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Classified ilo justice to nr. Smith. In "upport ot which. I
BRASS TACKS
nod 1h•1 ·,1 30.ylng plenty! Even belter thnn tbe
orii;ln,.1 Gl' ator.v. we·re Inclined 'to lhlu.i. _th(\t otrcr \\'esso'• Jllustro.tioo• for "Gttloctic Patrol"
aud "Skyla rk 1'hr-ee"-- remember t he tourth -order
i t'< thc edi1ing- rnke n bow :\fr. C.-us Snuth s projector in installmen t two ?- sod Dold'a tor
p hit.,,.orhY hnrl been left in the story. The first
Advertising GP s11i:n wus edlte,1 down so tar t bnt nll tho.t •'Skylark ot Valerou." l wonder if Dr. S m ith
"G ray LcnsmRn."
Ulira-super-nltr:1: aud gc,t-
'l'!'A~ IML w•• o glorilied ucUou story. But we
tlng better nil t he w11~·.
,;till ha ,-p one beer.
It t be lllustro tlons are
Or
could he induced to do another ~!<yla rk ?
Sc.-hnC'enut o'-; new technique. we a re very much
i n ta vor or , he old st.vie. This stull'. looks like a has Seaton really settled dov.-n to a stay-llt-
heu walked ncrofis tbe page, dr:igging Its claws h0111e e:tlsteuc~? Excellent- but I still
"Spnce Wat· Tncties."'
b1•hintl It. With tllilt new. semi-slick p:iper,
ther~·• no rci1son for tolerating scratchy draw- like r avs.
"Misfit.'' Somewhat thin, but ver,v well han-
tni:~- Whr p11t 11p with thcm ?_ dled .
Correspondence Courses . \ fi na l word. Couhln' t Editor Campbell do The remainder run about even : wit h the ex·
~om,•f-hin~ abou t bringing back Author Stuart? ce1,tion ot "St>llC!'wreck."' which didn"t _ q_u~te
- \lnrrllv Les,;er. Ca liforni:i Jnstitnte of Tcch- cUek with 1ue. I rather doubt the C"redtbllltY
nologr. l:'u~udena, California .
COlff!ESPO:S.'lJEXCE. COT"RSES and education•! books, sll~hlly of such drugs as 1>oin,1ud. B11t then. t hPr-,'s no
use,l. Sol(). Jlrnted. l•.srhun~ed. All suhJe<'t..s. Sntl1tfactlon t uar- accounting for tnstes.- A. <\rthur Smith. Qneen·s
:.nteed. ~•,1!1h oaici for used courses. Complete <let.alls ;mt.I hars:t:nln Uuiversi~·. Kingston, Ont., Ca nudo..
~~~:~:inr.~ r~;ica:o:ntl name. Nelson Comp;,tny. N-215 :\fanhattan Yes, but who's going to use a slow space-•
s hip ii the enemy has last ones?
Try him out on "If This Goes On- "
J)car )Cr. C-umpbell:
11 se~m ~ now rhot tb~ Jntest ,·ogue i n science- Dear Sir:
Being an uvid scienc~-fietion (nu. for yea~ I
Patents Secured fh-1 ion stories is l hnt or rocket-racing. and it is ha-re cngerlv rend e,·ery science-fl ct ion mngav.tne
onl,v n11111ral tlwt you ~hould sec11re the best ot on the mt\rket and I wish to tell you that
1h11t tn>e .vet p11blishPil. B1· thiF, I refer to the Astounding runks fi rst in my j 11dgroen~. Your
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PATl-1.~TS ~F.Cl,tl-;0. Two valuable booklets Hnl free. \Yrlto •·l~,•1r und well-written --aabit" by Lester de! m ngnzine fortun:i.teh• bas veered away from th e
tm111tdlat1•ly : "\' h•lor Jo. Ev"ns &. l..'o., 5C3-... , Victor Bulldhu:, H_.,~• In th<o ):ovember iF~ue. 'fbis excellent little fniry-ta le' type of story "'hich the otht'r roo.ga•
\ Ynshln~tont D. C. pwrt' h :t~ rh_at --cerfoiu ~ometblng" that sets it
off' _11~ a tn)lc:tll.v Astounding Etory. I honestly zines have 1,ermitted.
