ts. But when a copy of
Astounding Stories falls only the cover comes off.

A steady reader from now on.--Edward Anderson, 929 S.
Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

"_High Literary Quality_"

Dear Editor:

Just a few words to express my appreciation of the
consistently high standard of stories which have so far
appeared in Astounding Stories. I was mainly inspired to
write to you by those two fine stories, "Brigands of the
Moon," by Ray Cummings and "Murder Madness," by Murray
Leinster. The former was one of the year's best
interplanetary stories, and the latter a very fine adventure
yarn. As well as being of scientific interest, these stories
held my interest to the end by reason of their high literary
quality and the fact that they did not lack excitement. I am
afraid that these two qualities are lacking in a large
number of Science Fiction stories. I would suggest that you
accept these stories as a standard for the magazine.--A. M.
D. Pender, 201, Red Lion Road, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey,
England.

_Expert Testimony_

Dear Editor:

We had quite a little discussion at a recent meeting of The
Scienceers as to why all of us consider Astounding Stories
the best Science Fiction magazine printed to-day. One reason
to which all of us agreed was your endless variety of good
continued stories. They always have a new twist about them.
I read a number of Science Fiction magazines each month.
None of them comes anywhere near Astounding Stories as to
the quality of the stories printed. On both long and short
stories they rank way below the Astounding standard.

Your best writer is Ray Cummings, with Harl Vincent and R.
F. Starzl close behind. I consider "Vagabonds of space," by
Harl Vincent, as the best story I have read so far. Ask Mr.
Vincent to give us a sequel.--Herbert Smith, Sec.,
Scienceers, 2791 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York City.

"_Heads My List_"

Dear Editor:

I'm accepting your kind invitation to come over to "The
Readers' Corner" and express my opinion of your magazine.

I like it immensely. I read all the Science Fiction I can,
and your magazine heads my list. I think the serial "The
Pirate Planet," is as interesting a story as any I've read.
Astounding Stories improves with every issu