Man" was the best Fantastic or Amazing has ever printed and offhand I'd say it is among my three best stories of ALL TIMES!!!AND THAT IS GOOD.
Mily Lesser
2302 Ave. O,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
A GIRL WE LIKE!
Sirs:
Here is another voice to swell the ever-increasing chorus of the young readers who so offend som of their elders. But I happend to be rather proud of the fact that I am only 15, and have been reading stf. in general for seven years and Amazing Stories in particular since it changed hands—about '37, wasn't it? Add to these items the further information that I am a female and am writing for the first time to any magazine and you have—
Now down to business. Brickbats first, as I seem to have more of these than anything else, and I won't be happy until I've aired them from the closet where they've been accumulating for years.
Art:
1. Who the double-barreled h—eck said Finlay ranked after Magarian? let me at 'im! I'll tear 'im limb from limb! Finlay is a much better artist than Magarian. His work is more poilished, more finished—naturally enough. But he should stay in fantasy, where his delicated, ethereal style is appropriate and appreciated.
2. Magarian is the best artist you have as far as people goes. Keep him off machinery; give it to Pual, the only thing he's good at anyhow. Milburn ranks almost as high as Magairan, if not higher.
3. The rest of your artists, of whom Fuqua undoubtedly is best, are comparatively lousy.
4. Keep McCauley if you can. not only for covers bur for interior illustrations as well. Malcolm Smith ranks next at covers; has he ever done any interior work? I did not mention these two before as I thought them in a class by themselves.
5. Sorry to save thses matters for the last, but I think they rate a point by themselves, too.
1. Why don't you ever get Leydenfrost, the only artist who can illustrate slicks and pulps, fantasy and stf., with equal and ever-charming facility? (Whatever you do, don't drag Bok into stf. He is excellent but not in that field. Same goes for Dolgov.)
b. Am I the first to wake up, or does everyone know it but me? Are there two Magairans? And if not, why do you frequently say, the Magarians?
c. I thought Captain Stinky was, if not well into middle-age, at least singularly unattractive. Milburn depicts him in the September issue as rather handsome, and definitely young.
d. It may seem a bit silly, but I've always wanted to know: is Julian Krupa any relation
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