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Editor, AmMazinac STorrrs: — Ive ‘been a reader of your ‘’mag” for over a year, and I believe you are entitled to some word of praise and criticism as well as a certain remark was made by one of your critics. The critic’s re- mark is not reproachful, rather in behalf of your magazine, yet it contains a certain word that has Jed me to write this letter, J quate the remark: Impossible themes are very interesting. Now my idea is, impossible themes are sof inter- esting. Perhaps you~ will think that I dislike the majority of your stories on this account, but on the contrary I do not. And why? Tor the simple reason that with the exception of one, none of your themes are absolutely impossible. The one excep- tion is the so-called ‘“Time. Traveler” or any con- traption that makes.-it possible for our physical selves to mingle with the peoples of the past or future. I need not go into detail why I believe the impossibility of this theory or rather nightmare, since your critics have given as excellent reasons as can possibly be made. As for your other stories, although some are more feasible than others, as I said before, none are impossible, The most fascinating stories are those of unknown lands, planes and planets, and their inhabitants, on whom the author can specu- late as to the slfape of body ‘and features. On the tail of these tales are such as The Revolt of the Pedestrians, in which we live in the future, -in an age that is recuperating from some calamity, Stories of inventions usually bring up the rear, although quite often one is fotind that is very interesting, My reaction to such a story as Jules Verne’s Master of the World gives me an idea how people a few hundred years from now will look upon some of our scientific feats of today. I smile when L notice the enthusiasm of Jules Verne when he de- scribes the speed of the ‘error.’ ‘Today we have planes capable of over 250 miles per hour and we can build automobiles of the same speed, Yet, when Someone says that within a hundred yenrs we may be traveling as fast as the rotation of the earth, we have a skeptic on every hand. Gradually, though, since the advent of the radio and vita- phone, the birth of television and the new develop- ments in aviation, the ignoramuses are waking to the fact that skeptics are a hindrance to the advancement of civilization, and that many. things considered impossible are only so because of lack of investigation and development. Before closing, I want to commend you for the first three ‘‘Miinchhausen” stories in the lebruary issue, If I, M, Alier’s succeeding instalments are as good as the first two, I’ll be satisfied with the rest of the magazine. ‘The comedy is so novel, one can’t help but smile out loud. I enjoyed the Fouy- teenth Earth, and likewise H. G. Wells’ story, Pollock and Porroh Man, All toldy it was one of your best issues, and let’s hope all the subsequent ones will be as good, Joun P. Prarzxt, 25277 5,-10th Stj-ats Louis, Mo- [Our magazine, in its editorials, virtually takes the ground that it is very unsafe to say that this thing or the other thing is impossible. Lhe impos- sible is being achieved every day. Jor years it was impossible to make a wire of the metal tungsten. Now, when the impossible became a_ possibility, miles of tungsten wire are made every year and the electric light due to its use is now about four times as efficient as it was a few years ago, You are correct when you spéak of skeptics being a hin- drance to the advancement of civilization, although when you think of the way the world is. going, there is every excuse for skepticism in this regard. —EDITOR,] MORE ABOUT “THE REVOLT OF THE PEDESTRIAN” Editor, AdtAzING STORIES: I read your magazine occasionally and enjoy many of its stories. I was peculiarly impressed hy one in the February issue, The Revolt of the Pedestrians, by D, M. Keller, J like it because parts of it were really well written, almost clas- sical, and it was written, it seemed’ to me, by one having a real warning to issue to society, though to many it might seem far-fetched. I svould like to see more stories by the satne author. If he is a doctor, maybe he can give us one on some of the urgent problems of the day— the hidden ‘forces that seem to put us mentally and physically at odds with our environing world and its limitations and chains. Perhaps a bit educational—that everyone can understand, would help prevent such moral cata- clysms that happen to Snyders and Grays—or start a big drive against murders. Ff, Batcar, 123 Murray St., Elizabeth, N. J. (This correspondent is one of a number who ex- presses high approval of The Revolt of the Pedes- trians. There is one saving clause, however, in the City of New York, and that is that those who use the elevated railways and subways for getting about, get concetitrated exercise in ascending and descending stairs, Benjamin~ Franklin made the remark when in France that he considered a mile going upstairs- worth a number of miles on the Jevel, yet he said that he did not tse the stairs while they were there. 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