Publication: Authentic Science Fiction, April 1957

Publication: Authentic Science Fiction, April 1957Publication Record # 57814 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: E. C. Tubb
Date: 1957-04-00
Publisher: Hamilton & Co.
Price:
2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 132
Format:
digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Authentic Science Fiction, April 1957 by E. L. Blandford [as by Blandford]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Data from Internet Archive scan
- "No. 79" on cover
- "April, 1957 · No. 79" on ToC
- "Editor: E. C. Tubb" on ToC
- "Cover by Blandford, illustrating Assassin in Hiding" on ToC
- "Interiors by Blandford, Adash, P. R. Green" on ToC
- Credits for individual illustrations from signatures
- Credits for book reviews from ToC
- "Ray Cummings Dead" is a full-page death announcement, obituary for Ray Cummings
External IDs:
- FMI: P_1957AUT$c79

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Editor Title: Authentic Science Fiction - 1957 • [Authentic Science Fiction] • (1957) • edited by E. C. Tubb

Contents (view Concise Listing)

2 • Editorial (Authentic Science Fiction, April 1957) • [Editorial (Authentic Science Fiction)] • essay by E. C. Tubb [as by E. C. T.]
4 • Assassin in Hiding • novelette by Philip E. High
4 • Assassin in Hiding • interior artwork by E. L. Blandford [as by Blandford]
32 • The Honest Philosopher • short story by E. C. Tubb [as by Nigel Lloyd]
33 • The Honest Philosopher • interior artwork by P. R. Green
43 • Prophet Without Honour • short story by William E. Bentley (variant of The Honored Prophet 1954)
50 • Ray Cummings Dead • essay by uncredited
51 • Prelude to Man • [The Evolution of Man • 7] • essay by Kenneth Bulmer and John Newman [as by Kenneth Johns]
58 • Dead Weight (Part 2 of 3) • serial by E. C. Tubb [as by Douglas West]
58 • Dead Weight (Part 2 of 3) • interior artwork by Josh Kirby [as by Adash]
81 • Dead Weight (Part 2 of 3) [2] • interior artwork by Josh Kirby [as by Adash]
104 • They Blow Up • short story by A. Bertram Chandler
105 • They Blow Up • interior artwork by P. R. Green
118 • They Blow Up • interior artwork by uncredited
119 • Salute Your Superiors! • short story by John Kippax
126 • Books (Authentic Science Fiction, April 1957) • [Authentic Science Fiction Monthly Book Reviews] • essay by Alec F. Harby
126 • Review: Martin Magnus on Mars by William F. Temple • review by Alec F. Harby
126 • Review: The Coming of the Space Ships by Gavin Gibbons • review by Alec F. Harby
128 • Review: Men, Microscopes and Living Things by Katherine B. Shippen • review by Alec F. Harby
128 • Review of Hypnotism and Crime by Heinze E. Hammerschlag (non-genre, non-fiction) • essay by Alec F. Harby
128 • Review: British S-F Book Index, 1955 by uncredited • review by Alec F. Harby

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Rtrace	2025-04-15 18:39:47
Tuck	Verified	Rtrace	2025-04-15 18:39:47
Miller/Contento	Verified	ErnestoVeg	2009-11-12 06:30:20
FMI	Verified	Rtrace	2025-04-15 18:39:47

Publication: Authentic Science Fiction, April 1957

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