I cannot remember ever having read anything more flat and more stale.
The old, old, worked to death plot of the man who goes blind. "The Light That Failed—When Darkness Came"—etc. The Juveniles are rejecting them.
Still, I trusted you, Mr. Editor. You must have found something in that story that justifies the title of your magazine. Amazing. I read on. With a great effort I forced myself to read on through that flat, almost plotless yarn where there is no suspense, no danger, no menace, nothing wonderful, no escape of any sort. You failed me.
Ah! When both are blind in the machine, I hoped. They are about to discover wonderful powers, guidance, presences in the other world perhaps, communication with other planets that can reach no one else. But instead, there is only the noise of clicks-clicks made by the cracks of the sidewalks. My impression was that it sounded like a box of bolts and nuts being shaken.
How better it would have been for your readers, and for yourself, Mr. Editor, if you had rejected this worthless script.
George W. Hall,
328 West 6th St.,
Sioux Falls, So. Dak.
A LIST OF BESTS
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Here's a list of the finest stories, in my opinion, that have appeared in your magazine in the last two years.
Sept. '40—Champlin Fights The Purple God (Wilcox). Action at its finest.
Oct. '40—The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years (Wilcox). Different.
Nov. & Dec. '40—West Point 3000 A. D. (Wellman). Futuristic fiction.
Jan. '41—John Carter And The Giant Of Mars, (Burroughs). The master returns.
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Mar. '41—The City Of Mummies (Burroughs). Fine beginning.
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May '41—The Lost Race Comes Back (Wilcox). Entire issue good.
June '41—Black Pirates Of Barsoom (Burroughs). He gets better every time.
July '41—Survivors From 9000 B. C. (Williams). Below your fine average.
Aug. '41—Yellow Men Of Mars (Burroughs). Perfect.
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Oct. '41—Invisible Men Of Mars (Burroughs). Best of series.
Nov. '41—Convoy To Atlantis (McGivern). My opinion of this author rises.
Dec. '41—Secret Of Planetoid 88 (Repp). Get more stories by Repp.
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