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spired tale by C. L. Moore takes first place. Science-fiction being one of the four things worth living for—the first, in fact—Old Sledge by Paul Ernst is next. The unusually good ending makes Smith's tale come next in the parade of masterpieces." [We trust your curiosity as to Jirel and Guillaume is satisfied by C. L. Moore's story in this issue: Black God's Shadow.—The Editor.]
The Three Marked Pennies
M. A. Reynolds, of Glendale, California, writes: "Congratulations on the August number of Weird Tales. It was well rounded, with good yarns throughout. My favorite was the little story by Mary Counselman—The Three Marked Pennies. It might have come from the imagination of Scheherazade—modernized and brought west. I'm becoming a C. L. Moore fiend, too. Let us have a steady diet of these two authors, less melodrama, and no more cheap nudes on the cover—that's my request, and I think it is one of a chorus."
The Lovely Ladies
Mary A. Conklin, of Coldwater, Michigan, writes: "I note that the protest against Brundage's nudist covers has fallen off somewhat. Glory halleluya! I, myself, like them very much, my favorite lady being the red-headed one. Somehow there seems to be something so clean and clear-cut about her. Something amazonish. I don't care so much about the blond one, for though she is lovely, she doesn't seem so much alive as the red-head and the little brunette. Brundage deals more with deep rich coloring, and, well, blonds just aren't! I remember one cover picture he painted for Oriental Stories, that concerned a lovely Chinese slave and an Arabian adventurer. It was beautiful. I say more power to Brundage and his lovely ladies. The Black God's Kiss is the best story dealing with the ancient gods that I have read in many a long day. I (and I'm sure many others) want to hear a great deal more of Jirel. She's the kind of person I'd like to be myself. A sort of feminine version of Conan the Cimmerian. He, too, is one of my favorites. I wish, though, that his adventures were more closely connected. He hops around so and turns up in such wholly unexpected places. Please, Mr. Howard, don't let him fall in love and settle down. Keep him hopping, but don't leave out the lovely ladies! That's what makes him so interesting."
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