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1•r-.t,•111•1<1l.v 11111101IN,d. ScloaC'loner does not see
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""" oc.:u~lonall.,· d o good work, nnd Gailun. at
thing nil!lroachiu:; dignity,_ nnd in Jut at- «11.v ran:. hu:( it in Ui m to become a nu1stcr of
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tained a degree or unsensat1onal dramatic Yr sclcnrP with <1unrter-bnl1rcl polltlc11J ltl('ns. A ~•t 1 ,:~~~!~ic 1fei;:!: ?nb':~ i~!b,i 0 ~t~hf~~!.t~ ~~1
that did 01.v benrt good to see. orcc cnuse !or ontlonnl mourning--or n goocl, ,oli<I, h 1• got 100 rucil;, with it. ond s lipped do,,·n t he Makes Mo,11ln1 anci Wall Cle.anln1 Euy
.As tounding needs _that quiet forcefuln . for1.,··eight-ho11r bendn- any thiug t o 11111k•! m e rc•ad to ··Set•d~ of the Dus k" nnd "I•' ircs of A l last. a d lsco, cry thaL suppl:lnt3
Sc!Jnccmau's a s1ro11om1cal cover hnd H as e?i forget. (.;('11t•h l:,,1.·· the old •r-a, hloned type or <"loth. fiber
and r ubber spo~e wl t.b tho arnaa'inc
Finlay's spacesbiJ.l engine room. It represc!i \.; Let me put it into " ·ords ns nenr to 0111' s.rl· 'rbi~ curel~ss fncllitr is so much a tiesetting n e,Y. pract.lcal du ,l!ont Celluto,e
the UCting of science fiction from the rut f lahle as this bout of J1opeless despair will al- Bin wi\h ~tf. a111hors. But this new cro11 of Spouee that hold.s :!O time., lta wclcht
cheapness w1ticb you ~nd the majority of yoir low me. vo1111a; 111u~le ra will show the old bands a thing in ""'ater. So sort \fhen ,nt. it can-
not acratch or mu deJlcatc surrtces.
,1uthors ha vc left behind. Firs t or nil, it requires an ni-tist to put o,·er ~,r I wo h1\Core a not her .venr i s out. ' Can bo llerlllzed by boillnr. Tho
This impro,•ement of cover palutln" has bee nn Idea. It :\Ir. Wellmnn could write like f:11 rk" i>! 11no1ber whose nbilit.v r;oes hidden new su,arJux Cleaner, with i ts unique
to my mini!, one ot t_he l!lOSt irnport.111t 'ot tl~e Stuar t or Va11 Yo!!t or De Camp, he migl1l po~- l><'t·a use he has to w rite o t to1> speed to be sure mechanical wrin;:tni: feature. keepl.
housewi,es' hand, away rron1 dirt7
year's adt"nnces. 1~ 1mphes IL uew outlook on S!bly get away with it-it the iden wns good. vf t b ,• rt>nL or some I hing. He turns out in- 1\'ater. It h ll&hl in \feltht ~nd
Rut, plcklo my bones In molil, the i1lea was
one ot the m_ost d1strus tPd ugly ducklings of IIWful ! · 1•rt'dllllll1ie~ of 11 .I. R. F e:Lrnian order in people easy to operate. Removable hetd ls
Jil.,, J'ar~on,- and :\fcNab. writes ll psychological
lictlon, Jt's tim~ t he scoO'er~ were s hown 1:hat u,es~ likt• ·•nooe in Oil'' ut nearly three times pertect for window and car wuhinc.
fantasy and. artis try_ cun mu:, though a s , t E'<>t ins ta nce, one a ssum"s that the 1111>11h1I 1h,• 111·.-<'~s,ir~· length. or. again. II vilely, badly AGENTS! !~us•;f~~•~• b~!-~~
.A~tounding ,s alone III making the nttciopt l e s lnnclnrd or t he time wns not renlly ns fnr h1•· atr:i.tlon. )fake bic- mon&y supplying
On the other baud, how clld you mnna "C low pa1· as the 11ctlons of some of the charnclcr s iurornwcl 1•icvc of psrudo-historical claptra1, like thera. \Vrltc- coda.y tor rull o.arllculartt
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paHs Rogerij' Sep tember co,·er ? Sure, 1 knot~ wp uld ha ~e us believe. Tn which <a sc. th<' " TIJ1- Tram,er:· ~et he, too, when the lit is and le:arn how -you ran cet your me,;,
it has a meas ure of restraint and i$ com " " orld Rush would never 'hnve heeu ullow·c,I Iv on him eot n write. tree for demonstn.Unc: purf)O~c, by
teotly draWJl an~ respectably colored. But Ef hn11pen. The plnnetnry go,·er i1mP11ts, if th• ,' '!'his T ops.vesque letter has growecl. '.l'wo THE LOX COMrANT De,t. 11-46, ElUar1, laL
hclplne 1ntroduco it to other:,.
