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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Someone on the Lee Corbin Yahoo group found a letter from Lee written to Asimov’s magazine 30 years ago and posted it. He was thinking Dyson shells thiry years ago. As I recall our own Lee Corbin was one of the quiet participants in the spinoff M-brain group in about late 1990s, when ExI was spawning spinoff groups for everything.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This letter was to Asimov’s Fact and Science Fiction magazine, June 1987:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><a href="https://archive.org/details/Asimovs_v11n06_1987-06" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/Asimovs_v11n06_1987-06</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cool!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:7.0pt 7.0pt 7.0pt 7.0pt;background:whitesmoke'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>Dear Dr. Asimov, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>It seems funny writing to a sci- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ence fiction magazine, but I don’t <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>know where else to turn. Perhaps <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>with your broad and extensive <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>knowledge about almost every- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>thing, you can make some sense of <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>a puzzle we have here at work. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>As you know, the three degree <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>blackbody cosmic background ra- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>diation is a standing wave having <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>to do with the Big Bang, but parts <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>of it are maybe being used for <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>something else. We’ve got hold of <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>some very recent Bell Labs moni- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>toring data, and thought that just <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>for fun we’d run the sidebands <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>through Stanford University’s new <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>"Semantic-Linguistic Cryptana- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>lysis” (SLICK) programs. Amaz- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ingly, here’s part of what came out: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>$ . . . IT’S THOSE WORLDS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>THAT REVOLVE ON THEIR <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>AXES THAT YOU HAVE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>TO WATCH. A UNIFORM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>HEAT DIFFERENTIAL EX- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ISTS BETWEEN ENERGY <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>RECEIVED FROM THE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>PLANET’S PRIMARY AND <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>THE ENERGY RADIATED <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>INTO SPACE AS THE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>PLANET TURNS. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>UNDER THESE CONDI- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>TIONS, SELF REPLICAT- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ING MOLECULAR <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ACTIVITY CAN GET <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>GOING ON THE PLANET’S <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>SURFACE. SOMETIMES IT <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>EVEN ACQUIRES THE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ABILITY TO LAUNCH IT- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>SELF INTO SPACE. UN- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>LESS STOPPED, IT CAN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>INFECT AN ENTIRE GAL- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>AXY IN A FRACTION OF <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>A GALACTIC REVOLU- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>TION. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>RIGHT AWAY YOU CAN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>SEE CHANGES IN A DIS- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>EASED GALAXY. IT AC- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>QUIRES A PINK TINGE AS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>THE VIRUS ENCLOSES <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>STARS IN THIN SHELLS. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>FINALLY THE WHOLE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>GALAXY TURNS DEEP <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>RED AS THE PESTILENCE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>SOAKS UP EVERY BIT OF <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ENERGY FOR ITS OWN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>USE. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>AS YOU’VE PROBABLY <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>HEARD, IT IS A TEDIOUS <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>JOB TO GO AROUND TO <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>EVERY STAR IN A GAL- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>AXY AND STERILIZE IT. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ESPECIALLY IF IT’S THAT <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>NASTY CARBON BASED <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ACTIVITY. SOMETIMES <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>YOU’D BE AMAZED WITH <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>WHAT TENACITY IT TRIES <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>TO HANG ON. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>THAT’S WHY YOU <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>SHOULD TRY TO SPOT <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ANY INFECTION BEFORE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>IT GETS OFF ITS HOME <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>WORLD. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>FORTUNATELY, FOR <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>SOME REASON, JUST BE- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>FORE IT JUMPS OFF INTO <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>SPACE, IT EMITS THE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>STRANGEST LONG WAVE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>RADIATION. FOR EXAM- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>PLE, NOT LONG AGO WE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>PICKED UP THIS ODD <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ITEM: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>"HEY, ROCHESTER, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>COME IN HERE!” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>OBVIOUSLY, SELF REP- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>LICATING MOLECULES <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>VICINITY AND NEED TO <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>BE ERADICATED. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>OTHER THAN THAT, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>EVERYTHING HAS BEEN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>QUIET AROUND HERE. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>HOW ABOUT YOU? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>GALAXY 8462-6433 E.O.T. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>Well, Dr. Asimov, I have no idea <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>what any of that means. Sounds <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>like it’s about some kind of outer <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>space bacteria. Do you think it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>might be dangerous to us, too? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>Should someone be notified? Thanks <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>Lee Corbin <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>Tymshare Inc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;word-break:break-all;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333'>Cupertino, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>