Amazing Stories, August 1927 — page 104: what you’re looking at

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The plots, I felt, were excellent. “The Visitation” was fairly well written, but it is an extremely difficult task to successfully bring a story to a climax in the way that more expe- Tienced writers seem able to, In this respeot I feel that “The Electronic Wall,’’ and “The Fate of the Poseidonia” fell flat. I, however, am merely pointing this out. I, in spite of this, found these stories very interesting. = Now about the other stories so far published. In “The Mad Planet” it was pointed out that the increased carbon dioxide content of the air caused extraordinary fungus growths, and oorresponding insect development. Now, it is a well known fact that fungi use the oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide as a waste, while green plants, though they do not require carbon dioxide, use quantities of it in the process of photo-aynthesis in excess to the carbon dioxide excreted by the cells themselves. Therefore, since green plants need more carbon dioxide than oxygen, an excess of this gas in the air would tend to stimulate green plants, and since fungi use more oxygen than carbon dioxide, an excess of carbon dioxide would tend to discourage fungus growth. In reference to insects versus mamals in a car- bon dioxide laden atmosphere—insects breathe through trache, air circulating without use of defi- nite muscles or regular contractions, while ani- mals breathe through lungs, with a definite set of muscles, Now, it is known, and even applied (in the case of artificial resuscitation, where carbon dioxide is mixed in fairly large, rather, relatively large quantities, with pure oxygen) that earbon dioxide, when not mixed with organic impurities (as given off by the lungs) stimulates the muscles of the lungs. This would, in turn, speed up mam- alian and reptilian life generally, while insects, having no lung muscles, could not be so stimulated. But I enjoyed the story greatly, and, as nothing in the world is perfect, I am eagerly looking for- ward to more stories by the author, I like all stories, but I wish to emphasize that good author- shi is necessary to put over an idea in an inter- esting manner, Also, word pictures are difficult. when of imag- inary objects, to “get.’’ More illustrations! How soon semi-monthly? P, S.—Just remembered criticism of “Green Splotches’” stating everything living has sex. Crit- icigm unfounded. Refer him to water plant Hydra, which reproduces both sexually and unsexually, by budding, Joun Prence, Mason City, Lowa. (When two readers take diametrically opposite views of the merits of particular stories, what is the poor editor to do who wants to please every- one? This letter presents a great contrast to one preceding it, But we do enjoy such criticisms,— EDITOR] THE BELLIGERENT EDITOR Editor, Amazinc Stories: Your magazine, since the first issue I had the luck to pick up, has remained my favorite above all others. Since I am continuously travelling I do not subscribe but 1 do haunt the news stands from the fourth ofthe month until it appears. My only criticism is sot of the stories them- selves but of the editorial comment that accom- panies the letters from other readers, For example, in the June issue the letter of Mr. Ludes of San Francisco is treated as if he were criticising the magazine rather than pointing out interesting discrepancies in an otherwise €x- cellent story. The points he mentions, particularly the one concerning the selection of specimen in “The Green Splotches” occurred to me at the time I read the story, What I am trying to bring out is the fact that discussion of this nature increases interest in the articles themselves and, I consider, should be treated with a less belligerent attitude by the editors. As for the rest I read all the stories published, some with more pleasure than others but I always finish the magazine from cover to oover. The “Time Machine’ has always been one of my favorites as has the “War of the Worlds.” The latter seems to me to offer more possibilities for a moving picture than “The Lost World’ ever did. T am hoping some day to find “When the Sleeper Wakes” published as I should like to re-read it. J. M. Recer, St. Louis, Mo. [We certainly did not mean to be belligerent in our notes on Mr Ludes’ letter. We do not. write the stories ourselves. but get the best in this line of literature. 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