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Lord, the lighong etrects I The raxs , ''l'h' were as scared or ench other ua WPllru nu ,t"rn t th1111qa111I word~ of fulmination an1l flnttrr.·.
W ~II. ii'~ loo 10111? ever to i;et int o Brass 'l'nel,s.
nuras ! Tlint . i11explic:tble stall'ca~e of . purp/ to s uch pa ins to point out. would prob11hly so I will ju~l content m.,·::;clf with t he hope that
light from ship to ship! And all this m e ha,•e elrcted n combined gco;;rnphlra l co111111it· you. :ti an.v rate . hcini: a kind-ltcartccl r;u_v-
you, in open space. where approximate'! nrk tee fo sunc.r the planet, a n,1 th,'11 dh,i(JPd il up s1,re111I 011 11ie ja.111, George. SJ)reall on ~he jam-
t enth 11t this ; Prrotechnicul illumination ~. ~~~ between them. Or, more pr1Jbnbl.,·. ther woul.J will ha v,• ::;I rugglecl th us far. For the encl i s BENJAltflN AIR RIFLES
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have been Yls1ble. hn,·e ha,1 11 lovely, lovely war with 1·11,,·s 1111d in ,;ia;hl . .
Still. I suppose you ha ,·e to ijf Pep sonietiw screPn8 nnd t hing$ c,·crywbcrc for ).It'. w,,11- I want to throw jus t one lust bouquet . A
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a!ld such things steal by you i u t be Still of thes, man's del ... c!"ltfiou. ~mull 0111•. but vcrv IOYeii• :ind rare will! or·
mgbt. e, The,• cortniuly wouldn 't J1avc cbn1wccl any •·hid•. 'l'o Ar1h11r Met;nnti. for tlrose ,fusciu11t- i
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.rust a~ did Koll's aboniina ble inveutions f one world ,tetling it. i111f littl•• articles that po11 out a t one from odd
ll1e desecra tion or .. l'leas lll'e '.!.'rove" an · or And the Hudspeth expP.1lition was. of com·se. \·t•rr1t•~:c nud Hi:tke 1l:q;c t urning quite. nu advcn-
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ba n's qunin{ little blueprints for the co~ lot~- tile rrownini:: giggle In this edilicP of dc111oulnr f,~:;r 1 0 case there ~houhl be one just over the 117
~poliation of "One Against the Legion" P e e lnui::h ter. W<Jul,I nny 111:iu really be silly P11<)11gh NARD ACCU RATE SHOOTINQ W"H CHAMBERED AHi • •
You can u s • new modelt ■EN.JAMIN AUi IIIFL£ WtTtt LEVEii HAND -
011. yes some dreadful tl1ini;s have ·ha.ppc d to t hink be could gPt nway with s uch a plan ? And II bunch or geraniums for Sprnr;ue de Pt.IMP anywhere for ractlce firlnE •r us t plinklnc around th• h•u••
adjustable des,endlna on AIII PIIESSUR£-ama:dnt: maximum •••or
01i1, rear 1 u "the fair n,une of art. F or i~s ne Jii.tJ,,rcs(1ue in COUCCJ)tlon. but " 'ithout lhn t f':tm1,. .\ mos t irritat in" IY knowledgeublc man, or camp,ns. fistilns, ~untlnc. etc .• at lowes t co"lt. Shootinc fore•••
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Cartier bas bnpp~ned. Ii'ling hitD to the Ji~an~e, •.rcuton gramophone's nmazfng nbllit~· to ta ke but po~sessed of the "kind of brain~ that :~c:.:~:,:~au.;:!1h·oi·~-:r?'.1::· ·"~::~:re~:• '$~t::~T#!!r~r 0°
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Hncl "Eaters ! T he man 1•lther ca.11 · Ot "un , 8 cnn! of thP <'n11sr')11ences or his nction~. .\til011n11ing rt'teds to tell it oll' occnsionnlly. I'm 22 or 177 Sin le Shot $8.50. As \( your deal•r all about them or
drn11·. Coeur!! !J orward for a tlroJ) of -(?.~ t Let him · win. Let him gH his J)lnnef. .l n~t pr,,ud lo be a fl'llow Inn with him. write for comJcte s pecUication.a- tarcets and blues,rint• 'C'ft£1: if
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Cortler·R 1,1. ,ur. le t him. Th~ n c~t arri val tbPrf•npon wip,~"l _\ud t hat rcall,• does finish mP otr f or a wltile. ~ff&'Js":Or ta• :t'':ndrr:a~:.I a .:.~=r.,tv~D~Y•EN.IAMIN A ..
