tes, also Dr. Keller
and Clara Harris. I have read mighty good tales by those
authors. I believe you could do worse than to run an
occasional H. G. Wells story, and if you gave us "The First
Men in the Moon" serially, I for one would be delighted. I
have tried in vain to get that story and never have. Well, I
guess I have said enough. Best wishes for the New Year. May
Astounding Stories grow and prosper--and its Editor.--C.
Harry Jaeger, 2900 Jeedan Road, Oakland, California.

_Likes Interplanetary Stories_

Dear Editor:

Having read the first issue of Astounding Stories, I am
about to pronounce a sentence on it. It is guilty of being
"Astounding" to the Nth degree!

I enjoyed all the stories immensely and will be anxiously
awaiting the next issue.

Now as for some suggestions which I think would improve the
magazine.

I. Try to have an interplanetary story in each issue.

II. Publish a number of interesting letters concerning
Astounding Stories in each issue.

III. Have several illustrations in long stories.

I think this would improve the magazine, although it is
perfect just the way it is.

Hoping Astounding Stories has a long and successful
life!--Forrest Ackerman, 530 Staples Avenue, San Francisco,
Cal.

_Watch the Coming Issues, Miss Miller!_

Dear Editor:

Saw your new magazine at the newsstand and bought it at
once. I like the following stories in this issue: "The
Beetle Horde," "Phantoms of Reality," "The Stolen Mind." I
did not care much for the others, and least of all for
"Tanks."

I believe that readers, like myself, who are interested in
scientific fantasies, prefer stories of interplanetary
travels and fourth dimensional stories, and variations of
these themes. Such as various space-ships and vibration
machines for visiting other planets and traveling backward
and forward in time. Stories of lost continents and of
strange races of people living in unknown places on our own
Earth are interesting also.

A magazine of this kind has unlimited possibilities for
stories of the aforementioned types, and I believe that
readers who buy magazines of these subjects expect to find
therein really Astounding Stories. Best wishes for the
success of your magazine!--Ruth Miller, St. Regis