I love this rejection from 1953. "There's nothing wrong with your writing" seems like a pretty great opening line. Also, the letterhead is super confusing, isn't it? If Worlds of Science Fiction...doesn't make sense, does it? Try again, by all means.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Man's Fitness to Inhabit the Universe--So Overdone!
I love this rejection from 1953. "There's nothing wrong with your writing" seems like a pretty great opening line. Also, the letterhead is super confusing, isn't it? If Worlds of Science Fiction...doesn't make sense, does it? Try again, by all means.
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wow, i put way to much stock in the word "fitness" in that sentence. for a while i thought there could be some kind of male fitness world domination agenda rearing it's muscular head into the realm of science fiction.
Actually, I think this letter says that it's the pessimism that's overdone, not man's place in the universe. Still, that's a heavy line for a rejection letter.
Personally I never get tired of different variations on man's lack of fitness for various things, including but not limited to inhabiting the universe ...
I think this letter says that it's the pessimism that's overdone, not man's place in the universe. Still, that's a heavy line for a rejection letter.
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