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★ Amazing Stories will publish in each issue a selection of letters from readers. Everybody is welcome to contribute. Bouquets and brickbats will have an equal chance. Inter-reader correspondence and controversy will be encouraged through this department. Get in with the gang and have your say.

HE'S MAD!

Sirs:

I am mad. Perhaps the maddest I've been in years. I'm boiling, riled and completely disgusted. Why, oh why did you have to dispose of Martin Brand so easily, so calmly. As a devoted reader of your mag. for the past five years, I demand that Martin Brand be brought back. Puleese, Mr. Irwin!

D. Bruce Berry,
3630 E. 6th St.,
Stockton, Calif.

Frankly, your editor, and Mr. Irwin, are at a loss as to how to bring Martin Brand back, no matter how successful the story has been. Naturally we are flattered to know we've presented a story for which the readers seem to be demanding a sequel, but confidentially, how can Brand get out of the hole he's in? If there ever was a spot to be in, that one's it! But we'll write Mr. Irwin and ask him to think about it. One thing is sure, this story is the smash kit of the season—for which both your editors and author Irwin thank you. We like praise like this—Ed.

SOME CHOICE STORIES

Sirs:

I have read Amazing and Fantastic every month for years and this is my first letter. Some of the best stories to date have been "Voyage That Lasted Six Hundred Years," "Sons of the Deluge," "Mystery of the Martian Pendulum," "Black World," "Battering Rams of Space" (a sequel please), "Secret of Planetoid 88", and in the recent issues "Vengeance of Martin Brand". Burroughs was and is always good, but please don't have St. John illustrate all the stories. Settles, Paul, and Fuqua are the best artists in the Stf. business. The magazine's okay as it is. No changes needed. I like a good variety of stories and the April, 1942, issue was a perfect one. More like it, please. Favorite writers are Hamilton, Wilcox, Binder, Burroughs, Repp, Steber, Wellman, and last but not least, McGivem. Keep up the good work.

(No Name),
Copalis Beach, Wash.

You've certainly named six very fine stories. We agree that they are worthy of inclusion on a list of "bests."—Ed.

NEW MEMBER—WELCOME!

Sirs:

I'm a new member to your Discussions Corner and I've a few brickbats to throw. I've been enjoying your mag for 3 years and never had the courage to write, but I toss all timidness aside to tell you "The Sheriff of Thorium Gulch" was just plain Corney—Bah! Six-shooter stuff—

Although "Secret of the Earth Star" was enjoyable, it was similar to (the plot, I mean) the story Beau Geste—except for characters and era. Pul-eese Mr. Kuttner—more originality; even so you are a fine writer. I'm looking forward to the conclusion of "The Vengeance of Martin Brand"—It rates tops with me—Good Work! Irwin. I enjoyed all the other stories heaps, keep up this swell mag—the size is fine. I agree with Lynn H. Benham (Aug. issue) more letters. The articles were good—I liked them. McCauley did one swell job on front cover. Settles' (Is he new?) back cover was superb. All other illustrations were fine. Those footnotes are the best yet—(I'm kinda dense) and they help me to understand. I hardly expect to see this letter in print (I'd like to though), but I'm taking you at your word. You do read them, don't you?

Katherine Walrath,
Monroe, Ore.

Absolutely, Katherine, we read 'em—and enjoy 'em! And we're really glad you tossed your timidness aside. Now don't stop writing!—Ed.

ADVENTURE?

Sirs:

September cover good if you like adventure, but to a S-F fan it wasn't worth an empty jug of "Xeno".

Illustrations—fair, except for the one done for "Giants Beyond Pluto." It wasn't very accurate. "What's the airplane doing in the pic? Where are the space suits? If they're space suit I'll eat 'em. For one thing there is no air on Pluto. I don't see any face plate on the supposed space suits. There's also grass in the pic. On an ice covered planet it couldn't be possible.

"Peace Mission to Planetoid X" was superb Please more space novels by Swain.

"Blitz Against Japan" da— good. I usually don't like present war stories, but this one, well—.

I didn't start reading the serial until I got both instalments. "The Vengeance of Martin Brand"

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