For The Monster Times issue 17, coverage of Forbidden Planet, Flash Gordon, and science fiction on television joins Amicus Productions' Asylum and the influence of Rod Serling's work for the cinema fantastic on the small and large screens. The 3oth World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles is reported on (seems McDonald's provided cheaper and better food than the banquet event), and Bill Feret's Monster Times Teletype gives the skinny on upcoming and ongoing newsy stuff (something we take for granted today, given the Internet's over abundance of newsy stuff).