorts, it’s like poetry, it’s an art that’s trying to express itself. It makes you read it over and over again, and each time you appreciate the story more. I am fifteen, and would like to get in touch with teen-age fans anywhere. Would they please write to me? Bill Harry, 69 Parliament Street, Liverpool 8. Glad you agree with us about Berry, Bill, You're a man of perception, 142 comicloooks.conn