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HERE have been just five dissenting voices amid the chorus of praisefor Ray Cummings' remarkable interplanetary serial, Explorers Into Infinity, which ended in the June issue of Two readers wrote in that they did not like the story, and three others liked the story but not the ending. "One would gain the idea that the author knew we were all dumb-bells," writes Mrs. W. Lange, of Portland, Oregon, one of the two who disliked the story, "and of course we wouldn't understand what he was trying to convey, so he explained so long and tediously that I was dreadfully bored, being away ahead of him in comprehension while he was still trying to explain what was clear to me in a few words." And C. H. Paple, of Lansing, Ontario, writes: "I did not care for Explorers Into Infinity much, there were so many technical phrases which dulled the interest of the story. But as a constant reader of for the past two years, I can truthfully say it is the finest, cleanest and most thrilling book that ever came into my hands."

Ralph McCormack, of Ashland, Oregon, writes to The Eyrie: "I have just finished Explorers Into Infinity and don't like the way it ended. For I would like to know if Brett ever got back or not, and what happened to him, whether he was lost in Space and Time or killed by some of the giants. I would like to have a sequel and I think many more would, too."

"The one mistake Ray Cummings made in his story, Explorers Into Infinity," writes "Interested Reader," "is the abrupt ending of it. It is a great story otherwise."

"Ray Cummings' very excellent novelette, Explorers Into Infinity, has but concluded as I write," says D. E. Helmuth, of Cleveland, Ohio. "I have gleefully read all three parts. Now from time to time you have given us stories which have made a strong impression on me (like Drome or the Lovecraft tales), but none of them (with the possible exception of The Woman of the Wood) has affected me as has Mr. Cummings' tale. The construction, the realistic sequence of events and the telling of the story are such as to produce a lasting impression. After you have recovered from the first shock you readily fall in with the general scheme of things. The story is incomplete. Of course Brett Gryce arrived safely. Leela was waiting for him, or was she taken by those dwindling giants? Did Brett follow her to the land of those giants? Did Brett get the sort of reception he deserved? We must assuredly have a sequel. Please induce Mr. Cummings to give us one. Ex-