Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 54 — page 81: what you’re looking at

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behind, trying to get their attention, wildly excited. “The din is terrific,’ murmured Max Stein’s amplified voice over the PC. “‘Every car for miles has begun to blow its horn in anticipation of the announcement. I was right. It is going to be one of the three cars I saw back in the line. They are approaching the counting point. Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight. I think it is going to be that odd looking custom built model. Nine thousand and...” The bright blue car with the silvered windows and the odd wheels, im- movably jammed in the line of cars, before and behind and to each side, fender to fender without an inch of room to turn, moved helplessly for- ward as the line moved. And the automatic counter counted, and the figures changed on the dial in front of the eyes of Max Stein and the television audience. “*.. . ninety-nine. Yes, it is going to be the blue car after all.’ There was a pause, during which only the wailing and howling and hooting of a thousand horns could be heard, and the camera eye scanned again up the highway, over the shining tops of automobiles that stretched six lanes and out of sight in both directions. “Ten thousand. The blue car is the ten thousandth to cross the line onto the new continental highway! Congratulations!” The door of the blue car was gripped and flung open and the inhabitants looked out into the dazzling daylight with their blue tentacles curling in alien approxima- tion to the reactions of surprise and anger. The human outside, with the microphone in his left hand, reached forward with his right in a_ hearty gesture, squinting to see into the dark interior. “Congratulations,” repeated Max Stein to the observation party from Mars. *‘ You have won...a free... PO bug 1006 i MAM GS THIRTY-TWO FACTS ABOUT THE MOON Distance 238,857 miles Diameter . 2,160 miles Volume _. 1/49 of Earth’s Mass . 1/81.5 of Earth’s Density . 0.6 of Earth’s Surface gravity 1/6 of Earth’s Escape velocity 1.5 miles per second Albedo (brightness) 0.7% Number of craters over 30,000 counted Inclination: ~“s se 2° 6.5" Amount of surface seen from Earth. . 59% Time of orbit round Earth 29d. 12h. 44m. 2.78s. Speed of orbit round Earth 2,000 miles per hour Mean shadow length 232,100 miles commicbooks.com