Amazing Stories, Vol. 3, No. 2 — page 90: what you’re looking at

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1 AN APPRECIATION OF OUR EFFORTS Editor, AmMazine Srortes: My favorite publications previous to your intro- ducing Amazinc Stortes to the magazine field, were Science and Invention, Popular Science, and All-Story, but I will let you guess as to which one I wait for now—rather impatiently, I must say, between the first and tenth of each month. Amaz- ING Stortes has certainly proved its merit as a magazine of the first order, a mother lode for the class of readers who are of a scientific or pro- scientific turn of mind. I had the honor of pur- chasing the first copy sold in the city of Hammond, Ind., and, of course, since then have not missed a copy. I saved all the old issues for quite a time, and then lent the stack to a new and enthusiastic reader, who ‘‘forgot” to return them. I'll trust no one any more with my AnazInc Stories, While your ‘Discussion’ column is being racked and torn between two classes of readers—pro and anti—our esteemed friend, H. G. Wells, I'll just pick up the latest issue (or perhaps an_ earlier one) and re-read one of his excellent stories, most of which I had read several times before you printed them, in A, S, I do not like them all, it’s true, but Wells, in common with Verne, wrote most of his stories years ago, consequently they are not as up-to-date as your ustial run or type, as I should say, Merritt’s Moon Pool, Burrough’s Land That Time Forgot, are old stories to me, but were re- read several times just the same. Golden Kindly I distemember if I read Tie Girl in the Atom in your magazine or another one. enlighten me on this point. Since several thousands of your readers howled long and loud over Verrill’s Dr. Mentiroso, 1 won- der what they will say about your own stories of Baron Mimcbhausen, I’m sure the Baron has it over Doctor Mentiroso when it comes to exagger- ating the truth. Well, time will tell, and truth will out, Let’s see who will be the victor in the battle of lies, from the readers’ viewpoint, Read- ing the discussion column is a good-sized kick, and must-be to you, foo, But there is one consolation. You can rest assured that your chronic kickers and censoring critics must spend their quarter each month—otherwise, how will they have any theme on which to air theit criticisms and com- plaints? Your magazine as a monthly interests me more, as I have time to digest each story thoroughly. One might be rushed to much if it were a semi-monthly. J have to thank you for hours of splendid reading, JosepH Go.pstetn, 3863 W. Pine St., St. Louis, Mo, [One point about Dr. Mentiroso and Baron Miinchhausen is that both of them tell a lot of truth, despite their very obvious lies; We oan assure our correspondents that the Baron’s science was very closely followed up hy the author and the gist of it is in its-definite correctness, Youll AMAZING STORIES find our ideas about Dr. Mentiroso stated in various places in these columns, He is well worth study- ing. the difference of time upon the earth, We have not yet printed The Girl of the Golden Atom, We have little to say in connection with your letter, which tells its story very clearly, but cer- tainly an editor who is, in a sense, living for the magazine, is delighted to find it well thought of by such readers as youp—EDITOR,] “DISCUSSION CORRESPONDENTS” AMUSE THE WRITER Editor, AmMazinc Srortes: have just been sitting here holding my sides with laughter over the letters about our friend Dr, Mentiroso, That part from Wm. Etheridge: ‘Your megazine cannot-survive on that basis, except with morons’; and then Donald L. Cumming’s witty piece to the effect that the best part of the story was the end. Well, Mr. Editor, I’m just a junior in High, and may not tank much above a moron, but really I thought the story good, and at least it made me think more than any story I've read in the magazine so far. Anyway, I certainly agree that the “Discussions” is the best part of the magazine. I want to extend a welcome to Harry Martin for his Rice’s Ray, I think this is the most logical story about a ‘Space Ship” so far printed, have read your magazine for over a year now, look forward to every new copy, and read every- thing in them. I’m for more illustrations, but keep it a monthly, for I’m afraid you wouldn’t have the gaine quality;in more frequent issues, have nothing more to say except that I consider the Moon Pool the best story you have ever printed, temember te to the Doctor, Gronce P. Cameron, 64 Broadway, Los Gatos, Cal, [It is well to find that our correspondents of the seriously criticizing type operate to amuse one good- natured reader, While we are delighted to find our stories taken seriously and criticized from a serious viewpoint, it is well to be cheered up by a little appreciative good humor sometimes, and that is the clue to our appreciation of this letter from a high school junior, whom we emphatically deny to be a moron. We have given in several places in our Discussions Columns our views of Dr. Mentiroso. His name announces him a liar, but the story con- tains excellent matter concerning the difference of time, a subject which puzzles many, How many realize, in crossing the ocean to Europe or back, that going one way they have about a 23-hour day and going the other way the day is about 25 hours long? Yet the voyagers adapt themselves instantly to the new time. 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