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AST June 21 saw the wedding of author David Wright O'Brien to Eileen O'Conner, which is news in itself, but it's a little story that comes to our ears concerning the honeymoon that's worth passing on.

It seems Dave and his bride went to Rhinelander, Wisconsin (which is somewhere in the forest not far from Canada). And believe us, there's enough solitude there to give any man a chance to prove a good companion. There isn't even a fire department. Which is where the story comes in.

Just because there was no fire department, Mr. O'Brien had to become that missing adjunct of adjoining cabin, rescue all of the furniture, and earn the undying gratitude of the owner, and the hero worship of his loving spouse. We might say that never has a more opportune blaze happened to anyone. For it gave to a new husband the chance to prove himself a hero to his mate.

But reading some of O'Brien's stories we wonder if, just by chance, all this hero stuff wasn't one of those clever "situations" he pulls out of the hat to make Hector Squinch look like Alexander The Great?

Has anybody got a match?

HIS issue features the last of the John Carter stories, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The series has proved very popular and we appreciate your letters on them. And beginning in our December issue, we will begin publication of a new series concerning the world inside the earth, Pellucidar. We know you'll enjoy them.

By the way, concerning Burroughs, have you been following the Carson of Venus stories in our companion magazine, Fantastic Adventures? You can't afford to miss them, we assure you. Better drop over to your newsstand and get the November issue which features a Burroughs novel.

DAVID V. REED|AVID V. REED, whose "Kid Poison" proved to be a hit with you, comes back in this issue with the most unusual story you've ever read. It's the oldest theme in science fiction, invasion from another dimension, but what a twist! Don't fail to read "The World of Miracles."

Incidentally, we predict a grand treat in store for you. Author Reed has given us a complete novel that has more punch than anything he's written to date—which is enough recommendation to carry any boast we might make, take it from Sweeney!

HIS is the month we bring back an old favorite—and we produce him right out of the hell of bombardment that is London today. It is Don Hargreaves, likable little hero of the Martian inner world, authored by Festus Pragnell.

This is another fine yarn by an author who has a really distinctive style and appeal in all his works.

EADER RODNEY MORSE PALMER dropped in on us as we were writing this, and he said: "I didn't think you editors and writers were such swell guys. I thought you'd be about fifty years old and cold as icicles."

Heck no, Rod, we ain't stuffed shirts!