Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 53 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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WITHOUT LOVE panion to reserved seats in Her Highness’ personal box.” I looked at Tiger, he looked at me. Now I knew what was going on. The Dianotrix had foreseen my reactions after the suggestion concerning the gorilla. She had known I would go out to Gayne, where I would meet Tiger. He had not been hiding, as he thought; he had been allowed to stay there. The Dianotrix had also foreseen that I would detect her scheme and had instructed the fight manager accordingly. And now Tiger and I were going to sit in her box where she could watch us squirm. It was not cruelty on her part; she probably did not think about my feelings at all; she merely intended to get an extra kick out of the games. And Tiger and I were too helpless to do anything but provide it. As a matter of fact, Her Highness Alisoun, Dianotrix of the Central Union, was most gracious when she entered the box. She congratulated me sin- cerely and charmingly on my 25 superb idea. “‘I am pleased to see you here. It shows that, at last, you are beginning to assert yourself.in a manner becoming a New Man.” The games began. WE SAT IN THE GLASS-ENCLOSED box, in full view of the crowd who had come to see the games, The glass was shatter- proof and airtight. Sometimes the Arena was flooded and the games took place under water, shark hunts and so on. A system of loudspeakers connected our box with the other boxes and with the Arena itself. Ithad lately become fashion- able with the gilded youth of the New Men to take an active part in the games. The two hundred odd girls who trooped out onto the pale green sand were, therefore, greeted with applause but not with astonishment. The girls acknowledged their reception and then proceeded to stage a delightful dance right below our box. comiclooks.conn