![]() Isaac Asimov, on the other hand, had the sense to respond to Adlai Stevenson's request for advice on matters astronomical with a polite letter expressing his belief in the importance of international cooperation and ending "I am an ivory-tower writer (dreamer, perhaps) and I feel completely unqualified to advise you in these practical matters." He did not include any copies, autographed or otherwise, of his works. Schlesinger and the President, marking out the stories that should be of most use/interest to the President. "So you see I have thought, written, and am now doing much, in many directions, about the Space Age." He also sent along two complete (autographed!) copies of his books, for Mr. One can't help being a tad embarrassed for Ray Bradbury upon reading his letter to Arthur Schlesinger offering his services to President Kennedy, wangling for an invitation to the Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space and listing his 14-minute film, one-act play, & upcoming staging of the Martian Chronicles by a French actor-mime-director as credentials. The rest of the collection is pretty much all Great Men Of Space. The letters between Betty Trier Berry and the Mount Wilson Observatory a$$ who offered her a pittance to come work in the Computing Division are heartbreaking. Get your hand on a copy of this book just to read that letter. I'd give it 3.5 stars.Ĭollection is worth it for Akosua Haynes's letter to Margot Lee Shetterly RE her book "Hidden Figures." Seriously. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some letters were more worth the read than others, but overall interesting. ![]()
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