V3R1: Ann Druyan
Readathon July 2024: Day 1
Dear Reader,
Welcome to July with a new readathon. For 14 days, receive one great read from Volume 3 of 42: The Curious Reader’s Companion in your email inbox.
Today, we urge you to read Ann Druyan’s letter to Voyagers 1 & 2, part of National Geographic’s “Dear Spacecraft” series.
Dear Voyagers,
You, the farthest objects we have ever touched, now venture beyond that place where the sun’s wind gives way to roaring interstellar gales; far, far away—and yet I feel close to you. My own life attained lift-off when you did. I was 27 years old when you were in the last stages of your assembly. Carl Sagan and I had known each other as friends and colleagues for a couple of years. We fell in love in 1977 while collaborating on the message that you carry. At the same moment that you left Earth to discover and explore other worlds and to blaze our trail to the stars, we were launched on our own life trajectory. You have been on my mind ever since...
We will update this post later with more links to Ann Druyan’s work. Here’s something for your playlist till then :)
And here’s a nudge to revisit V1R1, in case you missed it.
V1R1: Carl Sagan & Gavin Aung Than
Dear Reader, Happy New Year and welcome to the first installment of our year-long program to nudge you to read more. If you’re new here, click the blue button below to receive all updates in your email inbox.
Till tomorrow. Happy reading :) ~ Nandini & Nitin
PS. To know more about our Reader Companions and how you can join the Readers of 42, read our latest letter -
27. Chapter 1: Introducing 42: The Curious Reader's Companion
Dear Reader, Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. Last week, Project Bibliotherapy completed 51 months of its existence. We started as a lockdown sanity project on March 22, 2020. Today, Project Bibliotherapy is a 100% reader-funded company that we run together full time.