Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 56 — page 47: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION ench in the wind-swept park. They chose a diffzrent park for each meeting—it was safer that way. The man who was nick- named “Beef” stared at his companion. “Six months,” he breathed. “By God, old man, I’m sorry.” “IT know what you’re think- ng, Beef. On, I know you like m2 and everything, but you're not really thinking of that, are you? Don’t bother to answer; I can see you’re not. What was the motto, now? When the League has won its fight, then the indi- vidual can win his.” “Don’t talk like said the other man. “Oh, it’s all right, Beef. You won’t hurt my feelings. In fact, to tell you the truth, I more or less think the same Way as you, now, having been in the League for so long. Idealism is catching, you know.” He paused a moment, choosing his words carefully. Then he went on: “You're thinking about the ship, aren’t you? You’re thinking about the colony on Phobos?” that,” bh The other man nodded. Yes, the colony on Phobos, thought the man who had only six months to live. The colony that formed the heart of the second section of the League’s dual plan. It had been built up under the very eyes of the World State, for to all intents and purposes if was composed of a normal group of colonists content to face the disadvan- tages of living in air-bubble towns, content to work very hard indeed for small recom- pense, and content to live on a tiny satellite of Mars where contact with Terra was cut to a bare minimum. In reality, by far the major- ity of the colonists were Heretics who had been secretly aided by the League bosses in obtaining their emigration ermits, health permits and so on. The colony had been started forty years before, and throughout the succeed- ing years the process of getting non-Heretics out of the Satellite and members of the League in had improved from its origina] hit-and-miss status to that of an effective and highly-organised system. And the colcnists were there comiclbooks.corn