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Smith,page8 appeared forFiction\"will go large Bize!The    ueed \"Nor-the firet time suchpricewill be upped one nick-m a nL.magic names aB Ed-el to 25 cents,but will be morethen compeneated for by the 128Dr.Edvond Elmer SmithKnightasgar Rice Burrough8apsuedo-large size pages which will packnym.  In reply we have receiv-an axtre fifty per cent contentsed the followingcommunicationincluding such names a8_Jackfrom E..Smith.  \n# SCIENCE-FICTION\n\n30S LARGE SIZE  \n5.E.Smith  \nwilliamAon  \nL.RON HUBBARD,NOFMAN工。KNIGTERIC FRANK BUSSEL IN FIRST LAR3ESIZE ISSUE  \nA,Merritt,MurrayLeinster,3eorge  \nAllen England,Ralph Milne 7ar-ley,Homer Eon Rlint,AustinHaiiand many others.Argosyhas carved a fond niche in theheart of every fantasy l0ver.  \n\"Please caution Mr.  rightabout accepting 1dle rumor andbasele88 speculation as factsand_passing them on as facts.  \nW1lliamson,E.E.Smith,Ph.D.,_L。Ron abbard,EricFrank Russe1,Nor-man L.Knight,atc.Street &Sm1th be-lieving that thepalpP1eld 88 wehave known 1t 18finished are exper-imenting with whatthey believe willbe the next phaBo  \nItspage3 stillcarry thefantasytradition ofold withsuch new names 88 W1l11am GreyBeyer,Robert Arthur,PauiErnst,Eando Binder,andothershelpingto maintain the sacred\"Argosy\"tradition of regulerlyappearing \"fantastica.\"  \nIam not Norman L.Knight.I have never written anythingunder the name of Norman L.Knight.   I have never had any-thing--fictional or scientific--published under anyothername than my own。  \nIf matters shoulddevelopThe eitors of \"Lrgosy\",  and80 that I begin to write\"reg-many others well versed in theularly\"---this 18 a pos81bili-pulp f1eld of today agree inty,but a remote one,…I maythetheorythat more people\"▲stounding     Science Fiction\"u86 a paeudonyminotherwill have time to read \"Argosy\"and   UnknownWorIdg\"     arefield8 than sc1ence fiction.Iunder its le88 exacting newboth 1arge s1z.AIready \"Un-have no present intention,how-schedule.W believe 8o too。known\"is a credit to che fan-θver,of ever using a pseado-And\"Argogy\"  atill pioneers thetasy fieldin its distinguishednym in science fiction,Evennewtrend of pulpa to go largenew format,and \"▲stounding\"will        if I had the_inclination to dosize,aB1t has pioneered Boretain 1ts present format bal-B0---which I Tery definitelymanyother changes.  And fan-looned in according with Bizehavenot---I do not believetesyfans everywhere are flock-specifications.thatI could write enough sc1ingto bolster the grand oldence fiction to flood the mAr-magazine in its hour of need.ket sufficiently to make     apen-name either nece88ary orBesirable.\"  \nJack  \nwiliamson  \nin the pulp pablishing field.Large Size Magazines!  \nOF THINGS BEYONDThe line-up for the      last  \nthe  \nsmall size \"Astounding\",  \nDecember,1941 issue1s 88 foilow:\"SecondStage Lensmen\"(Secondof Four parts)by E。  \nruad 8. 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