minds, reprints of classics are essential, actually
vitally necessary. Try to find out what a ballot would show.
Again, from the author's point of view. Up to now, Burroughs
has had all the breaks as to book publication. Now Ray
Cummings and others are being published. "An author must
eat." Give him a chance, by reviving his best efforts, and
bringing them to public attention, so that a publisher will
find them worthy of publication. Most of the masters of
Science Fiction are alive--give them a chance to eat. Too, a
great many of the best modern authors are modern readers:
ask them if they would be willing to see one of the best
stories of the past re-issued each year, stories unpublished
in existing magazines for ten years or more. I certainly
hope you will alter your decision.

And now to reverse some other decisions of readers. The size
is quite all right and very handy for binding purposes, Mr.
Mack to the contrary. Incidentally, the staples are so
placed as to make binding simple. Also contrary to Mr.
Darrow, I prefer the artist Gould, to Wesso, for interior
illustrations, though Wesso is best for mechanical
illustrations. Incidentally, give us the name of the artist
for each story, especially when the illustrations are
unsigned, as in the April issue. Wesso's best cover for you
has been that for April, illustrating "Monsters of Moyen."
It shows his best style very well.

As to my favorite type of Science Fiction, any kind, if well
written, will do. As it happens, the king of authors, A.
Merritt, has a type all his own, as Mr. Bryant notes, which
is unbeatable, and my favorite. However, at times, a good
writer may fall down in his fundamental assumptions. I don't
care where or how far he goes, so long as he starts with
something that present-day science does not deny. Here is
where "The Soul Master" fell down, and, even more so, "The
Soul Snatcher." Better leave souls and astrals and egos
alone, except in very, very rare cases, when an author turns
up who can make you believe in them as mechanical entities.

As a Science Fiction fan, a student of chemistry, and a
hopeful author, I will probably write to "The Readers'
Corner" as often as I want to blow off steam regarding
science or fiction or the way in which you are