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Ifot. before I leil.>'C t bP. s ul}jPCt of nrtiats I t out l\!r, Hudspeth with OUP. bla s t fl'Olll thr l:tn(l- (:01111 luck t o ~•ou, .John Campbell, and thanks BENJAMIN AIR'IIFLE CO., •• ~ MARION ST. , ST. LOUIS, MO •• U.'.$, A,
mP bow ltumhly down nnd with reyet en ' e lng jets or whnteYc r he sits rlow11 ou ( 1hh· e:<- { o r ;1 g rou 1 y N t r.
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n,ark tlrnt t bi, coye,,• illustration r"or ··,rnfclcn tln<'tlon nlso incluclr R t he othPr En1·th111Pn flll,I Your~ 1ill the Cosmic El11gincers take onr-
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the peramhularing cn.rnntlon or dahlia or whnt-
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w~ ienuty and a cons t an t P,·cr it ls evolut ion rloes to ?\[Rrf·inn~). fi e <~.'"'o~bt• H. T u rner. 81 George S treet. FitzrO,\',
1'. 6 . ~kluourne, Austrnlta.
' thPn claims that the original inhnhil n11tA. lw in;.:
Now to t he ment or the mnlter. T·he s t .
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More expPriments- more Campbell couriricH. irrepnrnble, ha ve left the plnnct ,·acnn t, 011,I ·1~ - _::...------- _- ~
rnliurcs. su~cesscs, nnd. t hP.. g1,ad 11al changi;ii ~ 0 claims i t in the nnmc of his go,·rrnment. ' !
E ven if t)1('y lHdn't bother to u111rtlt>r th•'
f.hc whole to11e ot sci.ence fiction. Soniethi But it's that careful. working out that
1,ns happened I 'l'be boJ•s n re nQ lou;:er · ng man, nny scco,i'd-rnte cliJ)lomat could hn,·e llfle<l keeps manucripts out of the "slu'sh pile" r'ET A * 1
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11nt to fell a s tory. They a.1·c Jenrnln"cotn- the en t ire plnnet f rom nndcr bis no~e in Otl l:
" ril e ! o O <'onfPr('nce nnd hnlf n t re:tt.r. and checks in the mail!
Aftn all these yen rs! J've Wlll<'brd . . 1t tnkcs more than one brii::ht t,lco to makP
fictl<,n grow from t hP first Gernsbaclt issu~ci;;nc.ke n s tor~·. Too mnny nuthors inrni:inc fh11t one U,·ar Mr. Campl>ell : , . fJOVERNMENT JOJJ !
ori:l'i un l thou:rht will c:i.<:use nnd. (JhlHPJ·nt" an.r
lu tl1P dark ng~s. wltPn we wPre ver. . ac amoun t oC s ubsequen t sloppy wr, t rni; and Jnose :--k.vl.<rk l::imil b, Ace Science Fiction "~!tcr, !S
nnll thought a molecule was either nnJ niif""f <·Nluinl.•• clicking in the ··Gray Lensn,inu .. I t is
11 dia,•a~e or o new kind of. tootllpas tr 1 Illa · tblr1Jilng. l1u1•0~,i1Jlc Lo ail y which serial from Smith 8 pcn 1
n,y 6 t!'t stf. s tory at the age of ni n~ r~od In thi$ snme lssuP the shortR wPrr nwrelf i.• Lhl· t,~~l- ull are so well vlot tctl and worr.e_t START
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''llCio11H lornt.) At th" sf11lwnrt mn 11 i, \Pre. fnlr: not goorl enongh to wipe 1wn~· thP fs,~/r 0 111 1 hul ~uch uppeara n,e best when first rend.
