Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930

"I think we'd better go and find father," she said at length, quietly. "I think so too!" he agreed. As they headed toward the laboratory, a fine, powdery dust, like volcanic ash was falling. It continued to fall until the city streets were covered to a depth of an inch or more. Thus passed the menace of Vada. [Advertisement: NO ONE MUST FORGET That he has a standing invitation to "Come Over In 'THE READERS' CORNER'" And join in the general discussion of stories, authors, likes, dislikes--everything pertaining to ASTOUNDING STORIES And Science-Fiction] The Readers' Corner A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories To the Rescue Dear Editor: I hope you can see fit to print this letter in the July issue of Astounding Stories. This letter is written in defence of Ray Cummings and in reply to the letter of C. Harry Jaeger, 2900 Jordan Road, Oakland, California. Following is an extract of Mr. Jaeger's letter: "Also I like my authors to make an original contribution to whatever theory of science they develop fictionally. This, Ray Cummings does not do in his very interesting story, "Phantoms of Reality." His beginning is palpably borrowed from Francis Flagg's story, "The Blue Dimension," which appeared in a Science Fiction magazine in 1927." Another paragraph is devoted to explaining his claim. He claims that Cummings' method of transporting his characters from one dimension or planet to another is practically copied from Flagg's story. The method, that is, not the narration. I hope to prove that if any borrowing was done, it was done by Flagg. Incidentally, Flagg's story "The Blue Dimension" was printed in 1928, not 1927, as Mr. Jaeger says.