awk about the size (i. e. length
and width) of the mag and the uneven pages. The size is
perfect (and just because the craze for standardization has
hit some of the other Science Fiction mags and they have
gone ga-ga over being an awkward shape, that is no reason
for your going ahead and spoiling this one) and the uneven
pages are a relief when reading because it is much easier to
turn over a leaf when they are of a slightly different
width.

However, to take some of the sting off, I must say some of
the ideas of said Mr. Baldwin are O. K. Enlarge the mag--of
course you will, as readers increase and sales go up.
Larger, as he says, "It will be worth the other jitney." Put
ads in the rear. Have full page illustrations when possible.
But another thing he is absolutely wrong on. Please do not
adopt the antique method of continuing a story on page
umptyump.

Some of the readers are still yowling for reprints. Well, it
is true that some reprints would be very acceptable.
However, as most of the really good old-time tales of
Science Fiction can be procured in any good sized library,
why bother to print them and thus decrease the space
allotted to our new authors, some of whom are even better
than Wells, Verne, etc., much as I like the old masters.

By the way, my "enlarge" in the second paragraph means in
thickness (amount of reading matter), not shape.

Wesso has always been good, and he seems to be improving,
though he and others might be still better if they would
carefully read the descriptions of persons and animals of
other planets before picturing them. I don't wish to make
this blurb too long, so will not be specific, but you and
others probably have seen the same as I, where the
illustration has not been true to the description.

It might interest you to know that I have been instrumental
in getting several new readers for Astounding Stories. Long
live "our" new mag.--Robert J Hyatt, 1353 Kenyon St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.

_Ow! Ow! Ow!_

Dear Editor:

I have just looked at "The Reader's Corner" in the October
issue of Astounding Stories. It disgusted me. What you print
there--only letters praising your magazine to the skies?--or
do you occasionally print a brickbat?

I've bought your magazin