Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 53 — page 129: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION nobody—nobody—can get up and say that it is a hoax, for that would be sheer prejudice and quite irrational. How- ever much one may be startled by the account in this book of a meeting with a Martian, and however much one may feel that this is all a bit silly, there is no foundation what- soever for such views. The logical mind must accept the possibility of its truth. That, certainly, leads to interesting cogitations. Mr. Allingham claims that, while walking in Scotland, he saw a flying saucer land, watched its occupant get out and then had a short “con- versation”? with him—which established that the man was from Mars. One is reminded all the time of Adamski’s piece in The Flying Saucers Have Landed, of course, but here the narrative is much more reasonable and credible. A lot of the book has nothing whatever to do with this saucer, but is all about other saucers and could well have been left out; only 40 pages out of 143 are relevant. Still, you read it and see what you think. For the many science fiction fans who want to know the origin of the Moon, a new piece of authoritative lore is now available. This is THE MOON PUZZLE, by N. O. Bergquist (Sidgwick & Jack- son, 1 Tavistock Chambers, W.C.1, 16s.). The whole story is too big to go into here, but we will say that every aspect of this topic is explored with scientific detachment, every theory is carefully criticised. The conclusion is that a planetoid grazed the Earth in the distant past—and we must say the argument is most convincing. A highly recom- mended book. YOUR TRIP INTO SPACE, by Lynn Poole, is put out by Lutterworths (4 Bouverie St., E.C.4) at 8s. 6d. It’s American in origin, but none the worse for that. In simple, intelligent language, it deals with prac- tically every aspect of space travel. It is quite well illus- trated with clear diagrams, and should prove eminently suitable for any bright young- ster. Recommended. WORLDS IN SPACE, by Martin Caidin, is another of the very fine space-fact books put out by Sidgwick & Jackson. This one costs 17s. 6d. and is well worth it. Illustrated 128 comicloooks.com