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Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. C.l. BOOKS: ETHNICAL BOOKS, LATEST NOVELS MAGAZINES, PAPERS, SUBSCRIPTIONS Assignment in Eternity R.Heinlein 12/- A.D.2500 A.Wilson 18/9 A World of Differance R.Conque st 15/5 If they keep up their terrific pace, A Private Volcano L.Sievking 15/5 Universal International Studios will probably be renamed UNIVER­ A Mirror for Observers E.Pangborn 15/6 SAL INTERPLANETARY Studios ! They are now the undisputed lead­ Burn Witch Burn A.A.Merret 14/6 ers in the scifilm field. In addition to the record breaking Brain1 Wave ’ ■ Pl Ander soth./r 15/5 (it was named 5th in the month of December by VARIETY) TARANT - Crisis 2000 0.E.Maine ULA they are finishing THE DEADLY MANTIS for early release. The Demigods A.G.Bennett Also slated are THE MOLE MEN (subte­ A. 0.Clarke 15/5 rr aneon civilization), THE LAND UNKNOWN (dinosaurs on the prowl) Lest Darkness Fall L. S.deCamp 15/6 and Richard Matheson’s THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, from his Looking Forward M.Lesser 19/9 recent Gold Medal PB, THE SHRINKING MAN. Dick is reported to he GoO.G.666 J.Taine happy with the amount of original story they allowed him to re­ Midtoomm C.M.Kornbluth 15/6 tain in the script. Shadows in the Sun C.Oliver He is hoping to interest UI in revi­ Split Imagage R.De.Rouens 15/6 ving their property, CONJURE WIFE, and allow him to script it . The Space Merchants Pohl & Kornbluth It was filmed some years ago under the title of WITCH WOMAN, The Seeds 15/5 of Life J Taine and flopped. If this is not feasible, he would like to do Jack ouched by Human Hands R'*Sheckley 15/6 Williamson's DARKER THAN YOU THINK. What a film that would be! Worlds of Tomorrow A.Derleth Whan the Moo® Died R.Savage • Charles Beaumont has prepared an or­ Wild Talents W.Tucker 15/5 iginal screenplay, THE MAN WHO COULD NOT DIE for early product­ POCKET BOOKS: ion by UI. The Day of the Triffids J.Wyndham There is a possibility of two sci fi The Kraken Wake s V- shows running simultaneously on Broadway ! In addition to the The War off V- the Worlds H.G.Wells V- forthcoming VISIT TO A SMAIL PLANET by Gore Vidal, and starring 19 84 G.Orwell ^Z- Cyril Ritchard, there is talk of producing Ray Bradbury’s FAH­ Dreaming Jewals T.Sturgeon ^Z- RENHEIT 451, with Charles Laughton in the lead. Jack of Eagles J. Bl ish 5/- 'THE LEADING HIIIWE FICTION JOURNAL THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL 4 SCI FI FLASHES ETHERLINE

Mexico is rapidly becoming the scifilm pro­ duction centre, with Brynie Foy heading there to ready the sequel to 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. Title will be THE MYSTERIOUS IS­ LAND. Also in production south of the border are THE LIVING IDOL and Frank Quattrocchi’s GIGANTURO (formerly GIGANTOSO). Ivan Tors rumored to be returning to sci-fi film making with a vehicle tentatively titled THE SPACE AROUND US An unusual title in VOTER, AUTUMN, SUMMER, SPRING cloaks a film dealing with the theme of weather control. Dirty pros are invading the American fan A'new British CinemaScope film in the mak - scene. ing is FLAME IN THE SKY, dealing with the supersonic jet and roc­ This is not unusual, considering that the ket ships breaking the space barrier. Bobs Bloch and Tucker have been among the most active and most literate for monetary gain - then must fandom sound the old old Curt Siodmak is on location up the Amazon , battle cry , ’First fandom is not dead!' and rally to the def - producing another of his sci films. No title as yet, but from ence ! the location, I'd suspect DONOVAN'S SHRUNKEN HEAD or THE AMAZON - "Gnome Press Presents...... The Science IAN BRAIN ! Fiction World", thus beginning the hateful invasion from anoth- 14 feet will be the height of THE BEAST OF . er world, where editors sometimes pay money, an Ghod is spell­ HOLLOW MOUNTAIN, upcoming sci fi western, filmed in the new med - ed God ! THE SCIENCE FICTION WORLD, edited by Messrs. Bloch and ium of Regiscope and, of course, color. Stars Guy Madison. Tucker, is supposed to be a ’newspaper' to reach many thousands of readers to whom the term ’actifan’ has no meaning whatsoever: American Releasing Corp prexy James Nichol­ Those who regularly' or occasionally purchase science fiction in son, longtime fan, was so impressed with Paul Blaisdell's THE DAY books and magazines, but have not yet discovered the unique THE WORLD ENDED, that he is considering several repeats along the world of fandom...... we trust we will not confuse the newcomer same theme. Film was released in Detroit on December 10th, fol­ to the field with undue abstrusities nor try the patience of the lowed by San Francisco on Dec. 12 and Milwaukee Dec. 15. oldtimer with our simplicity." Unfortunately the editors do Two upcoming TV series are Curt Siodmhk’s both in the first issue of the printed 4 page quarterly newspa­ color CAPTAIN FATHOM, and GENERAL UNIVERSE. per; they also speak half the time with a tongue-in-cheek super­ ciliousness hardly to be welcomed by the newcomer, half the time More film chatter next issue. with a formality unbecoming to either editor in a supposedly fannish publication. The jokes (Wanted: Four headed ■ girl to Forrest J. Ackerman. model new line in hats) are weak, the news sounds like excerpts from fan magazines- movie fan magazines. Advertisements for Gnome Press science fiction books are liberally - but not over­ Cover by KEITH MSLELLAND illustrating AN ATOMIC PILE ally so - sprinkled through the paper; it is, after all, Gnome

THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL______THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL 6 THE M^RKY yon ETHERLINE Press who subsidizes, prints and' distributes the thing. Theodore a 8004 a“rt-Sbart lat apSS Mr. Smith, after trying to intimidate me by minimizing my knowledge of the Rapidly Changing World I live in (’DO'YOU ENOW that New York’s Hayden Planetarium today has isSnid A"117 ?'igh^ GP°^S £a?e a COUple of typo^ZphicaFerrOTs- «It over 30,000 reservation-applications (two from'US Senators) for trips to the Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn?”), makes the fanrish s mid August as this issue goes to press, and your editors -' pitch in a separate sheet, entitled ‘These unsolicited comments from members help you understand the benefits of membership in the Science Fiction Book Club ’: TUGker’S MA WM TOMORROW was the July " 1 I have been one of the "fen" since the ciu-j-oo u_ cmci j first issue of RADIO NEWS by Hugo Gernsbeck, and can truthfully • zr> The newspaper should have improved when and -if say that science fiction far outranks other contemporary types of to enome Ino-80 literature, even some of the so-called classics.’ ’ Here’s to your continuing success! (Might I add that I have been a sf .fan since 1938, and am happy to see science fiction rise to its des­ .. tv. -u-> „ . The Vile Gousins of sf pros, the pronietorsof the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club, are also usiZg fandom X erved place in literature)’. ’It has been my desire for quite their own fiendish designs - the plot being to force hLd covX some time that a book club such as yours would come into being ; . a club offering the best in science fiction to the multitude of science fiction on the low-brow, high income public. A recent fen for such an agreeable low cost.’ ‘All fandom must be rejoi­ l^ter from the near-anonymous personage of Frank Snith, no title cing in the streets at the establishment of this milestone in SF cS^ uT'oXo wZ LJ the fabulSoCuiesn CSSc iefn-ctei oFnic’btiooZnk sB fodok? history.’ Those quoted' are, respectively and not so lub . Make no mistake about it,' says Mr. Smith, to be sure I make no mistake about it. ’Science Fie ion (capitals yet T is respectfully, Messrs. Harold Bonner, Roger P. Schad, Leo J. Pra- ntis and James A. Stockton. Someone please go and kindly put most iZtSv6 ^ts most challenging form - read by some of the them out of their misery on besmirching the fair name of fandom, re 0-1 1 t 1:4gent minds of the century.... more than TWO million with commercialism. regular readers attest to the fact that science fiction has Xp a lltera^ But if you have not yet read a sci- Also: somebody please tell me how I can T” ® f+X°n b°°k’ y°U ProhaW don't know what you are missing become a dirty pro. ± books offered- They a SX Alan E. Elms. Who hive SfAGINATION^’f Th6Se Vol™es are bitten for you ' no nave IMAGINATION... for you who realise the fantastic import o our atomic age....for you who have the daring to explore the ishXSZ fSn spine~chTlling Possibilities inherent in space fl- g t, time travel — and all the other thrilling avenues of thou- gh. ^d adventure to be found only in the new literature of this scientific age called SCIENCE FICTION ! ’ thlS Mama, I'm scared !

THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL ______THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL ETHERLINE AUTHOR STORY LISTING 9 AUTHOR STORY LISTING ETHERLINE AYR- Apr'531 As Soly and Enchanted.s 1. AN1, AS20 Bettyann.s 2. ASF Mar'51 Casting Office, nv 5. ASF Oct'49, AA4a 4. Cold War. s MF Sum'50^- Dumb Supper.s 5. IF Sep'53 Dust Thou Art.s 6. I Feb'53 Earth Alert.n 7. MF Win/Spr'50 Every Work in Judgement • s 8. SuS Sen'50 First, The.s 9. 00 Jul'50 Forbidden Fruit.s 10. ASF Feb'51, AS20 Franchise.s 11. GS Feb'52 Fresh Air Fiend.s 12. Spw Feb1 54 Going Home.s 13. MF Aug'53“, MF Au ratitude Guaranteed.nv 14. 3^ Number Twenty Four SuS Jul'49 Hand From the Stars, The.s KRTS NEVILLE 15. I Sep'51, All, AM3 Hold Back Tomorrow.s v 16. GS Jun'51 Compiled by Hunt the Hunters.s 17. AS May'50 If This be Utopia.s Donald H. Tuck. 18. MF Jun'53. AT12 It Pays to Advertise.s 19. Ft Jan/Feb'53 Man With the Fine Mind, The.s 20. TWS Jun'53 Marginal Error.s 21. MF Apr'53 Mission.s 22. MF Jun'51, ACF Jun Old Man Henderson, s 23. '53, AB2 One of the younger authors whose works are high AS Jul'50 One Leg is Enough.s class, this writer first appeared in SUPER SCIENCE STORIES July 49 24. Ft Sum'52 Opal Necklace, The.s with 'The Hand from the Stars'. One of his most notable-stories is 25. AN6 Overture.s 'Bettyann.' which appeared in the anthology ofn ew stories, NEW TAT ,FS 26. I Jan'54 Peril of the Starmen.n OF SPACE AND TIME. 27. AS Apr' 50 Satellite Secret.s 28. TS Spr'51 STORIES Seeds of Futurity.s 29. If May’53 She Knew he was Coming.s 1 30. I Jan’52 under pseudonym 'Henderson Starke' Special Delivery.n 31. MF Dec'50 2 Take Two Quiggies.nv with Reg Bretnor 32. I Dec'52 - a . , 33. Toy, The.nv MF Jun'52, AB13 British appearance was m 'Second Astounding 34. Underground Movement, s Science Fiction Anthology'

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35. Wind in her Hair.s I Oct'50 36. Worship Night, s MF Nov'53 37. Yes, or No.nv MS Aug'51.

Connected Stories: 2 & 26.

Next Author : Kendall Foster CROSSEN

English author, Arthur C. Clarke, recently a vis­ itor to Australia, is now en route ■to Ceylon, after a brief so — jura in the Uniced States.

English Editor, H. J. Campbell, longtime stay. of AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION, has relinquished his post as editor of that magazine to take up scientific research. Popular author E. C. (Ted) Tubb has been appointed editor in his stead. With all due deference to Mr. Campbell, I hope that Ted Tubb will make a few changes in the content of the magazine, throwing the emph­ asis back on to the story , instead of punishing.the science an­ gle as has been done in recent issues. If this is done, then I think it will regain its place in British science fiction.

Rumor has it that NEW WORLDS, excellent British prozine, is in the red to some extent. Let us hope that this as only temporary.

Bert Chandler, English author, is once again en route to Australia.

Arthur C. Clarke’s most ambitious venture to the present time, THE CITY AND THE STARS, which, by the way,. was gi- Interiors by~DICK JENSSEN

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ven the final polish during his recent visit, was published by the American firm of Harcourt Brace & Co., on January 26th. The inte­ resting point'was the fact that it was given a big budget adverti­ sing campaign, With the emphasis of the literary rather than the sf side of it. INVITES ATI, T’^SE INTERESTED PERSONS TO ATTEND THE STARTLING STORIES, oldtime US prozine, has been WEEKLY MEETINGS HELD AT :- suspended until further notice. This means that Standard Magazines the publishers, has no SF magazine on the stands, since the merg - 168 LENNOX STREET', RICHMOND. (1st. Floor) ing of THRILLING WONDER and FANTASTIC STORY with STARTLING. A LARGE LIBRARY IS AVA^ALLE TO ALL MEMBERS AT A

