Come again, Locke! "Brigands of the Moon," by Ray Cummings
was great too.

The best for April was "Monsters of Moyen," by Arthur J.
Burks. Clever idea.

Victor Rousseau rang the bell again in the May issue with
"The Atom Smasher." Let's have other stories of
time-travel--some into the very remote past. Cave man stuff,
you know!

"The Moon Master," by Charles Willard Diffin was the best
for June. Diffin is one of your best writers.

In the last (July) issue, "The Forgotten Planet," by Sewell
Peaslee Wright, I think, takes first place, though
hard-pressed by "Earth, the Marauder" and "The Power and the
Glory."

Now for a few suggestions. In the first place, let's have
less short stories, and more longer ones. In my choice of
stories for each issue, with one exception, I picked the
novelettes. My reason for so doing is the fact that the
authors apparently are not able to do justice to their
themes in the shorter lengths. Of course, there are
exceptions, like Diffin's "The Power and the Glory."

My second suggestion in this: Why not have a fixed position
for your announcement of the stories for the next issue? The
last page, for example. This would be more convenient for
the readers; besides, those of us who have "our mags" bound
into volumes could then cut out the announcement.

Finally, my third suggestion--and the real reason for my
writing this letter. Don't you think it would be a good idea
to publish in each issue the picture of one of the authors,
and a short synopsis of his life? How he started writing,
his experiences, etc. I'm certain that I'm not the only
reader who's interested in the authors. I hope, if
everything else I've said is ignored, you'll at least give
the last suggestion serious consideration.

Why not get the opinion of other readers?

Continued and increasing success to Astounding Stories, best
of the Science Fiction magazines!--P. A. Lyter, 220 Peffer
Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

_Mr. Bates Accepts with Pleasure_

Dear Editor:

It is with greatest pleasure I note the addition of Miss
Lilith Lorraine to your staff, and her initial effort in
your publication. "The Jovian Jest" is but a glimpse of what
is to come. The stories which she has written heretofore
have bee