MINDCANDY

A weekly rummage in the attic of sci-fi

Typical. You're entombed in suspended animation, miss 500 years of Coronation Street and awake in a scarily far-flung future where some pesky brats have signed up to be your 'Satellite Pioneers', and are doubtlessly demanding badges and ray-guns and some other old tat... This membership certificate was part of a newspaper promotion in the 1950s and came complete with Solar Map, Starfinder, Codebook and, yes, personally autographed picture of Buck.

Nick Setchfield
Editor-at-Large, SFX Magazine

Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements.