Air Wonder Stories, December 1929 — page 90: what you’re looking at

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PName sc ecerssee t or. oxerelio your | AIR: WONDER STORIES THE READER AIRS HIS VIEWS (Continued from page 567) excellent; B “means good; C fair; D-~ passing and-F means no Bea f course, “The Ark: of the Covenant” by Victor MacClure-ia*in the A clasa; as—are alno “The Silent- Destroyer” by- Henrik -D, Juve, “The Planet's ‘Air Master™ by Edward= Ghap- “Pho. Air’ “Terror” -by . Lowell Relow, ‘and. Lowell H,- Morrow is. an especially good wel . is__ar writer... I wish -you could iperariano Hitn—to try: zis hand at ‘a Jong story for Scrence Woxper TOWSES, “In. Claas B-I included the Iollowing “Tslands in- the ‘Air’’=by- Lowell: Morrow, “The. Beacon of: Airport Seven” by. Harold S. Sykes, “The Bloodless War” by Dr. Keller, “Beyond Gravity” . by Ed “Eart ‘Repp,: and ;the ‘Flight- in--1999” by. Bob Olsen. : The impression that Harold -S. Sykes wanted to convey to ts regarding the character of Dr, Lawson ‘did oe oa nes at all. is thoroughly sympathized. Dr. wsoit-~ who, working as—a_ scientist. should, was disturbed and. ham- pered. by-s- company of nitwits: who-build- their airport. close to— his labordtory, —_ Now, - wha wouldn’t get-sore?- I know I-would: ~ Only ne aoe a ia the=C: aas_and: that is £ "Yellow: Air-Peril”. by: Harl- Vincent, I Placed. in-class" D<the rest: of ‘the stories that I have=not-mentioned, ~ These are: “Where Grnyity Ends" by Robert -H. Leitfred:and:*"Men With Wings” -by-Leslie Stone. There were -no-stories_in the FP cligs, but I felt very much ‘Jike-putting “Men With Wings” init, This had more. ‘biology. init than aviation and<should have: been placed it Science ‘Wonpee -Srortes es I 4eel-sure, -it> would have received: thé harsh criticism: that it de- served. Well, mistakes” will: happen, “you ‘Imow. As a whole, Arm Wonper Stonma-is the best gditnce - fiction magazine on the market, with the exception-of Scruwce Wonven Stones. a year or two the publications will be more widely“ known~ and— with such hackers as we Sipenbess. are (and were good advertising agents, too) you cannot fail. ‘LOUIS: KURZE]. icago, Ill, (There seems to he quite an interesting con- Sraverey “arising among. cle seniors. cegeriing which- magazine, Science Wowner. Stories_or Arn: Wonper. Storins, isthe best. We would Tike to hear from. more of our=readers regard- ing their. views,-_Ag-to~Mr._ Kurzeja's-opmion of Dr. Lawson in “The Beacon of Airport Seven,” we might_say that Dr,.Lawson might justifiably. have “felt resentment at the im trusion -of the: airport field -near- his-laboratory. But-to- deliberately - send: innocent -men-to- their death- to- express -his resentment is: exceeding auite definitely the- bounds «of justification — OF. _—= Quarterly Will Satisfy Readers Editor, AIR- WONDER STORIES: dt -was very. hard~to-pick- out the—hest story in the October issue of Arn-Woxvex Sroxres, I finally Blase the. stories-as-follows: L “The Ark: of the Covendnt* by Victor -Mac- Chure. ; 2, “The ‘Sky Manige” -by-Heririk Dahl Juve, 3. "The -Invisihle Raiders”: by=Ed= Earl Repp. 4, “Through the Air Tunnel?’ Hark Vincent, ‘obot- Master” by.O, Beckwith, - “The Air Spy” by, Edward Lee Harrison, “Around: the Air in- 24-Hours” by R, H. »_ Romans. 8. “The Reader Airs His Views,” T_am~ for -serials, -So your best stor has been a serigl, Some of your: redders don't like “the “story” to be coritinued= to the — next issue- when they--come to—an exciting pels I think that“ this- makes the. story all the more interesting, —I- was (disappointed: in—not seeing A new serial start in the-same issue that the old- one ended in. Tam gladto know that Edmond Hamilton is coming::to- Ate ~Wonpven.Stostes, Iconsider him. among the: hest of -your:anthora, If you= put out-a quarterly. soon the. readers who want just. complete stories —showld “be satisfied. = T. have.a complaint. to make: on-your- binding, It'a awful, “Please nse two-staplés in holding the-mnagazine together, 5 The- illustrations an. the October: issue were great: - Keep up the good work Paul, you're issue, getting better in each is ACK DARROW, 4225 N, Spaulding. Ave. Chicago, Th, (We have not yet decided on the question. of an Atm Wonven Quantesty, However, we may ‘have~‘s mtéresting-<to= annonce inthe near future_about it. z Mr. Darrow’s. views -on’ serials are. definite enough to: make-anyone snré-of where he stands on. the question, _We want to hear how_he likes.