es stick out beyond one another, so what good does
that do?

"Manape the Mighty," by Arthur J. Burks, was superb,
gripping. I suppose a lot of Readers will rise violently
against the love interest, but, I ask you, just where would
this particular story be without the romance in it? This
particular story, you understand; not every story.

"Holocaust," by Charles Willard Diffin, was next best with
"The Man from 2071" a close second.

"The Earthman's Burden" was at least entertaining, which
this installment of "The Exile of Time" was not.--Robert
Baldwin, 359 Hazel Ave., Highland Park, Ill.

_Time Trouble Answers Wanted_

Dear Editor:

I have read your magazine for nearly two years, but this is
my first letter to the "Corner." The first and second
installments of Ray Cummings' "Exile of Time" prompted me to
write this. There is a story you can well be proud of. I
should like to obtain it in book form. Mr. Cummings is a
wonder. I have read many time stories, but his is at the top
of my list.

If there is any other "time" fan in A. S.'s "Readers'
Corner" I should like to have a letter discussion on it with
him. None of my acquaintances care a whoop about that type
of story, so I have to thrash out all my problems by myself.

There are some questions I would like to ask about "The
Exile of Time."

1--In the event of the appearance of the time-traveling
cage, the story ran, to use Ray's own words: "Suddenly
before me there was a white ghost. A shape. A wraith of
something which a moment before had not been there. The
shape was like a mist. Then in a second or two it was
solid."

Why should the cage appear as a mist at first? If there is
any amount of time separating two things, those two things
are invisible to each other, are they not? Any amount of
time would include a second, and even a millionth part of a
second. In that case, the cage should suddenly appear in the
twinkling of an eye, with no trace of a blur.

2--Supposing I were standing at a spot five feet from a
time-traveling vehicle. The latter would be traveling
through time at 3 P. M., while I am at 2 P. M.--an hour's
difference between us. It would be invisible to me then, but
an hour later when I would be at 3 P. M. and the machine at