TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, December 24, 1966. Letter to Maggie Rose, in part: “The profession of television-writing (or writing for mass media in general) is a fate worse than death. I have never been tempted. I sit here in my attic, writing poky material for audiences which—when they reach 50,000—are enormous and which are large enough when they reach 10,000. As a result I can do as I please, for I can always find one American out of every ten thousand or so who will take me as I am…The trick of science fiction (as of all art, I believe) is selection. By being technically correct at a few mountain peaks, you create an aura of plausibility and can dismiss the valleys with a wave…Incidentally, the Star Trek people have been in correspondence with me but have not asked me for a script. Nor have I suggested one. We both know I’m incompetent in this respect.” Asimov makes a single handwritten emendation. In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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