VISION OF TOMORROW

   Australian/UK magazine, monthly, BEDSHEET-format, 12 issues, Aug 1969-Sep 1970, published by Ronald E. Graham, an Australian sf enthusiast; ed Philip HARBOTTLE from the UK. VOT featured work by many UK writers, including Kenneth BULMER, Michael MOORCOCK and E.C. TUBB, with the emphasis on straightforward action stories, and several posthumous works by John Russell FEARN. Graham vetoed the inclusion of US writers, but encouraged Australian authors, including Damien BRODERICK, Lee HARDING and Jack WODHAMS. Cover artists included Eddie JONES, Gerard A. QUINN andDavid HARDY, the latter also producing many full-colour illustrations for the inside back cover. VOT was the first English-language magazine to publish a story by Stanislaw LEM: "Are You There, Mr Jones?", in \#1. The Impatient Dreamers, a history of UK sf publishing and FANDOM by WalterGILLINGS, E.J. CARNELL and others, ran through all issues. Because of a change of printers, \#3 (Nov 1969) appeared before \#2 (Dec 1969).

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