MINDCANDY

By Nick Setchfield
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A weekly rummage in the attic of sci-fi

Sometimes there's nothing so evocative as the future that never came. This prediction of a military issue war machine was unveiled in the pages of America's Mechanix Illustrated magazine in 1961. "Our Armed Forces and Space Authority are dead serious about it," trumpeted the mag, doubtlessly putting the fear of God into enemies of freedom everywhere.

Nick Setchfield
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. 

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