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From: markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder)
Subject: Re: Polite way to contact Francis Crick wanted
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 21:06:35 GMT
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In article <35q1vd$fgo@tadpole.fc.hp.com>,
Brent Allsop <allsop@fc.hp.com> wrote:
>	What is good etiquette for contacting a famous and brilliant
>Author like Francis Crick about some information in one of his
>publications _The Astonishing Hypothesis_?  I believe it is bad
>manners to post other people's e-mail address here on the net.  Is it
>bad manners to request such and hope that someone will e-mail it to
>me?  Is there a more formal way?  Are publishers supposed to handle
>this kind of solicitations for their authors?  Could anyone send me
>his e-mail address or that of his publisher?

The protocol for famous and brilliant authors is the same as it is for
unknown and stupid ones: take out a piece of paper, write your letter on it,
and address it to him care of his publisher.  Enclosing a SASE would 
appreciably increase the chances of a reply; if Crick lives abroad,
enclose an international reply coupon (available at your post office)
rather than a US airmail stamp.  
