Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 53 — page 139: what you’re looking at

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OVERSEAS SECTION N.Z. CLUB -? I have been trying to start a S.P. Club here for some time but just cannot find sufficient fans, although I have advertised in our newspaper. The reason I want to raise interest is because of about seventeen book- shops in Christchurch, only three: are still selling S.F. and I’m afraid these three will also stop selling S.F. Could you tell me if you know of any other §8.F. Club in N.Z. Could you give me the name of anyone over there who could tell me just how a club should be run? G. W. Sarchett, 2 Curries Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch, New Zealand. Well, if publicity in Authentic will do any good, here it is. Sorry, but we don’t know of any N.Z. Clubs off- hand. Your best bet on finding out how to run clubs is to write to the editors of various British fanzines, which are reviewed in Authentic. 138 sect les THRIVING I would like to thank you for the nice writeup you gave us for our publications, Etherline and Question Mark. We have had quite a few in- quiries because of it. There is no possibility of E or Q.M. folding for at least a couple of years. We can get all the news we want for Etherline with books, mags, reviews and club reports, etcetera, but material for O.M. is not so easy to get, as we are not looking for the general run of articles, but some- thing more serious, like factual stuff on space travel. But fiction of any type is welcome. Well almost any type. What we would like to get is a regular correspondent in England for Etherline, who could supply us with local news of fandom, and anything at all in the way of articles, stories and poems re O.M. Mervyn R. Binns, 4 Myrtle Grove, Preston N 18, Victoria, Australia. Glad to hear the thriving news, Mervyn. Nothing sickens us more than hearing of a fanzine dying, usually through lack of initiative or through personal squabbles. We think this bit of publicity will bring you more offers of correspondents than you want! Keep in touch. comiclooks.conn