Freaks in the raw: An English mag printed a story of a kid (age about 14) who had magnetic hands, and could draw metals to him by merely extending his fingers--well, the kid, instead of capturing the earth by pulling out its magnets with his fingers, as would usually be done does nothing but play tricks with scales, making water buckets dance in the air, etc--darn dumb, some of these authors. "Red Raiders of Mystery" is a future air-war story in "Weekly Boy's Magazine", while another "The Rover," printed "Britain Invaded," this time by Chinese--what, again?...well, times are hard everywhere.... (Editor's note: not anymore. How about the N R A?) Another mag by the name of "Modern Boy" prints about two series of interplanetary stories a year concerning the adventures of Captain Justice. Blood and thunder. George Ward, 91 Milton Road Margate, Kent, England, would like to hear from some American fans. MY SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTION by Forrest J. Ackerman Part Two The foregoing covers approximately half of my set. The remaining portions of my stf collection are more to be looked at than read. My stf books and magazines lie behind sliding panels. These panels are decorated with various original stf illustrations. Two are by an artist friend showing the rocketship STF-I over a foreign world, and the other a city of the future. One is by Morey. There is a Tarzan jig-saw puzzle, and one of the mighty 56 foot prehistoric ape, King Kong, engaging in a battle with a flesh-eating allosaur. From "The Swordsman of Mars" comes another drawing. Two striking Paul illustrations are prominent, one being what I consider one of his very best: the inside drawing for "The City of Singing Flame," picturing the towering black and ivory edifices of that weird world. Buck Rogers in his interesting costume with rocket pistol smiles down. And Elliott Dold, Jr. has autographed his original frontispiece for Miracle Stories' first issue, "The Midnite Mail takes off for Mars." Paul's original Wonder Stories' cover for "The Dust of Destruction" hangs on a side wall. (Next month Mr. Ackerman describes his science fiction autographs.) THE SCIENCE FICTION ALPHABET by Allen Glasser Part Two--Conclusion N is for Newton, the Gravity King, Whose laws, in our mags, just don't mean a thing. O's for Ourselves, who read science-fiction We know what we like, and there's no dereliction. P's for the Princess that's always on hand To wed the brave Earthman who visits her land. Q is for Quinn, the weird-story writer; If he'd do science fiction his fame might be brighter. R is for Robot, of whom much is said; For many an author his antics have fed. S is for Starzl, Schachner, and Sloane; And let's not forget Doc Smith and Miss Stone. T is for Time, a favorite theme Which never grows stale--or so it would seem. U is the Unknown, which writers employ Whenever they need some death dealing toy.