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Blue Book v082 n01 [1945-11], 1945
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1Readers' Comment*
3Take Contents Type Off Cover?
4THE month by month quality of the cover piece of BLUE BOOK would make an excellent piece of "den" art if you were able to exclude the bothersome declaration of stories contained within, and have the title free from the face of the drawing.
5I consider myself to be an average reader of your magazine, and I never read the name of stories printed on the cover—nor is my purchase of the issue determined by the authors' names.
6Furthermore, the suggestion that the cover piece be used to improve the flavor of a wall seems to me an excellent way to improve circulation too. But then I'm prejudiced.
7George Baldwin.
9Forever Young
10THE short one-page story "Forever Young," by Richard Hubler, in the June issue of BLUE Book came at a very appropriate time for me. We received a similar telegram four weeks earlier, and our sorrow in the loss of our only son is eased by the message contained in Mr. Hubler's story.
11No doubt many parents feel as I do about this, and it is with this thought in mind that this letter is written in sincere appreciation.
12K. E. L.
14A High Percentage
15IT is five months since I read my first copy of BLUE BOOK Magazine. The percentage of real, downright interesting and entertaining material I found in that issue surprised me. Thinking I might have run across an exceptionally well-rounded issue, I refused to let my hopes grow too high. But every issue since has consistently maintained that excellent standard.
16Of the eleven short stories in the August issue, I found but two that failed to hold my interest. The two short novels "The Hill of Yuan" and "The Plastic Dagger" were outstanding. Six of the ten Special Features were right down my alley. That sums up to an average far surpassing the contents of any other magazine that I have yet come across.
17Thomas C. Higgins.
19*The Editors of BLUE Book are glad to receive letters of constructive criticism and suggestions; and for the ones we publish each month we will pay the writers ten dollars each.
20No letters can be returned; and all will become the property of McCall Corporation. Address: Editor of Letters, Blue Book Magazine, [address hidden], New York 17, New York.
22BLUE BOOK MAGAZINE
23November, 1945 Vol. 82, No. 1
25A Complete Book-Length Novel
26Army Mule
27Illustrated by Herbert Morton Stoops
28By Fairfax Downey 106
30Nine Short Stories
31The Sorcerer's Daughter
32Illustrated by Maurice Bower
33By H. Bedford-Jones 2
34Will It Happen?
35Illustrated by Grattan Condon
36By Lawrence Watkin 17
37Murder Was His Meat
38Illustrated by Raymond Sisley
39By Achmed Abdullah 24
40Music's Got Charms
41Illustrated by John Fulton
42By Nelson Bond 57
43We Came to the Village
44Illustrated by Grattan Condon
45By Paul Hughes 80
46Big Jim Comes Ridin'
47Twice-told Tales from our June and July, 1933, issues
48By Ben Newcomer 84
49Rugged Crowd
50Illustrated by Roy Besser
51By Joel Reeve 90
52Watchman, What of the Night?
53By Edward L. McKenna 97
54Mr. Poteet and the Desperado
55Illustrated by Lyle Justis
56By W. T. Persons 98
58A Novelette
59Salvage Comes High
60Illustrated by Cleveland Woodward
61By Richard Howells Watkins 38
63Special Features
64Should the Olympic Games Be Continued?
65No!
66By Bud Cornish 14
67Yes!
68By Daniel Ferris
69Old Man River—a Quiz
70By Charles Francis Drake 31
71Mission to Manchuria
72With illustrations by author
73By Stanley Zuckerberg 32
74What Do You Think?—a Readers' Forum 37
75The Point of No Return
76As told to Lester S. Kafer, Jr., by Sam Houston Northcross 64
77The story of a pilot who was twice shot down
78My Most Amusing Experience 79
79Cover Design
80By Herbert Morton Stoops
82Except for articles and stories of Real Experience, all stories and novels printed herein are fiction and are intended as such. They do not refer to real characters or to actual events. If the name of any living person is used, it is a coincidence.
84DONALD KENNICOTT, Editor
85McCALL CORPORATION, Publishers, The Blue Book Magazine
86William B. Warner, President
87Marvin Pierce, Vice-President
88Phillips Wyman, Vice-President
89Francis Hutter, Secretary
90J. D. Hartman, Treasurer
92Published monthly at [address hidden], Dayton 1, Ohio. Subscription Offices—Dayton 1, Ohio. Editorial and Executive Offices—[address hidden], New York, N. Y. THE BLUE BOOK MAGAZINE, November, 1945, LXXXII, No. 1. Copyright, 1945, by McCall Corporation. All rights reserved in the United States, Great Britain and in all countries participating in the Pan American Copyright Convention and the International Copyright Union. Reprinting not permitted except by special authorization. Subscription Prices: one year $2.50, two years $4.00. Extra in Canada, 50 cents per year; foreign $1.00 per year. For change of address give us four weeks' notice and send old address as well as new. Special Notice to Writers and Artists: Manuscripts and art material submitted for publication in the Blue Book Magazine will be received only on the understanding that the publisher and editors shall not be responsible for loss or injury thereto while such manuscripts or art material are in the publisher's possession or in transit. Entered as second-class matter, November 12, 1930, at the Post Office at Dayton, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1897. Printed in U.S.A.
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