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I have read a number of stories by Edmond Hamilton which contained some excellent: science, and was about to inquire as to the probability, of some of his work appearitig in your. magazine when I received my January copy containing “The Comet Doom.” Granting the usual freedom accorded to fiction writers: in. regard to the statement of unknown or disputed facts, I am atill unsatisfied by his description of the moveiments and positions of the mythical “comet.’’ Astronomy hag been _a hobby with me since boyhood, and although I lay no claims to mathe- matical genius in the reulm of astro-physics, I believe you will agree with me in the following xtatements: The comet of the story alweys vises in the cast soon after, sititset, It is stated very clearly that the comet “was swinging out again from the sun on its-out+ werd journey into space,” 3. It is also stated up to the climax of the story that the comet comes closer and ‘closer to the earth, Now to consider these statements: The action of the story would have been per- fectly logical if the comet had not risen dn the cast every night soon after ssuset. To have done so it would have had to be already pastthe earth and far out into space, getting farther away every day. Had it been traveling in the pat ascribed to it,-the comet would have efther been high in the sky at sunset at the beginning of the story and farther toward the east each suc- cessive night, as it passed the earth, or would have risen after midnight and earlier and earlier until it reached the position in the story, de- pending upon the direction. it followed around the sun, Good fiction to desoribe its rising in splendor in the east each night as the sun set, but poor astronomy. Nevertheless, I shall wel- come more. stories by Edmond Hamilton. Just a few comments on your illustrations. T feel the urge to voice an opinion, as I am my- xelf_a commercial artist and usually study illus- trations quite carefully, Your artist, Paul, bas a combination of sey- cral good qualities quite necessary in givi your stories “selling punch.’ Good pen and oe technique, live figures in his drawings, and what is of paramount importance to a magazine like Amazing Stortgs—IMAGINATION] I have detected several small eS IT wish you haga pa along. I cannot recall the exact issuc, but 1 remember noticing at the time that in the story of “The Singing Wena Paul has two bright lights shining on the Asiatic a: only one seine 1s east on the wall behind it. The story says the inventor was killed by the smallest vibranon he had ever made, but there are several shown which are smaller than the one he is holding. In “The Time Machine,” jf my memory is true, Wells has his hero depart into the future ina dinner coat. He arrives in “plus fours.’ n the more recent “The Psychological Solue tion,” the greatest mystery to me was what be- came of the left side of the face of the man in the background seen between Dr. Thane and the young biologist. But I can truthfully say that I have enjoyed Paul’s sketches fully as much as the stories themselves. as one artist to another, please pass along my sincere appreciation of his work. W. E. Moore, Fremout, Ohio. form of the {We are happy to find a reader of Flectricat pr perinenter who is glad to meet an old friend, I, M, Alier. And by the way, none of our cor- respondents have shown any signs of “catchin on,” as the boys would say, to the meaning o' this name, “The Comet Doom” igs not to be taken-as a methodical treatise, but we think it a Very RCO atory and one with considerable power. ,What we say is confirmed by the fact that our readers have given us many favorable comments on this = aery story. : s e are glad that you compliment our artist, Paul, He has a very unusual faculty for illus. trating scientific storics into which apparatus of all sorts enters. Soe : As regards “The Time Machine,” it is quite possible that the trousers that went with his din- ner suit were of the loose Oxford cut, . - The figure in “The Psychological Solution” had > = his face partly hidden hehin the pire. and we id admit that by inadvertence, a little bit of the _ outline seems to have been omitted, In “The Singing Weapon,” we do not find an obvious error in the shadows and a little indulg- s for the relative size ence may be asked perhaps for ze Li ComicbOOKS.co. So Sw en at