“Cities in the Air,? nmeed Hamilton’s latest offering — rth: ‘ _Inexhaustible as Man’s Imagination Bditer,. AIR WONDER STORIES: ‘After: reading the- story “The Ark of the Covenant’* by Victor MacCh T-will have: to admit that you have ~stumb! onto the beat story. since the: “Second: Deluge.” The stories pienticredl above are_the ones that 1 consider 1c best: The most peculiar coincidence possible, I be lieve, happened. in. connection; with “The - Ark of the Covenant,” 1 was wondering why a story- like “it. had. never~ been publi ed that carried the details so far and that; still: was not boring, when nlong came-the “Ark’’-as if the author had used ‘my thoughts, I got nearly as big a kick-out of it as of it had been my own, The present-story that you are publishing, “Cities inthe Air;' starts out asa fair one, but it-has not the essentigl details thot are necessary for @- really good ~story. The work you have started is inexhaustible as- man’s imagination; .and I -hope—you con- tinue “the car selection of your stories to keep ‘the high -Jevel-you have: begun, _ heli¢ve that the cover contest in Scisnce Woxpex Storrs will proye quite interesting, but I. don’t quite care for stories as short. as they will-be, 1 think the average reading ‘time fora good short story should be between eight to ten” minutes, 3 From a render of ‘hefore the time of the “Second: Deluge.” ALBERT. FE... DAWSON, 4010 Greenview Ave., Chicago, Til, (Mr, Dawson makes quite an—apt statement when -he ‘says that our work is as. inexhaustible as im tion, We. have Jong -ago realized that—that the possibilities “inherent “m= lite- are as infiniteas man’s ability- to conceive them, For- what man- conceives, based on natural laws, he will-ultimately achieve, In other words, his capacity. for ‘achievement is as infinite: as: time. Our: writers_are mirroring that capacity-of amen to achieve, And_althongh-many. of our authors donot realize the time. that is necessary to realize -what. they - picture, - still for the most part their predictions are prophetic, So we of the early twentieth -century may sit back in our chairs; and have-the centuries’ of the future tolled back toward. us.—Fditor.) No Strangling in Air Pockets Editor, AIR-WONDER. STORIES: . I have just. finished~ reading the November issue-of Ain Wonper Sronizs,-and ‘though the Borie were ot the best I have-read, I liked Oi em. Now, about the. short stories, the Jong stories, and the serials, The serials are all right; but there are too many short stories. Most of them T. know by heart. Did: T_tike them?- Well, we'll see. “The Air Spy” _was_good, but ‘short, “Around the World in 24 Hours” needed lengthening ‘like- wise ‘Phe Invisible Raiders,” “When Space Ripped Open” ‘wax’ too poetic, In the October issue —“*Through- the. Air Tunnel” came only after “The Ark of: the Covenant; “Cities in the Air”. was good -but-1 don’t*see: bow: it could be-possible. for the -cities to be able td travel_so fast, eves with -the- new device, for so many buildings would offer: resistance to the-air, ie“ Aviation Forum’ -“is ‘Hood, keep it we The “‘Avintion News" is hopelesily antiquated, so take my-advice and discontinue it~ -1f-you want to put something good in, give a descrip tion— of —an— airplane ‘every- nionth,- In G Scrence—Wonpen -you offered “priges- on - the composition, “What -Science. Fiction Means. -to Me,’ so why ‘not have ‘What Aviation Meang to Me” in thi¢< magazine? Also why not a suffable aviation design to. appear on_ the cover each month? Some—tine ago-a friend asked me what anair pocket was. “T think it is a vacnum,”-I- replied, “Well, then,~ how is: it that the aviator can breathe,” he came back at me, Well, I leave-it to you, Mr. Editor. How can-he breathe? Before 1 ‘sign off I want to know. what happened. to. the-author-of “Hicke's Inventions: With a Kick,” TI am sure he can write a humorous aviation story, And Edgar Rice Burroughs? And_ the Quarterly? RONALD J.. SMALL, : = New. York City, (An air pocket is: not an absolute -vacutim where there is no oxygen, but it is an area in which the-air pressure is very mitch reduced, Such an area may be ak a Half-or even ao quarter of a mile ‘long, and the aviator may be out of it'in a fraction of a minute, The reason why it is dangerous ig that the sustaining force-on the wings. is very much ess in that area_and the plane very frequently takes on abrupt dip, It presenta, however, no particular danger -from- focation. e accept gratefully the-suggestions for addi- tional features: for -Atr Wonben Stories [and will. give. them consideration], Mr, Feeandie, the author of ““Hick's Inventions With a Kick, is now- tray -abrond and is apparently not doing any: w —Bditor.) 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