I, for one, am very much in favor of
reprints. I think they would very much increase our circle
of readers.

Some of your best authors are: S. P. Meek, V. Rousseau, Ray
Cummings and S. P. Wright. Let's have some more novels by
those authors, please.--E. F. Hittleman, 3400 Wayne Ave.,
Bronx, N. Y.

"_Or What Have You?_"

Dear Editor:

I've just finished reading the October issue of Astounding
Stories and am convinced that the magazine is getting better
and better.

I'd like to take back what I said in my first letter about
interplanetary stories being ruled out, because I notice
they are improving. They seem more realistic and true.

I like "Jetta of the Lowlands." Something different, don't
you think? Seems strange to imagine what the ocean bottoms
might be like.

And how can "Stolen Brains" help but be good when Captain
Meek brings his Philo Vance to the rescue--that intelligent
Dr. Bird. (This may sound like sarcasm, but it's meant to be
praise.) I always read Dr. Bird first of all.

"Prisoners on the Electron" is just what I like. Somewhere I
read a story similar to it--that of life on an electron. I
don't doubt one bit that there can be life on such minute
surfaces, which also gives me an idea that the earth may be
an electron to some gigantic planet which is so large that
we cannot comprehend its size. Couldn't that be possible?

I still find that among the contributors there is only one
girl besides myself. Letters sent to me from readers are all
from men or boys. Am I so different from other girls? Or
what have you?--Gertrude Hemken, 5730 So. Ashland Ave.,
Chicago, Illinois.

_Only Fiction_

Dear Editor:

I am writing a second letter criticizing some of the later
stories you published. I think Astounding Stories is
steadily improving. In the June issue, "The Moon Master"
takes first place. Other first place stories are: "The
Forgotten Planet," (July); "The Second Satellite," (August);
"Marooned Under the Sea," (Sept); "The Invisible Empire,"
(Oct).

I agree with Mr. W. Gelman. You ought to have coupons to
fill out on reprints and see whether or not the majority
vote for reprints. I saw a mistake in "Prisoners on the
Electron." The author states that four months of time passed