The word "weird" as meaning bizarre probably originated with Edgar Allan Poe, who was one of the greatest coiner of words. Is his poem "Ulalume," he speaks of the country of "Weir" from which the word "weird" was derived to describe anything horrible or unique. * * * * * Come over to "Our Readers Say" and "The Boiling Point" and join in the comment. We always like to get letters from our readers. * * * * * Send in your comments on the current issue. We want to know your likes and dislikes. That is the only way we can supply you with the kind of material you like. * * * * * Subscribe now and insure yourself of a monthly copy. Only a limited number are printed. CELEBRITIES I'VE MET by Mortimer Weisinger Dr. T. O'Conor Sloane--who wishes he were related to the owner of 'Sloan's Liniment.' * * * * * Hugo Gernsback--who, when commended for his ability to turn out new editorials month after month, modestly shrugged it off with: "It's all in the day's work." * * * * * Harry Bates--who evasively answers all questions pertaining to the identity of Anthony Gilmore by saying, "I'll speak only upon advice from my counsel." * * * * * A. Merritt--who, though he is perhaps the greatest man I have ever known, is incredibly unaffected for a person with his success. * * * * * Dr. David Henry Keller--who can tell a story almost better than he can write, as witness the tale, "The Dead Woman," told to me in his room at the Hotel New Yorker. * * * * * Mrs. David Keller--who enjoys piquing one's curiosity when quizzed about the name of the magazine for which her husband writes under a nom-de-plume. * * * * * Angelica Keller--who is the 'Angelica' of scores of Keller stories, and upon whom Dr. Keller's story, "A Pyschological Experiment," was based. * * * * * Abner Joseph Gelula--who gleefully claims that he wishes the movie magnates would buy each of his stories for the movies, as they did "Automaton." * * * * * Miss Florence Bothner, Dr. Sloane's capable secretary, who rightly insists that Bob Olsen is the wittiest s-f writer. * * * * * Leo Morey--one of the most handsome chaps of the science fiction gang, and perhaps the slickest dresser of them all. * * * * * H. W. Wesso--who confesses that he knows less about technical sciences than Homer Eon Flint knows of the sequel to "The Blind Spot." * * * * *