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acknowledge the fact that they like the stories published in your magazine? Well, this is one woman who is voicing her opinion. I think your magazine is "tops" in reading enjoyment, and I intend to go on thinking so as long as you print stories like "The Earthquake Girl," and "The Return of Circe."

''It is our opinion that ten percent of our readers are women, and they do write us once in a while. But for some reason, they are rather less inclined to voice their opinions than the male readers. Maybe they aren't so egotistic eh? Don't care so much about seeing their names in print. But they do read its, steadily, and we appreciate them in spite of their silence.—Ed.''

Sirs:

Upon perusing the latest (Oct.) issue of A. S., I believe that has come out of a four or five issue slump that started with the June issue and ended in September.

1. "Invisible Men of Mars"—In a word, swell.

2. "Mystery of the Martian Pendulum"—Good, but not worth all the blurbs.

3. "Kidnaped in Mars"—I wish we'd have more of Pragnell. This story was ok.

4. "The World of Miracles"—Readable, but nothing more.

5.—6. "Sgt. Shane of the Space Marines"—"Flame For the Future"—These two were awful. One a space opera and the other an implausible piece of hack work.

Puh-lease don't give Krupa one illustration per issue. He's head and shoulders above Fuqua and Jackson, so why not cash in on him? Say, with all the blurbs you've given Wilcox on his new opus, it ought to rank with Smith. But don't drag it out to three installments. Yours for less McGivern.

''Okay, Louie, we'll try to persuade Krupa to find time for more illustrations for us. But we can't help but wonder why you want less McGivern, because our readers rate him the nation's number two writer. Wilcox doesn't write anything like Smith at all, and there'd be no comparison; no more than between Shakespeare and Webster. Smith is a scientist, Wilcox is exactly the opposite, and his stories therefore are more imaginative, and less pedantic. Smith's appeal lies in the amount of thought his stories make necessary, whereas Wilcox is effortless reading. He fascinates, and Smith confounds. Both are amazing.—Ed.''

Sirs:

The stories you're buying for your two science fiction magazines are showing a great improvement