aring in tone, thought and structure than any
paltry nowaday Science Fiction! Reach out into the
imagination, stretch your faintest and most super-ordinary
scientific hypothesis to its vaguest straining point, and
produce--

A real, honest-to-goodness, glorious he-man action magazine
of Science Fiction!

I mean it! And that's how my page is gonna be, and I'll bet
that I have made my page of that future idealistic magazine,
merely by writing this letter! How about it, Mr. Bates?

Aren't we all signed up as associate editors for the future
"ideal magazine?"--Tom Olog, 940--5th St., San Bernardino,
Calif.

_Right! One on Us_

Dear Editor:

I have been following with great interest Ray Cummings'
latest piece, "Jetta of the Lowlands," which is rather
unique in its ideas. In a recent issue Mr. Cummings
explained to his readers that the flyer was made invisible
by bending the light rays around it. This in itself is quite
plausible, but when he tells us he could see the land below
them, and the other flyer, we have to draw a line. It is
quite plain that if the light is bent away from the hull of
the flyer that no light will come to the eyes within, and
that the invisibility will be more of a hindrance than an
advantage. However, it was a good story and we know that
authors cannot be perfect any more than ordinary humans can.

I am wishing you the best of luck for your second year,
which you will soon enter!--W. Johnston, New York City.

_A Riddle_

Dear Editor:

I have only read two issues of Astounding Stories. These two
have determined me to continue reading A. S. until I grow
broke or give up my ghost.

The only brickbats that you are going to get are: Use a
better grade of paper and bind the magazines more securely.
Your stories are O. K. In fact there is only one story in
the two issues (October and November), that I did not give a
darn about, and that was "The Extra Man," by Jackson Gee.

As I have been a reader of Science Fiction for the past four
years I think that I know a little about a good story when I
read one.

And last but not least, I have a riddle to ask you.

Question: What is the difference between an egg and a copy
of Astounding Stories?

Answer: When an egg falls it bus