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AT YOU tr 4 CD CD 3 20 o N to 3 ’ TH T , ™ 01 A tn CD 3 CD » 4 co o' 4 3 CD HAFY- NE^ YEAR ETHERLINB Advt BOOK........BINDING XjjxT VIEWPOINT BY EXPEETS * *'*-*** * * * 444444444 44 This issue we give you. 4 extra pages as a Chr­ DO YOU WANT TC) SAFEGUARD YOUR COLLECTION istmas special, plus an inside illustration. This ’ OF SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINES ? IF SO, last will be kept on if it proves popular. THEN SEE DON LATIMER AT ONCE IT!! HE I must apologise before-hand for the centres it the letters which,I note are falling »ut. The reason HILL BIND THEM FOR YOU AT A SMALL FEE. for this is that we have been landed with a new let • ALL KINDS OF BINDINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR of Australian stencils unbeknowns to us, and, as you will note, they are b................. awful. Mur inspection • This issue we present for the first time seme DON LATIMER, news on the flying saucer front, and it will be a Rear of 646 Bell St., regular feature from now on. Flying saucers have app­ Pascoe Vale South, arently captured the imagination of a few of our na­ Vic. Phone:FL 2752 tional weeklies. - Ie include a large review section in this iss< Advt Ue, because of the apparent, unfortunate demise o^ that excellent fanmag, S.F.REVIE^. This zine filled OFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOF a definite want in Australian fandom, and it is ml - fortunate that editor Rex Meyer could not get enough OF OF Assistance to carry on. OF OPERATION F A N T A S T . 0F OF 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 * 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 OF I should imagine that things are rising in ^em- OF OF ro in Sydney, due to the nearness of the 3rd Conten­ OF THE YORLD’S LARGEST SCIENCE FICTION OF tion, which, if you will not, is only a matter cf 3 OF CLUB I months off. If you hav$ not made arrangements Vet , OF OF then I suggest you contact Lyell Crane, Box 4?8B,GP0 OF All Branches of Science Fiction Fandom qF Sydney at soon as possible... OP OF .are served by this organization, and OF Ye wish to thank the Malian Press heartily for OF for all particulars, contact: or the assistance given by them to us in running ai, ad­ OF vertisement of the back cover of their magazines? for DAVID COHEN, the past issue or so. This has meant a lot of new m- Box 4940, GPO, Sydney. N.S.W. OF embers to the fan groups all over Australia. OFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOF I. J. C ETHERLINE L p. " ' ---------- 4 etherline ster. A truly horrible botch. Another fault is in the folding ©f the subs­ MAGAZINE REVIEWS cription copies. These are folded four times, thus *■********#****->* * ruining the appearance of the magazine. It should be possible to rest them flat for the same amount of FANTASY Co SCIENCE FICTION, Ntvember, 1?55 US. postage, as is the US edition. An excellent issue, as most recent icsien Good Foints. The only ©mission in the BRE is a grour •have beonw Uhst really sets the issue off is the co- of photographs, illustrating 'Tallace ^est's article /ver. Done by that never failing artist, Mel Hunter , IN CASE OF FIRE. And there ere THO extra stories ! ! I it denicts an eclipse ®f the sun, by the Earth, as seen from the Moon. A striking piece of work. This is a big issue, so I will list the con­ tents briefly. AHL A STAR TO STEER HER BY bv Lee Co­ Lead novelet is SHADOW SHOW by Clifford Sim- rrey, very good. QUIZ GAME by Frank M. Robinson,very ak and rates one of the best ten stories in recent good. TITPCL HR by Philip K. Dick, SECRET by Lee Gah­ years. I-'11 not spoil the plot - a really ingenious an and THE COG by Charles E. Frich are all good. Pt. one with some surprising twists - for you'll be rea­ 5 of MLLolU' OF GRAVITY by Hal Clement picks up spe- ding it soon in the BRE. Also in this issue is Theo­ gcL s dore Sturgeon's THE SILKEN SWIFT, which is a true f- T ' r st- an article bjr ’Tallace ~est, TN CASE antasy dealing with a sorceress, black magic and a FIRE, : •her by Hal Clement, ’TIIRLIGIG ’"ORLD. In unicorn. The story comes from Sturgeon's forthcoming thus, c/.e i.ei .. gives the background to his writing of anthology, and if the rest ef the book is as half as MISSION OF GRAVITY. An editorial by Campbell, ’ THE good, it should be the best anthology of the year. ReIekEHCE LIBRARY by p. Schuyler Miller and the let­ Other ©utstanding jobs are THE 'rORD by Mildred Clin- ter column complete the issue. german, THE ALTRUISTS by Idris Seabright and PROFES­ Tony Santos. SOR SCHLUCKER’S FALLACY by Robert Abernathy. I haven't read as good an issue of any maga­ zine since ASF for Dec., 1950, so beg, borrow or st­ eal it, if you possibly can. VSRTEX SCIENCE FICTION 162 pn. Digest size, printed Dick Jenssen. on poor quality paper, Editor: CHESTER "’HITEHORN ---- Publisher: Alexander Gross. No indication of sched— ule. 35/ . ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION BRE November, 1955. To call this the lousiest stf mag ever wouldn't This is the first issue ©f the expanded ASF, exactly be quite right. The nebulous term 128 pages and 2/5 as against 64 pages and 1/5. Small­ has been applied to so many, and with such enthusiasm er print compensates for reduced page size, between bo stf magazines in the past 25 years , that it prob­ the ©Id dimensions and pocket book size. ably -wouldn't cut any ice in this review. Complaints. The photo-cover by Correy, "And A Star' Let's capitulate then. I'll label it the worst to steer her by" was, in the US edition, one of the produced stf magazine of all time. Okay ? I've never best ever seen on ASF. The BRE has managed to print seen a magazine that has reeked of juvenility as this the three colour cover with two colours ©ut of regi­ ETHERLINE 6 ETHERLINE one. Net on the paft of the authors, but of the ed­ itor. Hhitehorn is obviously a man who knows next' to nothing about stf, and has just attempted to as­ IF, November, 1955. US Edition. semble a short story magazine. He no doubt can tell A very good cover, 'Surveying a Dying Sun' a story from a stack of papers^ but there his rescm-. by Ken Fagg. Two inside covers by Ed ValiP-urskv, on blence to other editors ceases. It is quite evident 'Return to Earth'. in the first issue. The cover is about the worst I The magazine will apnear monthly from the have ever seen on a stf mag, and is obviously juve­ March issue, 1954. nile in execution and aim. 'The Custodian" by Hilliam Tenn is a beau­ As for the stories, well, ''reputable1' authors tiful piece of writing. "See Ho Evil" by Dean Me - of the calibre of Del Rey , Coppel, Kessler, Jacobs, Laughlin, good. Jerome Bisky's "‘here There's Fe~>e" "alton, Vance, Reynolds and Evans are s armed outby fair. "Home Inferior" by Mari Volfe, good, "Trees a deluge of hacks with handles like "Derfla Le-moc, Are .There You find Them" by Arthur Barker Ravage. No FAR. Veenstra, Bert Ahearne, Ered Sorrel, F. Anton comment. "Hi e Eyes Have It" by James McKimmey J nr . Reeds" and similar stuff. If this isn't enough to I 11 IJ1 1 ou Tomor rc■.’" by lie 1 e n Iluber are both frighten the serious fan away, I don't know what good. "Sho;: Business" by Boyd Ellanbv stank.
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