Dear Dr. Asimov: I understand you have a book to be published in the near future by Doubleday concerning extraterrestrial intelligent life. I therefore have the honor to send to you the enclosed reprint of an article I wrote on the subject, in the hope of receiving some reaction from you when you have an opportunity to glance through the reprint. I enjoyed your article in the current Harper’s magazine, demonstrating as you did, the usual Asimov lucidity.Sincerely yours,Rabbi Norman LammRNL/fzenc.

Dear Rabbi Lamm, Thank you very much for sending me the reprint of your article "The Religious Implications of Extraterrestrial Life." I have glanced through it already and intend to sit down at my first opportunity to read it in detail. I rather doubt, though, that my reaction would be of any great use to you. I am, alas, wedded to the materialist interpretation of the Universe (which I capitalize, you see). But I would like to understand your views with my head, even if my heart remains cold.Yours,Isaac Asimov