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Time-Machine in Your Backyard!
ONE of our readers told us recently that he found WEIRD TALES as good as keeping a time-machine in the backyard!
"I just sit back and relax in my favorite armchair," he said, "and WEIRD TALES does the rest—taking me back or forward in time—to other planets—or way outside this life."
"WEIRD TALES is really better than a time-machine," he added, "for it means no more effort than the turning of a page. . . ."
We hope that all of you get equal pleasure from your magazine. We're doing all we can to see that your fireside adventuring into the occult is as weird and thrilling—as rich in variety—as it can be made.
Horror, ancient and modern—science fiction—fantasy of every kind—weird tragedy, weird humor, weird romance . . . ghosts, vampires, werewolves, monsters and sorcerers—these and countless other kinds of stories make up WEIRD TALES.
One reader prefers one type of story, another goes for something completely different. One likes science fiction, another likes horror. Some enjoy both. You are agreed upon two things only: that each story be really interesting—and that each issue be so varied that, no matter what your taste, you will be entertained. We don't expect each story to please everyone. But we do hope that in every issue the majority of tales will thrill and delight you.
The lead story in this issue—Ray Cummings' "Robot God"—is a futuristic affair of rebellious machine-men, space ships and barren asteroids. While its twin feature, the second part of the Lovecraft novel, is a horror tale in the traditional manner. And in between are stories, each different to the other, yet all blending into what we hope is a perfect reading whole.
We're hoping that as many of you as have the time will write to us and tell us what you feel about your magazine—for such letters are a great help to us in giving you the kind of stories that you really want to see in WEIRD TALES.
One Reader's Choice of the Best Stories in WEIRD TALES for 1940
From Elkhom, W. Va., Eugene Dixon writes:
I have before me the six WEIRD TALES issued in 1940 and I'm listing the six best stories of 1940. Of course, this list may not agree with everyone, but I sure liked them:
1. A Million Years in the Future—Thomas P. Kelly.
2. The Golden Spider—Seabury Quinn.
3. Wind in the Moonlight—Gretchen Ruediger.
4. The Dreadful Rabbits—Gans T. Field.
3. The Unusual Romance of Ferdinand Pratt—Nelson S. Bond.
6. The Last Waltz—Seabury Quinn.
Here's hoping you go monthly next month!
Where You Can Get a Photo of Lovecraft
From 2530 N. Oakland Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Harold Gauer writes: