Issue 64


Part 64 (36 pp) Autumn 2024	Page	Contents - PART 64
	Front	Continuing the Cryptos theme: our adventurers come under attack on arrival at Cryptos.
	2	Editorial and Christmas Greeting picture from the office party at Spacefleet Headquarters
	3-6	Dan Dare in The Rotorcruiser Affair (Pt. 3). .On Mars, Dan and party nearly catch up with Rodriques, who then hijacks a ferry to take him to the orbital space station, where the two prototype rotorcruisers are docked.
	7-9	John M Burns, Graphic Storyteller, a biography by Philip Harbottle. John Burns' finely-drawn and coloured art has appeared in many places, as you will see when you read this detailed article.
	10-15	Jeff Hawke in "Pass the Parcel" (Pt 2), by Sydney Jordan. Original monochrome coloured by Martin Baines. Jeff's expedition to Mars starts the search for underground water, which they find, but they also find an alien artefact and ... trouble, though they don't know it, yet.
	16-17	Space Review, by Raymond Wright. Events in space travel and astronomy. SpaceX is dogged by (mostly necessary) bureaucracy, Ariane 6 flies Water found above Europa's surface.
	18-19	Centre-spread: A Dan Dare and friends - montage, by John M Burns
	20-21	Space Review - continued: Barnard's Star's probable planet; evidence increases, A new star image - with detail!
	22	Space Humour: Colonel Dare nearly receives a UN award. Not quite unanimously approved - you'll understand why...
	23-27	British Science Fiction Hardcover Editions of the 1950s, (Pt,. 2) by Philip Harbottle. A selection of titles from the 1950s are discussed, with pictures of front covers, The titles will be familiar to many mature science fiction enthusiasts, including A.E. van Vogt, Isaac Asimof, Pul Anderson and others, including F.G.Rayer, who is also known for his contribution to amateur radio and electronics.
	28-30	Rod Barzilay: Reviving Dan Dare - a tribute by Andrew Darlington. The late Rod Barzilay founded this magazine in 2003. Without him, it would not have existed. His commendable energy saw Spaceship Away through twenty-two issues, and special mention must go to his hand in the publication of The Haynes Manual: Spacefleet Operations.
	30-34	Kalgan The Golden. (Pt. 2) by E C Tubb with artwork by Ron Turner, script adaptation by Philip Harbottle, and editing and layout by John Lawrence..
	35	Space Humour - Earthward Bound, continuing the story of antics in the Cheese Continuum. Sir Stilton attempts a rescue mission.
	Back	A John M Burns colour study of Digby for a Dan Dare painting