Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 56 — page 133: what you’re looking at

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NON-FICTION FIELD AND FOREST, by Islay Manley, is an admirable book, and would be just the thing for anyone who thinks plants are merely plants. The author goes into detail—just enough detail—about the more usual flowering plants and also the less well-known ferns, lichens, conifers, fungi, liverworts, etc. The illustra- tions are good and the paper is nice. There are two indices —one general and one of plants—and a glossary. We think the language used is a little too poetic: it is practic- ally all we would quarrel with. The book is published by Batchworth Press Ltd., 54 Bloomsbury Street, W.C.1, at 16s. Those of you who have seen Walt Disney’s film THE LIVING DESERT will know 132 what a successful and beauti- ful film it was. Now we have a book based on the film, about the lesser known desert ani- mals and their lives. There are very many photographs, all in colour, and quite a few drawings. The wording is an augmentation of the narrative in the film, and reads very nicely. At the end we have various lists of animal and desert terms, desert characters and plants, and an index. Well worth the 8s. 6d. charged by Rathbone Books, Adprint House, Sia Rathbone Place, W.1. We look forward to others by the same author. Patrick Moore’s GUIDE TO THE PLANETS is a companion volume to his Guide to the Moon. It seems of special interest to amateur astronomers as it contains an appendix which gives particu- on. ° ‘ . ee ae eee eee er! lee eee comicloooks.con