••l(•v,-n or t llr renhou ts T was complnlnln?~\ °i or. "Fo,·CP.8 1'Ius t .Bn lnncc." " At.mn~11lle l'i.-R" w :,"' Smit h i~ ,,erv clever, he J)lots his s tories ~o $1260 to $2100 YEAR
t!•c auth ors co11lcln°t write. 1 us•!ll to w,:ite r"' f:ir ahcntl of the ot her~. 11ich1!'i !1g n l"?R:'1111<: w<'II llJa t the rellde1· seldom realizes that lus
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r·u,u~ lettl'rs to Hui::o <;ern~back' about it u- Job of the futul'c, ,tl\'1'11 thP rP(f111 ~1te eo1111,1 0 11~. J>lols and situations nrc no dill'erent than nny Many 1940 appointments expected
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1 Now, !(t twcntr ·t hree, I 'm taklog my i,n.t O t B ut .. E ther· Brrather'' bPlon;:el) morP l o thP ol hPr major science-fiction stor.\'. Each and
o lit-, riug. Most ot t hPm can't Wl'ite ·ct 1 11 U11.lniotGn cnt"gorv. hri n~ IHtt"<'l.,r nmu~in~ w l1C1J ,•vt•rv d\'tuil i~ <JUrefullv- worked out aud the 1
l!>e.v will. 'l'hc,,·'t"C got the atuft' ii takP~. ' ~ut J)rPSPD{('(l '18 ~d PnCP. ficti•)ll. nn,, ."'fnsson' s ~ •·· coU'<C(IIICRl:C is t he rcntlrr thinks be bus a bra nd- M E N - W O M E N 1 Franklin Institute
CrPt" might j 11 s t as well ha ve 1l1PCl wltb """i
1 IJ,• pos t ulu t ions from todo.v·s se1e11ee 1s n!)t Pleasant Work .,_/
}! 1 ·111~ rly the Ber,-y mao8, the I{oi" h t• Pl1tl1te· n,•w ~it uation. 'l'he wril:iug Is ,~ell·dou_e nnd
u re~on~. a ..,, fil()lng as it did to nn ob,·lous C'llmnx nnd (lul Dept. T-194
e11dlnf{. on•rh• ,•mbnrrassin". B oweyet, Smith excels 111 ' / ROCHESTER, N. Y.
.All t hings considered, it hns been an ecs tnti "The L ast Bo11P.'' on {]1p othn ltnnd. wn~ n hi~ c·ba rucrcrizatioos. When one think~ of pnst Sh or t H ours,,
i ear f~r rans, due, be it noticed a n1l checkt>g hrPath of sptlng timP. Tu contrnst to tha t nil,.,,. ~,orlt•~. ii is chnrncters and not act iOJ! t bllt
Y . 1 'P,crcuc,, to the Analytica l Lnl>orat 01 : . •·olllP~ to t he memory. He is so clever in plc- Paid Vacations / Gentlemen: Rush to me,
m,:11nly to t lJP Influx of ~urprs lngly "Ood 1ir~t thnronghlv fln "ellnte<l 01H1s, thi~ w n!< n hit?h· turin~ bi~ chnrut-tcrs t hut tbe.v seem t o live.
