Letter (Astounding, September 1939): A Cat Might Stand Two Feet High, But Its Weight Would Be Far Smaller Than That of a Two-Foot Human. De Camp, in Speaking of Sizes, Referred Rather to Weight Than to Length. Consider the Size of a Six-Foot Snake!

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Title: Letter (Astounding, September 1939): A Cat Might Stand Two Feet High, But Its Weight Would Be Far Smaller Than That of a Two-Foot Human. De Camp, in Speaking of Sizes, Referred Rather to Weight Than to Length. Consider the Size of a Six-Foot Snake!
Author: Lew Cunningham
Year: 1939
Type: Essays

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1939 (Unknown, Lew Cunningham, Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.20, 164 pages, pulp, MAGAZINE)

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