Moore (Patrick) Scripts and letters

Two copies of 13 typed scripts for 'Into Space', a South African radio series, titles reading 1, 'Our Earth in Space'; 2, 'Dreams of other Worlds'; 3, 'Rockets into Space'; 4, 'Man-made Moons'; 5, 'Man in Space'; 6, 'Space Research and Ourselves'; 7, 'Contact with the Moon'; 8, '"One small Step . . . ."'; 9, 'Space Stations and Lunar Bases'; 10, 'Mariners to Mars'; 11, 'Into the Hot Regions'; 12, 'The Grand Tour'; 13, 'Flight to the Stars', with a few manuscript emendations by Moore in black felt-tip pen, and other editorial emendations, loose leaves, 4to. Also including: a substantially rewritten version of the same scripts meant for pubblication, titles reading: 1, 'Men and the Stars'; 2, 'Watchers of the Stars'; 3, 'The Sun's Family'; 4, 'The Moon World'; 5, 'Our Neighbour Planets'; 6, 'Giants of the Solar System'; 7, 'Wanderers in Space'; 8, 'Our Star - The Sun'; 9, 'Other Suns'; 10, 'Stars of Many Kinds'; 11, 'Gas Clouds and Island Universes'; 12, 'Beginnings and Endings'; 13, 'Life Elsewhere', with a typed foreword by patrick Moore featuring extensive autograph emendations and reading in part "'The SABC English Service had invited me to make a short series of broadcasts. This was followed later by a second series; and after that it was suggested that I should present regular weekly broadcasts on astronomical topics. There have been many requests for copies of these talks, and the present book has grown out of them. Obviously they have been modified, and some of the essentially topical but now outdated references have been removed; but I hope they present a varied and perhaps historical account of events during 1972, a momentous year in astronomical progress"; and five typed letters signed (all "Patrick") from Moore to H. David Lloyd of the South African Boradcasting Corporation, concernig the preparation of the talks for publication ("I dropped everything, and did my best. I have amended the articles to make them untopical, [...] I have added a Foreword, and I have managed to scrape up a picture for each talk", 11 November 1972; "I am off to America on Monday for Apollo 17, but have arranged two sessions at the BBC this week before I go. I will therefore be well ahead. Wish I could do one direct from Cape kennedy; but it's too risky", 27 November 1972; "Did anything came of the book of the talks? As you know, I rushed it through before I went to America in December, because I gathered it was needed before Christmas; but I haven't heard another thing!! I'd be most grateful if you'd let me know; and if you are NOT publishing them after all, I'd be glad to have them back, because someone else is very interested in doing them (Reid's)", 23 January 1973); v.s. (qty)

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