[LMB] writers in spa-a-a-c-e...

[Mark Mandel]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Scott Raun <sraun at fireopal.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 09:06:44PM +0100, Phil Boswell wrote:
>  > 2008/5/1 Scott Raun <sraun at fireopal.org>:
>  > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 03:45:29PM -0500, Lois McMaster Bujold wrote:
>  > >  > I just realized...
>  > >  >     If I knew for sure that someone had carried my books along on some
>  > >  > Antarctic research sojourn, I could brag, "Read on all seven continents
>  > >  > and Earth orbit!"
>  > >  >     I don't suppose anyone here can document this?  (Silly question.  If
>  > >  > anyone in the world could document this, it would likely be someone on
>  > >  > this List.)
>  > >  And I have documented it for her, courtesy of Guy Consalmagno.
>  >
>  > Where? If you can give me a URL I can add it to Wikipedia. Or anyone
>  > can actually ;-)
>
>  Private (semi-private?) correspondence.  E-mail from the head of the
>  ANSMET program, forwarded to me by Guy Consolmagno, forwarded to
>  Herself.  All participants in the chain knew it was ending up going to
>  Herself, but I wouldn't care to post it verbatim without everyone's
>  approval.
>
>  You know, I'll bet the contents of the McMurdo Library would be
>  subject to a similar Freedom of Information request?


ISTM that if you can get the writer's and the author's permission --
so to speak -- that's all you'd need to post the content of the
letter, without the IDs of the intermediaries in the chain. (IANAL,
but I know one who's a fan.)

-- Mark A. Mandel, The Filker With No Nickname
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