, Charles Willard Diffin, Captain S. P. Meek,
Edmond Hamilton, F. V. W. Mason and Murray Leinster are
excellent.

There is one thing that I'd like to see in Astounding
Stories, and I'm sure many of the Readers would, too. It is
always my habit to read while eating. To finish the story in
time, I pick the shortest one. Sad to say, Astounding has
rather long stories. How about an occasional short story?
I'm sure your readers will approve. They would go over with
a bang!--P. Nikolaioff, 4325 S. Seeley Ave., Chicago, Ill.

_Sometimes Gets Mad_

Dear Editor:

Although I have been an interested reader of Astounding
Stories since its inception, this is the first time I have
written. Astounding Stories have been so good lately that I
just had to write and compliment you on your good work.
There are, however, some criticisms I have to make. The
first is: I think Mr. W. H. Flowers of Pittsburgh, Pa, is
right when he says you sometimes have too much love in some
of your stories. The second is, I think it would be a good
thing to put notes at the end of a page to explain some of
the terms for the Readers who read mostly for the science
part. That is what I do, and I get mad when I read something
that does not give me the inside dope on it. Outside of that
I think Astounding Stories can't be beat.

One more thing before I close. Keep Capt. S. P. Meek on your
staff or I will stop reading Astounding Stories, as much as
I would hate to do that. I think he is your best author by a
long shot.--Wilson Adams, Seat Pleasant, Md.

_From a "Female Woman"_

Dear Editor:

The comment of Jim Nicholson in the June issue that it is
only "the females" who consider him "cracked" for reading
Science Fiction, and only women who do not care for science
in the stories, moves me to break into "The Readers' Corner"
for the first time.

I happen to be a "female woman," and it is the men in our
family and circle of friends who laugh at me for buying
every Science Fiction magazine and book that I can find.
They call them my "nutty magazines." I have to admit that I
do not understand much of the scientific explanation, since
my mind does not run along mathematical or scientific lines,
but I do not mind having that in stories, for those who do