Here's something that came in over the ether one fine morning as I
strolled through the finely appointed LCRW building. I haven't quite
managed to respond to it yet. How would one, really? After all it's
not as if I can just fax a reply back to them. I think.
Tau Ceti 4
Editor
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet
Earth
September 25, 1998
Dear Sir:
I represent a highly respected literary agency based on Tau Ceti 4. We
are interested in acquiring a number of literary properties and would
appreciate your help in this area. Specifically we would like
to begin with the following:
Ursula K. LeGuin
Charles Dickens
Imagination
Iain Banks, with or without the M.
Tam O'Shanter
99% Perspiration
Sir Walter's Cott
Touch Typing
John Wyndham Lewis, one or both of
Rebecca
Terry Tempest Carlos Williams
Alisdair Gray
A bronte
The Drunk Man Who Looked at a Thistle
John Buchan
The World Bank Accounts
The Naturalist School
Talent or Tarzan
An Apple with a Dvorak attached
Please reply with costs including shipping.
Sincerely yours, etc
pod@tauceti.pla