Alien Worlds
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Cover Story
On our cover this issue we feature a still from the new BBC TV serial of Robert Westall's The Machine Gunners. There is a new Puffin with a tie-in cover, (0 14 03 0973 X, £1.10). We are most grateful to Puffin for their help in using this picture.
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Offered a selection of books to test, boys, in particular, fought to try this one and there is no doubt that it would be a seller on grounds of cover and title. However, it was as eagerly rejected as selected and for most middle school children the readability level was too high to provide an easy read. On the other hand the sophisticated science-fiction addict recognised the names of specialist authors and praised the book as on of the best collection of SF stories available. There is no doubt that the stories are well crafted --- Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke and C. S. Lewis are among the list of authors. Confirmation that the moon is made of green cheese, and humans confined in an alien zoo are among the strange fantasies that are related An excellent choice for the fluent reader who is 'into' adventures on other planets.