REASONABLE CHARGE. MOSTLY OF AMERICAN CONTENT. A new fantasy magazine recently saw the light of day for the first time in New York. Titled TRUE WEIRD, it's a FILM AND SOCIAL EVENINGS ARE HELD AT FREQUENT INTER­ large size slick, containing 82 pages and selling for 25c. It will appear bi-monthly. VALS. FEIA ZE FANS ARE MADE WELCOME. KEEP THURSDAY FREE Amidst the many magazine recently cutting pages or folding, Bob Lowndes mag, SCIENCE FICTION STORIES tipped its 1130- pages to 144 in the January issue.

Another 'annual' selection will join the two at present, BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES and STAR SCIENCE FICTION , when Dell issue the Judith Merril anthology, S.F.: THE YEAR'S BEST Are you planning to bring out a fanzine, checklist or similar publication ? Or for that matter, any type Please I t of amateur publication ! Then contact AFPA. PUBLICATIONS at 6 Bramerton Rd., One copy of Don Tuck's HANDBOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION. Caul field, S.E. 8., immediately for a quote on your Contact : Bob McCubbin, 90 Lilydale Grove, Hawthorn East, Vic. particular job. Believe me, you'll find that it is * AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE. most reasonable.

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Articles !!!!!!! Fiction !!!!!!!!! Poetry !!!!!!!!!!! Brisbane Science Fiction Group meeting on Thursday*, January 5th which was probably why the main discussion of the evening was Illustrations !!!!!!!’ about how to mix drinks - soft and hard. John Adams, a soutlrm gentleman from Virginia, made it tough for everyone by describ­ Color by courtesy of TECHNICOLOR III!!!!!! ing how to make a mint julep - having sat many a terne on . the Subs arranged thru: Ian J.Crozier, 6 Bremerton Rd., white-pillared porch of a colonial mansion, sipping one and gaz­ Caulfield, S. E. 8., Victoria. ing over the plantation. 1/- per copy 3 for 2/6 Very welcome member present was Charles - Mustchin, up from Coolangatta for a few days, partly on holiday and partly on business. He had with him a letter from Arthur C Clarke, written just before leaving New York for London, and sending greeti .gs to the Group. t ) }Ol//VD Present also were host and hostess George and Betty Tafe, Iris Girvan, Fred Drennan, Reg & Vai Urguhart , (Reg. Junior was home minding a baby sitter), Ken Quinlem, and That's perfectly right ! If that collection of Frank Bryning. __ „ magazines shows signs of becoming cover-conscious , A couple of recent issues of ETHERLINE were purveyed and library business transacted. But it was Jack then contact DON LATDIER immediately. gains' night, for he was next called upon to explain and justi­ fy the American system of awarding the Doctor of Philosophy de­ All bindings are finished in gold blockings if you so gree for a variety of specialised courses. After this learned desire, and a large variety of colours and cloths are disquisition though, the enervating conditions supervened, rand the conversation degenerated into shaggy dog stories. available. But when supper was produced, everyone at DON LATD.IER, once revived, and SF fandom in Brisbane functioned normally ag­ rear 646 Bell St., Pascoe Vale South, ain. WARREGO Melbourne...... Victoria. THE LEADING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL THE LF1DING SCIENCE FICTION JOURNAL