This is 1ny fir~t fa n letter. nnil t be,,rea11on for
b•ltev<> that were J given an a rmfttl oI untitled,
INVENTOllS:- WI> SlJCC"}'.S~n ,,.J,Y Sl:JLL Inventions, pat- anonfmous. unrl n~ yet unpublished manuscripts. it ls your new serial "Gra~• Lenaman. Here at
cr,t.Nl .1n,J unpatenled. \\"rlte fol' proof, and tell us \\h~l )"OU I ~•0111d rel! within n inety percent or better last ts science-Hction at ira best. H er e " t last
hmo t,,r ti3le. f'hOrlMtd l nsl ltute M American Jmentlirs which would find re!uge In Astounding and i s the type of sclence•fiction stor.v. I 301 ll(!t
Dept. 19-A, \Vashlnuton, D. C. ' wl.11,·h would go lo yo11r umpteen competitors .• a shamed to sh ow to my tikeprlcnl rroends. It ,s
It d s o·I~. not plot. tlutt makPS Astoundln" t he well-written and never once clepa rrs fr~m the
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··elat:S"" mag11?,ine'.' t hnt it is. .. • lines or science-fictlou Into fair~· tale. .
You se.e, my husband J,as ortPn . ch1d<'d me
\1:I,• l :1dcl a h ne or two to tile rumpus stirred
up _ over rbe merits or tbe ··General Sw{lmP" nbout m.v a Yid interest in sclenc~-fi<'i'lou. u nd _lo
Detectives-Instructions RPria l. To my min<l i t 1•ankri with the best of· be tru tl.ttul I have ne,·er dn red be Core a~k lu m
t o rend one of the stories tor fP<1.r of b 1s con -
an.v 1wo·p:trt serial yet publl he<l. It's handling
wu• so 11niquely dilferent tbat it captivated me tempt and I J.Jove been seeking the proper mu-
te.rial to present to n "doubter." .?owever. I
DETEC'rlYES EAR:'< BJ(; 110:-.rF,Y . . WORK HO)fE TRAVEL. I suspect "Skinner's Constant" b . from the ver.,· start. It was r ealistic to the hnve f ound it in the "G•ray Le~sm,tn. nnd ~ re<'l
Dt~Tl~t'TJVl-; nartleulars h tie. E ~perlence · unncrea,~ry. WrJto the s h ., as e1ng poinl of having me hal( belieTe J -.,;•t1s reading that nfter· be has read it. he will respect sc1en1:••·
GBOllGE ll'ACOX!sll, 2640-A Bro;2d1ny,. New York. ame as t e bugger factor " d :v•1tta l ri'port s and military accounts l Kick on fiction, 11nd wl1o knows. ma~·be some day he !'"ill
fined as "that quantity which add d /- t it• lrn ril-ro-pronounce namea? Not rue! sur- become os bttd aa I nm 11nd read every line.
ro11nded as r nm bv left-over hnndles of the
DE1'E~"r!VES -:· St:CRET IXYF,S'rtC:A"l'IONS - 'fllA IXIXG. subtracted from, multiplied ~r a,:id:d fndl:111 p,•riod- Skowhe"an Messnlonskee, Nor• e-rery stor;v. good or b11d.- (Mrs. l Blnnoh e Do-
)l0111,, - rrau'.11 - J, ln:.;-rrr>rlnl - J'artlc•ulor:1 Free. Chier ) lulllca, by the wrong answer, gives th . h J·i,1,::-,wo~k. Kenn•bPC, lllooselookmeguntick, Cobb· brow, 621 West Jilnd .-1. •e., ):ew York CHy.
G11· :$ Orvheum llulldln", Jtrscy .City. + s,•~,•outee, et cetern . l:Jow does .Arkgonoctl and
answer " W 'I/ . . e r,g t
. e put Pinkie to work. Clol111>bamrnon compare witb these?
~pace war nrl icles and letters by Ley and Which reminds me-the Greek term for
Den,r :llr. Cnmpbell: .fnm~•,111 nppeal grea tly to me, despite the fact a course in mathematics and science
7 M,. t s!,. W e tli<ln'I lhlnk M H . . t hn t rh~.v hopelessly destro,·- nnd quite logicnlly, .._
Photo Finishing-Developing a,., f.lnc.'11 a thin,... \Ve tllPt fl £ r. r1nlr-1n wnn ltJ loo- my 1>et drenms o f thisl>fng ray battles in was "Music" course.
t'lw v,;id.
llt ll ll L .. 4.. S·l~""f,..rngL~C mr ,'e ge r1fll'mn11 on ,.,,_ -
But wouldn' t two sblps traveling a
member IIS- nnd he $eeme ri;ngb- hp woul<Jn't r<•- purullel course at equa1 or near equal speeds be Denr Mr. Cnm()bell :
low. too. Eren reo,is C ,' O I' suc·h fl nll•P f el- viBil1le lo one another ? .Jameson seems to think The September Astounding wns a. good Issue,
t,, co111e out with som; ~,:~ll. ii~111l then lw Jin~ not. Also comes np again the slow-speed space- combining qunlity ond variety.
~ln•rle,J out so well · ;\f rng kl' " '.\fisfit."' JI ;;lll11 tb<•orr t·ha t hlnsts the seven-mile-per-second As a student or ruuijic. both prnl'tl<):tl and
hl.ifr.J,inr " more ·1 t uch hPl t er writtPn thun prlnciple- 1>n1:e 70 o{ "Spaee War Tactlcs"-olf theoretica l, I was i.n terested in Lite allusions In
<'ialh· llkNi ti tunrn n lnterl'st. w,, ••R1H'· t it~ rec•ords. Still. .famPson accepts thnt, too, "The Ether .Brea titers" to fl ve-heat r hythms and
f"XJlP.fif'\l)('P . 1 ",- wny he hOIHllNl fht• ronkiPH' fir<.;t . . . ·1- ;romes S . .Avery, 65 )fiddle Street, quurter-tones. Although such things ore not a><
I n rnnkc." Pi,:~i rce spnce. Ru~ when hr ~torf<>,1 Stowh;>gurr , .\hlne. fa r in the f ut ure :,s, sa.v. tbree-<:olor televi11ion,
wn~ too mnch t ~ol~nn~nn nd,l}n.~ mn<'hin~. thnt the Idea of tbcir surplanting presenl metbod!I ,,r
H elp W antecf-Instructions hP hnd tn "iv~ ·t tn·Pn A sltdc-r11le ! 8 uppn~,. music-making ls stil questionable. One. two and
rPaliy '1idi?t i1n'vP. ~omc sort of' n twist, b11t "" t hree beat rhythms seem to come nat urillly to
~t•nlor,,, urreons<•lo11 to rrfort 1.0 thl' ~l'lllP \\ hat To follow the Skylark traditio,n, Seaton us ; fo11r, six, eight, nine. twelv~ and sixteen-
M. M. JiiAR~ tm f.207. 111ree wrcks, rahing mushrooms 1n cellar! h. wi:1.11. whPn hP ~ mn u~mnticnl. g:rn1.ui::. nn~lr. would have to be made ~tronger than beat burs nre sim11ly built up of chem When
l,;J, t'l>tionol, but l OUI' ,·rtl:ar, 1:hetJ 1,. 1,.rhapll' tmllablc. \\ 1 e buy crops enn sen,! him t /:lPts thrr,ugh wrth Pi11kie ht> orchost,r11 meu bit n five-bent bnr they invnrinhly
.Book rrro. United, 3848 J,lut·oln AH . , Dcot. ti3l, Chicago. · I 'on"t:rnt. OIi lere to work out 8kinner'k he already is. Then what danger could. count it ns one group or tltree benrn ond one o(
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Oh, YPs, WIJile we' ti . menace him? two, uuless they want 10 lose rbclr pince in
W()rth, Shn stn is re n-owin j? in our two C<·nff. abort onler, and spend tbe rPst ot the rehear,;ol
<'Ont,·nry. · Shnsf~i ot ~~·n nitc. l ilngclhnrd t fu tlw trying to find where t he rest nre. B11t !Ive·
? ult1u·t 11ossihly ' ; ~• •llf, n defunct \'nl""""· Dcnr l\lr. Campbell: beat hn~ been used ; the most celebrn ted in-
::;.,udirrs:- letters .~011r way is. I fea r, showing
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Cartooning ormc<1 '''hPn the r rnn,t c. a s g ranilP IA ""'' " ,ll~ns or developing int o 8 Jrn blt. But what cnn stance 1s the slow movemen t from 'l'sch ,ti·
tlf'r the surface wl:~\ u 1 nrn~mA rools RI<"' h · mi- kowsky"s Sixth S~·m1>b.ony. the '·Po fhetiqne," ond
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1wn~ in n volP.nu · '. e 6 nltely isn·t whnt" hn 1 ,. I 110 ·1 Your own hobit ot turning out top-notch tbere nre few more tuneful or grncl'f11l p ieces.