" ortH by boyH who wau t t o wri tc u ii"oo(l· s to · cln•s exni11ple "of thc s tor.v sr f tin,:: out tc, ~r ll Fur ••~amplr. T clon·t like his heroPS, t he.1: nre too _ / FREE of charge, list of
11.a w~II as _ n111kP mone,v out or it. SclPncc ;! nu i1l1>11, and getting awny with it. Jllorr n on Cet Ready Immediately U, S. Government big pay
tH>ll JR tl1Mr hobby nnd 1 hey ha,·e it at b flc- R,·nn~ ! 1,r rfvcl u 111.I olwu.vs s ucceed. His herornc~ _nre I
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Yc,11 wnnt to spank them c,•ery l'lme
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an,1 if th!s 1ic•t1011 form CYer gets nnywh ~art; h nnt. w s good. unRpel'tnrulnr, sol1tl tnre, v,,,._v th••v :ippPa r in rhe s tory- and yet you would Common Educa• / jobs. Send me FREE 32-
t hr• woi-ld H ll~crnr.1• l'IICP. t hey will bP II e C In 11 i;ir;, 11 n•i hing to meet n girl like them. Strange tion Usually ,l page hook describing salaries,
Ille w ho get i I I here. B n ts off to ,. l IC .PCO· •n_tisf.~ing nrt c,.- the slli:hfl,Y u11(lorcoolcr tl snnr- 1~ 1h,· ,:on trndiction thus indulged in ! Bnt t hc.v
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Anr.viunn. Phill i11f'. Del Rey Gr·e,,0 1 .' ic' ogt, lh•s or t lw ~hort~. Sufficient ,t vacations, hours, work, and tell-
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hnr,lf. l'J1·:,11 K nnd Of/Id ' o ' , ngc . The nrticle--n gem. Unt nren't t hey nll 'l nff•·<·I mr that wu.v. I admire h is vi1H1i!1s a nd
hOlll' th~)' will lick t ile hero- but Sf!llth nl-
In spite or this ias11c, 1 he i;enC'rnl , " '" ' or
80 muru for Ute ;:;o~d flniPM. l!ut wo·,•p 1 , , tit~ ' :Js.•a o y flU1' h J\H h Ot' II l)IIU ()f 0 11-ur,11,n( I , , ... W:t\' ➔ hll~ thr m lose 11$ U SOil to convPnl1011. Mail I ing- what to do to get one of these
Hom" bo~I oucA, 1f,o. A11 d y ,)11 t1flhd 11•tJ l.ti,, 1,:fl ; 1 1 p,·o'9cmr-nt. ~Pven ~teague•hoo t odvanccn1cnt rPJl<'h • i11 l h•~ Nu\'f'lllbl•r A Ht o u u tli ug ( ohj N•t lo on C' Coupon / jobs.
y, n, of Hl•·••~.I & Hinlth H ownership wit h t'h ! t hint{ ill t ile ''U ray L ens mun" ~trcuuousJy.
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)t...ir',; worHt 1,..sn1e. n" 1111; ll Ile\\' h i.;h- blt of 111eln.phor mixlug g,vlnl{ s mit h bus Kinnidon lo mni11tni11 t hnt nnrcott<'B Today-
on bl)re--with "C:lonk or Aefill'," nenrl,v 1011C'h•
Now l'\'r i;ol eolllothinl( I really r un ,;Pt m 1 1
11 1 •lh 1nh>· fli'Omf"tliitll(' 1h ut r uhbt!1J m P u 1 , uho i,{ In,-:- i( f\J.m l11 wll h " J\Jrl••k fJflRI r oyt•r • outl "HJl(' - ,Ju 1101 n 11'1•1·1 n HI ron1t nervous system to any SURE /
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··F orccij ~h rnl Rnlo1we." 11 tr,•rl I h<> ~I rongcr ucr vous systems I 11 .n ter-
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Like tltP_ 11n regrclte1l ~Lr. Yllll l.1)1•np, \Y('JI. bn6 been, with the <'111<'ri:;enc<> of new ,dnrP. it rit,1~ wny - nud even lhe wcnke~I alknlotd bns I
lu8n hna tr-,rd t o l)nt O\·,,r 11 fi l ory w l11t n n lth' n :,i\~•i;lf~ ~~~~\~fttu~r w~t,t'J'a11'!:•sL~'1dKlbc H;~~; o~~ r~ II . h.1,I ,,n·,·r·t. I 1ln11hf Ir Dr. 8 1111th nctunlly be• ., I
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\ '.'J1wl H JII I J I 1,1 tt• l hi• 1•t 1 g11ctt ub te ) I r, :i(tha<'h: ijwifrl,1• c<oh·lni; fiction rorm. 11\"Vt'~ t l,n I 11 11,\: l u l4•Jl lg,·n t•t•, 11 tt 111 0 t h•I" bo w'
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••~r In Ills •111nlnlly populnr '"l'nst, Prrafnt nnd Al long Inst th" ll<'a.<lw1•ii;hts nre l<'~, bi:.; UH gr,•., t. 1·,111 Urit' nlknlolclij witbour c,lelrtr rlous eC· I Address ... •. , . ••. ••.•... •...••• , •• . ••••••
li'uturo·• 6er c~, he hnb t~icrl lo ll)ii. ha!C-hak•!d - notohly Jf t 1n 1•p ,u 1d V1iu l ,0 1•,11• u111\1u u r n,..J, r,wt ~ ·1•1,..r~ JrC ~)'lllh~tic 11lkolo1d,i t hnl l!nv~