Second in the series.... And speaking of the April 1933 Amazing,
"Martian and Troglodyte," by Neil R. Jones was printed on the cover,
but the story did not appear in the issue. The printing of the
editorial, which took two more pages than hitherto, and some of the
Discussions were increased in size.... The May 1933 Amazing was the
first one of 86 not to contain part of a serial. The August-September
had none either.... Have you ever wondered what letter of the alphabet
authors pick on most as the first one in the title of their stories
(omitting articles 'a,' 'the,' and 'an,')? Of course you haven't.
Well, I'll tell you, anyway. An average of one-tenth of all the
stories written begin with the letter "M," and another tenth with "S."
That is their rating in a collection of over 2000 stories.... So,
Amazing is trying to get rid of the word "scientifiction" that
Gernsback coined, eh?... By the looks of the contents page of the May
1933 Weird, you would think that every story was complete.... The May,
1926 Amazing contains two stories by Jules Verne.... And the March
1930 Science Wonder had two stories by Frank J. Brueckel.... And you
can find other similar cases, such as the Amazing Annual containing
two stories by A. Merritt, and the June, 1930 Astounding with two of
Diffin's yarns (one under the pseudonym of C. D. Willard).
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