co11n1. H n"e Jrn~~- li s thP lit1le thlni,H thllt i,isul'S e,-er.v 1noo th is very lari;ely to blame.
l"nl~E cf, tans Rent ! T~t•Hn orf'?fnal <"::irtoonlngl Rayo Burn, And t hP November number Is no exception. Ex:porlments wHb quarter-tones art> discour-
Sr·hool, Rlu<llo S-:J, l?ox :tl tiJ, f'ltr, ch11nd', Ohio. I 111·y genl<i"y l~xtb~ii;,rdt <•hf>Ck with nn t1lclllf'll· fl1ustr11tio11s, first. Rogers' cover definitely 111:'ing, as n bnl!-toue is nbout thP s111n lle~t In·
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1rn'.•11,·ally" nnyl hin"o , next. time. AIRO. whlh· tervn I mony 1>eo11le cnn lteo r-- o If ho11gh trt\incd
lAtloo wnvPs Ir tl,P; \\Iii !llCk up high-1,0,, .... .,,1 ra l <•H : f ur b~i tPr tha n bis October job- i,:ood as
and con ve1·t tiu~m ·. nre nt. Rhor~ t nou"h rnng,, tltul wns. With the possible e:tCCJ)tlOTI ot lllUSIC'iOn!I C~ ll d il!ting ui!lh ten th- or lwen tiet h-
tones. The etfectP of chords lo R quarter-ton<?
rer th Ppii:;011"' F;OmfltVll~ llt1(1i() wuveR- fht fn l,-1•: Brown's memorubl~ Hrst cover tor "Skylark ot Rc11le range from " very l>eautlfnl" t<• •·.-i<tt"ellll'l.v
I r·cmel.v drnrhlful 1r ~ll•· bn,·h nt. WLW- - it i, •·~· Vulero•1.'' i t is probably the best exprcsP!ou yet
Jiu Jitsu fiomc, would do RO ~O!ll)Pr •oxidP, o ll bv it~ Ion•·· ar t b<' lru.- 11ower 11nd " feel" of Dr. Smith's epic discordant'' und ma ny eR'ects are poR~lble l'l'Hh
~bip would bP. 'rromt \he tli~111n,•c tliP hnn111N1 ,tul<',i. 81·hoeema11 svruebow dlst1ppoiota. I'in t his ROil.ii' wbl!'h ure not nttoinRhle otherwitto. -
(!hnrle!I FI. Ct,andler, 020 College AY\lnu.i,
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lfoWfll'f'\r, mus h~ "".r" , " nrnt',•i:-t t rn11smil t1•r. still or 1h.- 1lpi11i"u tlrnt wesso anil Dold are
~'i R.t-()1•not 1' Jll..OWfl nltheut 11•e or Oat, by lntern•llonally \'IIUC'f'me,nt or rnt.1I.., i 11 ,t laking I h•· rut u r,· n,1- ~h.- (llllY bln.:k-o.nd-wbite artiijlfl wh.o Cl\n really Wooster, Ohio.
f nwu, .t,u JH~u ln11r11d u,·. Ptn,1 25r. R, J. Jorucnrrn, 13:;? Ilf"rP'H unt- r'H .~ r" 1 0 0<'4"'ount.
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M1uhli11• n1t1r., s,.,111,,, " .. -h. ~uiitb <.:)>I<- I• ,;ll th~•r .~<>1t. W1• do think the
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