ul. I expect to see it in the
talkies before long. It could be filmed easily enough,
couldn't it! I know it certainly would make a wonderful
picture. I expect to see you publish "Murder Madness" and
"Brigands of the Moon" in book form. If you do, I will try
my darnedest to get a copy. Also in my list of good authors
up there I forgot to mention Arthur J. Burks.

Now I wish to broach the subject of a Quarterly to you. I
think Astounding Stories should have one. Every other
Science Fiction magazine has, so let us have one, too. Won't
you? You can give us over twice as much as you do in the
monthly and charge about 50c. a copy. Have one good book and
several short stories in each issue; no serials. How about
it?

And now let's talk a little about Astounding Stories! Why
not cut the paper smooth, the way you do in Five Novels
Monthly? It would make the magazine look a lot better. It
would also be a lot easier to find one's place when one has
to lay the book down for a moment. The last reason may sound
trivial, but it's really annoying to try to find one's place
among those bulky pages. The paper you use now gives the
magazine an inferior appearance when compared to others of
its kind. It certainly would be a relief to see you use
better paper. Won't you please consider the points I have
brought out in my letter?--Gabriel Kirschner, Box 301,
Temple, Texas.

"_What Authors_!"

Dear Editor:

Astounding Stories is improving with every issue. However,
you would have to go far to beat the August issue. It can
be called an "all star" number. What authors! Hamilton,
Rousseau, Starzl, Burks, and others, all of whom are among
my favorite authors. The stories were so good that it is
almost impossible to pick out the best one. However, after
some thought I have finally chosen Hamilton's "The Second
Satellite." "Earth, the Marauder," is a close second. I hope
you have many more stories by Edmond Hamilton.

I see that the cover is the first one to be of a different
color. Please have a new color each month.

There are a few ways in which Astounding Stories may be
improved. Enough of the readers have mentioned improving the
quality of the paper so that I do not have to comment on
this. An editorial each month would improve