Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 54 — page 134: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCLENCE FICTION issue or 12 issues for $1, or 7s. for 12 issues, to be sent to Fred Robinson, 63 New- borough Avenue, Llanishen, Cardiff, Glam., South Wales, or to John Gregor, Newhaven Street, Everton Pk., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In No. 33 there are stories, fanzine revicws, news articles (one by Isaac Asimov), book re- views, a poem, “for sale” pages—all nicely produced. American in interest, but all interesting. ALPHA starts off well with a lovely cover by Ben Abas, but the contents are not, perhaps, quite up to their usual high standard. It is edited by Dave Vendelmans, 130 Stryd- hoflaan, Berchem, Antwerp, and, for a year’s Alphas, 4s. or 60 cents (in stamps) should be sent to Harry W. Roscoe, L. Beeldeken sstr. 124, An- twerp. No. 7 contains all the usual fanzine features and pages of readers’ letters (headed “‘Postage to Europe— 4d.!’). Magazine and fanzine reviews are plentiful, too. This fanzine is one of the easy-to-read ones. HODGE PODGE is one of the finest fanzines we’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. Num- ber 12 came to us by courtesy of Stuart Mackenzie, editor of i, and we are grateful to him for introducing us to this most sensible, sane, amusing fanzine. It is published by the Share girls—Nancy (Hodge) and Marie-Louise (Podge)—from P.O. Box 31, Danville, Penna, U.S.A. It is available to overseas fans if . they send a letter of comment or some material for publica- tion. One of the nicest things about it is that it is inter- national in scope. Much of its contents are written by Euro- pean fans—unlike most American fanzines, which are rather insular. And the con- tents are good. Some of the poems are the best fan efforts we've seen. Here and there the illustrations are hand- coloured and very well done. A splendid job, Hodge. Nice . work, Podge. i really hit us in the eye. with its third (Christmas) issue. This; surely, must be the biggest and best fanzine issue ever published—120-odd 188 comicloooks.conn