[ 'Spacecraft lands in Sauchiehall Street', Glasgow. ] Autograph Letter Signed from publisher F. J. Stewart ('John') to Don Malcolm, with spoof newspaper article by him: 'Viking Spacecraft lands in Sauchiehall Street | Is There Life In Glasgow?'

Both items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The letter is 2pp., 4to, and is written in a playful tone. Escaping the accompanying spoof Steward writes: 'Your remark that Glasgow was as alien to you as Mars got me thinking along the lines of the attached headline . . . . . It would be a good idea for a story if it hadnt been done about three thousand times already (See Robert Bloch (Report on Sol III) and others). Changing the subject he writes: 'I shall be watching out for NWSF 29 with your 12,000 word novelette in it - in the paperback edition of course I'm only an impoverished accountant).' Regarding the manuscript of Malcolm's book 'Time and Again' he writes: 'I think you deserve better than Robert Hale [publisher] although their list may have improved since I stopped receiving their dreadful SF novels for review in my local paper.' He next discusses Malcolm's 'Hal Clement-like explanation of the background to your current work-in-progress', which he illustrates with diagrams. The letter concludes with a reference to Malcolm's interest in 'Pioneer Aviation'. The article ('By our reporter') is 1p., 12mo, and typed, apart from the headline, which is neatly written out in imitation of a sans serif font. It begins: 'At 5am today (scottish mean time) A Viking spacecraft successfully touched down in SauchiehallsTreet [sic] in the city of Glasgow. After shutdown of the propulsion systems cameras were activated and the search for signs of life began. | Don Malcolm, mission director, said at the Paisley mission control centre [...]'.