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CORPORATION, 621 Broadway,NewYork, Dept.. §5F9’ AMAZING STORIES A SEVERE YOUNG CRITIC | Editor, Amazinc Srortes: I have been watching your discussions column for some time, and I would like to make comment on the criticisms contained therein, Many of your readers do not consider a story good scientifiction. unless an explanation is given of every episode containing science in any way, shape or manner. They do not take into consider- ation the fact that scientifiction usually contains feats that the writer has to evolve from his im- agination. Therefore they must deviate from the usual path of science and employ sleight-of-mind tricks to mask their scientific deceptions, If a feasible and definite explanation was necessary..for each scientific point, the writer would become so limited as to situations, ete., that the story would become dry and journalistic in aspect, I heartily disapprove of scientific tales which contain romances, ‘They sentimentalize the story to such an extent that it diminishes some of the scientific glamor, which rightly deserves uninter- rupted notice, Ten Million Miles Sunward, although erring in parts, is my idea of what good scientific tution should be. It is absorbing to the ath degree and is a well systematized story working to the climax at the right conjunction. F Ladkh-Dahl, Destroyer of Souls, is undoubtedly the best scientific detective story you have ever printed. It has well planned situations and well distributed tense moments, ie Baron Miinchhausen’s Scientific Adventures are so ridiculous that they are funny. Although I do not look forward to them each month, they never- theless afford the comic element in your publication, Sub-Satellite was fair, but was merely a repeti- tion of the much tattered Moon story. ‘he idea of the bullet, although at first glance appearing humorous, contained a lot of interesting science. The Flowering of the Strange Orchid was a he- calmed and stagnant piece of literature containing a lot of tommyrot probably inspired by Dumas’ The Black Tulip. May you use the same amount of magazine space to hetter advantage in the near future. t I am thirteen years old and enjoy your maga- zine to’ the extreme, In my conception, AMAZING Stories: is a relief to the individual who likes sci- entific literature as the only resort one had hefore your periodical appeared was a limited amount of poor stories, Since the first issue of Amazina Storres was put on the newsstands I have perused it with un- abating interest each month, Hoping that your publication will continue to give such educational enjoyment, I remain, Ronert Etsensacn, 2135 Sacramento St.,; San Francisco, Cal. [A green apple is not as much appreciated by the generality of mankind as one which has had time to ripen. Criticism, severe and. scathing, from one who is a lad of thirteen years, will be looked back upon by the youthful writer in a few years, as far from ripe. We have received some aston- ishingly good communications from very young writers such as this one, but it certainly is inter- esting to see how much more definite they are in their views, than older writers who have learned that in this world it is not always safe to be sure about things, for it is often very hard by natural means to elicit the truth, One curious feature is that our writer, who is a correspondent severe in his views, states at the end that not only is he thirteen years old, but that he enjoys the magazine to the extreme. When he and the magazine are ten or twenty years older, we are sure he will take a broader view of things and not be quite so sure of himself, —EDITOR.] THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE CLUB Editor, Amazinc Srortrs: I believe that the time has come when all those that are interested in forming the International Science Club, and I am sure that there are quite a number who are interested, should unite and get the club started. : The club, I believe, will help to form a closer relationship between the scientific thinking youths of the world. You must remember that the scien- tific thinking youth of-today is the scientific leader of tomorrow. I believe that the first thing we must do is to appoint a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws. As most of those who are interested in starting the club wrote to you, I do not believe there is anyone who is better suited than you are to appoint such a committee. JI am sure that you will do that for the good of science and the club. Well, so much zhout the club for this time. I do hope you will print more stories which per- tain to astronomy, as I find them all extremely interesting, for that is my favorite branch of science, The poems that appear in AmazinGc Stories are real good. I don’t think it would be wise to dis- continue them, Hotcer FE. Linperen, 420 Eastside St., Olympia, Wash. [This letter speaks for itself, it requires no comment as it stands. We took the liberty of omitting the list of what the appreciative writer considers the best stories that we have published, As these are fourteen in number, we felt that it "came so near to approving all our efforts that we ‘have modestly omitted his list from these columns, ‘EDITOR,] ‘ ro} u WAR \\ ss AS nae SAAR Nl WR WALA AAR Ae 24 Individual Lessons A Necessary Guide to Business and Personal Efficiency We have arranged to procure this valuable course for the readers of our magazine at the phenomenally low price of $1.98. 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