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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	SNovember 17, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Stanislaw Lem
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Krakow 12
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ul.Narwik 21
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Poland

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Lem:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Unfortunately,␈αI␈αdo␈αnot␈α
have␈αaccess␈αto␈αthe␈αbooks␈α
that␈αyou␈αrefer␈αto,␈αbut␈α
from␈αmy␈αpoint␈αof␈α
view␈αit
␈↓ ↓H␈↓seems␈αinteresting␈α
enough␈αto␈αpursue␈α
further.␈α If␈αyou␈α
could␈αsend␈αme␈α
copies,␈αI␈αwould␈α
have␈αsomeone
␈↓ ↓H␈↓read some of it to me and send them back to you.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈α∂agree␈α∂with␈α∂you␈α∂opinion␈α∂about␈α∂American␈α∂science␈α∂≡ction␈α∂authors.␈α∂ There␈α∂is␈α∂very␈α⊂little␈α∂genuine
␈↓ ↓H␈↓scienti≡c␈α⊂speculation␈α∂in␈α⊂science␈α∂≡ction␈α⊂today;␈α⊂most␈α∂simply␈α⊂copy␈α∂an␈α⊂earlier␈α∂writer's␈α⊂world␈α⊂of␈α∂the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓future␈α∞or␈α∞exaggerate␈α
some␈α∞minor␈α∞trend.␈α
 This␈α∞is␈α∞why␈α
I␈α∞was␈α∞interested␈α
in␈α∞the␈α∞possibility␈α∞of␈α
your
␈↓ ↓H␈↓contributing.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I admire your dedication in foregoing the trip.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science