I like it.
You're just getting your stride this, the second year. But
why not foresee the demand of your Readers and have a few
stories by R. F. Starzl? You have other top-notchers such as
Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster; and Tom Curry is another good
writer. "Monsters of Mars" would have been better if it were
boiled down to about two thirds as many pages. It reads
"stretched."--W. P. O'Toole, Parker, S. Dak.

"_This Missile_"

Dear Editor:

Congratulations! Your magazine--excuse me, "our"
magazine--is going over big!

However, there are a few things I would like to suggest.
First, why not take a vote on the quarterly idea? Second,
give us more stories and illustrations. Increase the price
if you have to, but keep up the good work and I'm your
steady buyer. So far I have not missed a copy, and my only
regret is that I didn't have sense enough to keep the first
six or seven instead of throwing them away.

By the way, didn't I notice a rather heated argument going
on in "The Readers' Corner" about reprints? And what is the
matter with reprints? Nothing, except that they are
reprints. That is hardly an argument, but if you value my
monthly twenty cents please give us at least one reprint to
a volume, which I see comprises three copies of
your--pardon, "our" magazine. If the rest of the Readers
acquiesce I think we ought to have a reprint in the near
future. If they object, well, the world will roll on.

Your time is precious, and besides there are more Readers
waiting to say the same things I have just said, so I will
close this missile--er, missive.--Eugene Benefiel, The
Pioneer, Tucson, Arizona.

_From the Antipodes_

Dear Editor:

As a regular Reader of your magazine, Astounding Stories, I
thought I would write and tell you how I appreciate the
stories contained in it. I am a heavy Reader and have always
had a soft spot for stories unusual and bizarre. Until I
happened to see your magazine at a bookshop in Perth, I had
to be content with occasional Science Fiction stories by
Wells, Burroughs, and a few others which I picked up in my
browsing in various bookshops and libraries. Now that I get
Astounding Stories regularly, I have a monthly feast of good
things that I read and reread until the next issue