The Critical Journal of the British Science Fiction Association #249 • september/october 2006 • £2.so Vector 249 The critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association Contents The British Science Fiction Association Torque Control 3 Officers Editorial by Geneva Melzack & Niall Harrison President Sir Arthur C. Clarke, CBE Finding Tomorrow's Futures 4 Vice President Stephen Baxter By Angie Edwards Chairs Pat McMurray & Julie Rigby Twenty Years After 5
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