Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 53 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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This is one of those months when I don’t tell you much about the contents, because I’ve got something more im- portant to say. I'll just men- tion that this month sees the first part of our new art- paper supplement, which I hope you will like; and that we have the first winner in our readers’ story competition. Peter Rigby gets six bound books as his prize. Why don’t you have a go? Now, what I really want to talk about is our poll. Unlike us, we are last in the field with this, for our major rivals have already held theirs. But in a sense we are still first in the field—ours is the only poll which is entirely concerned with improving a magazine. 2 BALCAMDSEL . a i You see, I don’t really care how old you are, what you do for a living, whether you are married, what side you sleep on, and whether you are able to roller skate. All that maiters to me is what you think of Authentic and how you think it could be im- proved. I am not trying to find out the general character- istics of fandom. I am not interested in what is your favourite magazine. I am not concerned with what age- group reads Authentic, To hell with abstracts! Let’s have something more concrete than mere numbers! On page 143 you will find twenty-five suggestions for improving this magazine. You tick them if you agree with commiclooks.conn