more and different stories from him.
"Earth, the Marauder," by Arthur J. Burks looks as though it
was going to be a record winner for me--accomplish the
impossible, and make a good story from a story of the
future.

I don't like horror stories, crazy stories and stories
written far into the future, as "Brigands of the Moon."
These stories make light of the vast distances of space and
are too weird, droll and fail to give a single shiver down
my old backbone. They are strange and inhabited by strange
people. No story can give the faintest idea of the space
between those mighty suns of the universe. Most of them have
more imagination than scientific knowledge. "Earth, the
Marauder," an exception.

I would much rather hear stories of primeval days of the
lost Atlantis before Earth was populated with scientific
beings, when the cave man looked up at the unknown, then so
near to him. At the moon, which was then so close, and
uninhabited by superior beings. Tales of superstition and
all mystery stories of the unknown. I like interplanetary
stories, if not written too far into the future.

I like the present size and shape of your magazine. Best
wishes for the success of your magazine.--An Interested
Reader, Goffstown, N. H.

_Likes_

Dear Editor:

I have just finished reading the July issue of Astounding
Stories and I think every story is simply great, especially
"The Terror of Air-Level Six." That sure is a story! "The
Forgotten Planet" is a corker, too!

While reading the letters in "The Readers' Corner" I noticed
that almost everyone has a hankering for Edgar Rice
Burroughs' stories. Believe it or not, I'm wild about his
stories myself and I'm looking forward to reading his
stories in Astounding Stories. It won't make any difference
if they'll be originals or reprints, so long as they're
Burroughs!

Ray Cummings is another one of my favorites and I always
read his stories first. His "Brigands of the Moon" hit me in
the right spot. "The Moon Master" in the June issue was
also a very fine story.

Now about this argument about reprinted stories. I think
that if, at least, one reprinted story appeared in each
issue of Astounding Stories, it wouldn't hurt its
reputation. Here are some reprints that