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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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1.
Tales
of
weird
mystery--Merritt's
"Moon
Pool"
and
his
others;
Taine's
"White
Lily."
2.
Interplanetary
Adventure--"A
Columbus
of
Space,"
by
Serviss;
"The
Skylark
of
Space,"
by
Smith.
3.
"Different
stories,"
that
defy
classification,
based
on
new
ideas
of
science--most
of
Wells'
short
stories
are
examples.
4.
Detective,
Fourth
Dimension,
and
air
adventure--only
well
done.--Jack
Williamson,
Box
661
Canyon,
Texas.
A
Brick
or
Two
Dear
Editor:
For
the
last
three
years
we
have
been
reading
any
and
all
of
the
various
Science
Fiction
magazines
which
have
appeared
upon
the
market.
We
therefore
feel
that
we
are
as
well
qualified
as
anyone
to
offer
the
criticism
and
advice
that
follows.
First,
the
stories.
We
feel
that
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
get
your
stories
from
the
same
authors
whose
work
has
been
and
is
being
accepted
by
the
other
magazines
in
this
field.
In
one
case
you
have
already
done
this,
and
I
consider
his
stories
to
be
the
best
in
each
issue.
I
believe
that
you
will
be
forced
to
do
this
eventually,
anyhow,
because
the
people
who
read
this
magazine
will
naturally
be
readers
of
the
others
also,
and
will
therefore,
be
used
to
the
standards
set
by
those
publications.
Then,
you
should
have
someone
who
is
well
qualified
to
pass
upon
the
science
in
the
stories.
Second,
the
cover
design
and
the
pictures
at
the
beginning
of
each
story.
Up
to
this
time
the
cover
and
inside
pictures
have
contained
many
mistakes.
The
cover
of
the
March
issue
was
especially
atrocious.
In
the
first
place
a
voyager
in
outer
space
would
find
it
jet
black
and
studded
with
stars,
instead
of
blue
and
apparently
empty,
except
for
a
few
tremendously
oversize
planets,
a
moon
with
entirely
too
many
craters,
and
a
total
eclipse
of
the
sun
with
a
very
much
distorted
corona
visible
beside
the
earth.
Illustrations
by
your
cover
artist
also
appear
in
another
publication,
but
these
are
much
superior
to
the
ones
in
Astounding
Stories.
Here
also
a
scientific
advisor
would
be
welcome.
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