Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 56 — page 139: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

OVERSEAS SECTION FUTURISTIC I have got up to February, 1954, issue (from 1952). Have been reading back issue which I got about four days ago. Have missed out on Authentic because about three or four years ago I got about thirty or forty British S.F. books, same size as Authentic, and they were trash. But Authentic has really improved amazingly. I am enjoying Process, by Hickey, so much that it made me get out pen and paper to write you. I would like to see more stories of the believable future. In other words what may happen, scientific, mental, social, economic development. Space travel at a minimum— possible only to Moon. Stories on this Earth, no miracles, except O.K. when fantasy rather than science. Ted Forbes, 2505 Champlain Street, N.W. Washington 9, D.C. Glad to hear from you, Mr. Forbes. And by now you will see that we frequently have articles about the Suture. 138 “TABLE TOP ‘ I have been a reader of science fiction for many years. I have followed both fiction and fact very carefully. Recently my friend, a photographer, and myself decided we would do some table top photography and the subject we chose was man’s first landing on the Moon. I thought you might be interested in our effort so I am enclosing a copy of the photo. I appreciate there are several faults in the photo. The two most out- standing are the Earth is too dull and then so are the stars. Now to give you a few details of the spaceship and the set-up in general. First the ship. It was made from a table tennis ball for the crew compartment, one sixteenth inch diameter dowel for the frame, the sixteen rocket motors are made from small paper cones; and the fuel tanks, the four on the ship and the two on the ground, are dis- carded pen cells. The landscape was made from pieces of rock and sand (Egyptian) on a base board about three feet square. The sky was a large piece of film backing paper with a white half-disc glued on for the Earth and pin holes for comiclooks.conn