Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 56 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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

STRANGE SUICIDE things are more puzzling. Some of the stuff he was working with indicates that he was also onto something connected with synthetic humanoid manufacture. Ob- viously he knew that to con- struct positronic brains or to dabble in android manufac- ture was illegal—consequently he used umpteen different supply companies to get his material. No one supplier could ever get sufficiently suspicious of him to warrant contacting the authorities. Yes, Dr. Robt Jaksn was certainly a clever man.” “But what would he have been doing with android manufacture? I don’t see the connection. Jaksn’s body was definitely that of a human, surely, otherwise the GT. stuff wouldn’t have taken effect.” “I know that.” “And another thing—if it was Jaksn’s body that we found, then who _ inserted the artificial brain?’ . “An accomplice, you’re thinking? Quite. We’re work- ing on that now.” “Any leads ?’’ ““We’re checking everyone we can think of. The big 25 trouble is this business of keeping the suicide dark. What I really need is a long talk with Jaksn’s widow and some of his more intimate friends.” “I was going to visor you about that just now.” “What do you mean?’ “I’ve been onto State Con- trol. They’ve told me that our department is free to question everybody we want to question; they’ve given us permission to psychoprobe anyone and everyone and to put psychobloks on them | afterwards.” *““Anyone and everyone?” “From an E ManUl to a StAcon Drector. This thing is big. If I don’t get it all sorted out I get down-graded.”’ *“Ow! That’s bad, sir.” ‘Bad bad, Kristofr; if I go under so do you, since you’re the man in immediate charge of the case. So the thing to remember is that we’re not going under. Sav?” “Savy? A pause. “Sav sir.” He stretched himself out on the foam couch, stretched out comiclooks.corn