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91 by Hans Stefan Santesson

miss Lester Del Rey's excellent (Ballantine Books, 35 cents). Described as "an explosive story of danger in a peacetime atomics plant," it is, more than that, an effective story of the impact on these men of threatened disaster. A new and highly unstable radioactive isotope is out of control and—within hours, unless these men succeed—half a continent may be wiped out in the worst peacetime disaster in the atomic age. Del Rey, one of the field's ablest writers, should be remembered for a long time for this portrait of men racing Deatlr in a very near future. Recommended.

M. K. Jessup's (Citadel, $4.95) is a compendium of current reports, UFO sightings, and of scientific data relating to UFO either directly or indirectly. It is planned that the UFO Annual "is and will be the nearest thing to date to a 'central clearing house' for any and all UFO reports and investigations."

It is pointed out that this is necessary in order to balance the inability of the Press—deliberate or otherwise—to separate fact from fiction or hoax. A focal point is

FLYING SAUCERS—AND AN EXPLOSIVE NOVEL 

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