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IT WAS A DREAM by Rhoda Brougham (sickle, but no hammer); BEL­ IEF by Isaac Asimov (l can fly, said the fly >but nobody spider) Bradbury's VELDT again - pity (lions come out of the nursery walls); THE GHOST OF ME by Anthony Boucher (a premature apparit­ ion can't digest silver); THE WALL AROUND THE WORLD by Theodore Cosgwell (eagles, gliders or telekinesis ?); OPERATING INSTRUCT­ IONS by Robert Sheckley (telekinetic take-off); INTERPRETATION OF A DREAM by John Collier (precognition takes a tumble I); DE- FENSE MECHANISM by Katherine Maclean ( Telepathic defense mech­ anism - no telepathy !). This book can be recommended for anyone's Beyond the Barriers of shelves - especially the ones for re-reading. Bob McCubbin Space and Time THE POINT OF NO RETURN by Robert Verron, published by Wright & Brown, available .at McGills at 10/9. A new collection edited by JUDITH MERRIL This is juvenile, and somewhat horrendous . with an introduction by Theodore Sturgeon All over the earth, specialist and experimental craft are dis - appearing. Clues point to the emergence of a race of mutated fish with ideas of world dominion. There are several - chapters This anthology of 19 stories dealing with describing happenings in the cellars cf a castle like Dracula's the psi faculties has been collected by that great woman, Judith plus trained crocodiles, squids, leopard fish and various rays. Merril, and is published in U.K. by Sidgwick & Jackson , who kind­ A captured scientist poisons off the Poseidons, and destroys all ly supplied a proof copy. their power plants. If you like the would-be spinechiller, you The stories„ in precis, are : WOLF PACK , might like this. by Walter Miller (Bomber pilot in rapport with girl in city which Bob McCubbin he is to destroy); NO ONE BELIEVED ME by Will Thompson (he talked to dogs to avert injustice); PERFORCE TO DREAM by John Wyndham ( A THE TERROR IN THE SKY by Nigel McKenzie, published by Wright & psychiatrist creates a mass hallucination of the perfect lover);THE Brown, available at McGills at 10/9. • LAOCOON COMPLEX by J. 0. Fam's ( Serpents in the Suds); CRAZYJOEY by Clifton & Apostolides (telepathic school boy); THE GOLDEN MAN , This one ranges from Sing Sing's death cell by Philip Dick (Pan times Nostradamus equals the New race); MALICE to Mars. Ain atom spy - female - is sentenced to death, but , AFORETHOUGHT by Dean Grinnell (payment of a plagiarist); THE LAST with others, is reprieved on condition that they become crew SEANCE by Agatha Christie ( ectoplasm becomes protoplasm); BEHOLD meribers on an experimental rocket flight to Mars. They meet a

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super intelligence there, solve the riddles of the flying saucers, and the canals, and generally have a whale of a time. Reasonably adult in places, but - moisture in tablet form - sound barrier stops sound - troposhere is beyond Earth's gravitational pull and suchlike unscientific 'facts’ jarred this reader's sense of fair play. Readable. Bob McCubbin.

• Aaoa«aa««»oae«oo<>0««< 0 • o » 0 n « Pe^^^ffb i^sony-^l-Mary St., Longuervi- WORLDS OF TOMORROW edited by August Derleth, published by Weiden- feld and Nicholson, obtainable from McGills at 12/-, and contain­ lle, NSW, wants US GALAXY Oct 50 to Dec 51, US ASTOUNDING pre 52, ing 15 stories. US UNKNOWNS, US F&SF pre 55, BRE ASTOUNDING pre 49 and any BRE These arc of F. A. Q., and most of them have not UNKNOWN or AVON READERS. been anthologised before. They commence with the inevitable BraP For good condition copies, he will pay bury - THE SLUE (a bit of the Mona Lisa); followed by THE FIRES cash or trade current and back issue US magazines or PB’s. WITHIN (sub surface city) and SUPERIORITY (super weapons lose the battle), both by Arthur 0. Clarke; Derleth's MCILVAINE'S STAR (re­ Vai Morton, 24 Lucerne St., Alamein,Vic juvenation from Arcturus); Paul Fairman's BROTHERS BEYOND THE VOID wants TWO COMPLETE SCIENCE ADVENTURE BOOKS Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12,13 (they made a monkey of him); Hamilton's THE DEAD PLANET ( Earth passes the torch again); H B. Hickey's LIKE A BIRD, LIKE A FISH Will pay good price for each. (you can't have everything); Leiber's THE ENCHANT ED FOREST (a vary thorny problem for the prince); Frank B. Long's THE GREAT GOLD (A Leon Stone, 28 Elgin St., Gordon, NSV/ , man gets rid of his barnacles - and himself); Lovecraft's FROM wants copies of SLANT 1 & 3. Will trade two US prozines each. BEYOND (seeing things at night); Kuttner's LINE TO TOMORROW ( he got his wires crossed and got a straightjacket); St. Clair's THE GARDENER (tree, spare that woodman!); Sturgeon's THE MARTIAN AND John Gurney, 46 Macdonald St., Norman THE MORON (why not marry your E.T contact ?); Tenn's NULL-P ( he Park, Queensland, wants the following BRE ASTOUNDINGS : was just average); Wandrei's STRANGE HARVEST (sentient, ambulent Vol 5, Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 9. vegetation. Vol 6, Nos 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10. This anthology is recommended reading. Vol 7, Nos 1, Bob McCubbin Mr. E. Simm, 412 Collins St., Melbourne wants the issues of ASTOUNDING containing ICEWORLD by Clement. c. U. IN FIFTY SIX ! ! ! !

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Chas* Mustchin, Miles St;, Coolangatta, Queens­ land, wants the following : F&SF Any 49, 50, 51„ . . • •’ " \ -...... - ...... All 53 except Apr & Dec. Feb, Mar, Apr, May 54 UPPO^T ‘ Australians IF : Feb' Mar 54. latest fanzine, me2, containing 40 pages and Has for exchange : F&SF : Feb, Apr 52, GALAXY Sep, Oct 52 featuring a photographic cover. Good material IF Jul (no cover), Sep, Oct is wanted for future issues. Stories, articles, 54. ' TWS : Oct 39, Feb 51. cartoons and poems all welcomed. Advance subs STARTLING : Jun 52 now taken. 1/6 or 1 mint UK prozine. AMAZING : Feb 37. BEYOND THE MOON : Hamilton. Pete Jefferson & Roger- Sebel, 13 Carrington Ave., 3/10840 Sgt. R. Smith, Brit Com Amenities Unit, Bellvue Hill. NSW Cinema Sec, Sure. BAPO 5, Japan, has the following for sale : ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE (HC) Ed. Greenberg. 20/-. AWAY AND BEYOND by Van Vogt. 20/-. Ace Books : The Paradox Man (Harness)and Dome Around America (Williamson), The Stars are Ours (Norton) and 3 Faces of Time (Merwin) both at 3/- each. PB* s : STAR SHORT NOVEL, r v a THE EXPLORERS, FAR AND AWAY, SCIENCE FICTION THINKING MACHINES and J / / TAKEOFF," all at 3/- each. Magazines : F&SF : Dec 54, Jan, Mar, Apr Jun, Jul, Aug 55. all at 3/- ea. _ Owing to various factors outside our con­ trol, reviews have been slightly late in tie past few issues.In All prices post paid. order to correct this, several reviews, notably AUTHENTIC' 62 & NEW WORLDS 41 will be dropped, and the following, current, iss­ ues featured. We hope to keep up with them in future.

Next issue will see possibly the most noteworthy article we have yet printed, that popular Australian author Frank Bryning recently completed on Australian author who will be known to most of us as Eric North. He is extremely pop­ ular in America, where he has had several books published. But his fame comes from his writings under his own name, Bernard Cronin, one of the foremost men in Australian literature. Watch for this interesting article in the next issue.

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This issue features a photograph of Group Captain Peter Townsend on the cover, and his horoscope is inside. It contains material on hypnotism, mind reading, psychic Bible stories, catalepsy and various strange experiences. galaxy B. R.E. Number 33. Roger McHugh. Priced at 3/-. SCIENCE FICTION

An Emsh cover in typical style. James E . NEW WORLDS Number 42 Gunn's novelet LITTLE ORPHAN ANDROID is rather interesting. How- -SCIENCE Flew J can you compete with an android, as a consumer ? HUNTING PROBLEM by Robert Sheckley is an amusing story. Richard Matheson's ONE FOR THE BOOKS gives Quinn returns to the cover with another us a genuine quiz kid - but someone took the answers. In THE of his excellent jobs illustrating the lead novel, IAWYER AT LA­ FREELANCERS by Robert Zacks, it pays to be careful with your words, RGE, by I1'.. C. Tubb. I'd love to have this illustration. Maybe F. L. Wallace's END AS A WORLD is a nice at the Olympieon, huh ? The lead story is fair, question being piece of mood writing. is it murder to kill an E.T. when he doesn't look like a man. In the conclusion to Edson McCann's PREFER­ John Brunner's PUZZLE FOR SPACEMEN has RED RISK, the Company is forced to shelter all the world's refug - the psychologist proving it was murder by using the foreman.Not ees. had. PA! IKI । GAME by Brian Aldiss - they were unwitting contest­ A fair issue. ants in a toji; quiz show, and was the M. C, a subversive ? Tony Santos. THE JAKANDI MODULI by Francis G. Rayer now you're it, now you're not, and you've got an FTL drive.Fair. Frank Weight's PR.Ii.IE ESSENTIAL deals with a new method of train­ 0 ing planetary colonists. Fair. GATEWAY by Michael Harrison -he U forgot about, his weight and that's what killed him. Fair. IN John Newman in SOLAR INTERFERENCE draws FIFTY SIX some interesting conclusions from a study of data about sunspots

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