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Another light goes out in the darkness....
Please add your
thoughts to this memorial book
Date: Sat, 10
Jan 1998 23:17:44 -0500
From: Jody Callahan <pacoblue@mindspring.com>
Subject: hope
My prefered name is Paco Blue. I am a novelist. I'm currently
working on a project called "And Jesus Was a Sailor".
It's a novel about "not knowing". Not knowing what you
believe in or what it is you're about, and what is going on. It's
about the difference between skeptics and non-believers. To put
it short it's about discovery. Granted it's not as grande as
discovering the cosmos, but Dr. Sagan has taught me that
everything is just as grande. I'm one of the Millions he's
inspired to just stop and think. I hope I don't sound patronizing
I'm not sure what I thought I was going to write. I don't know
who is reading this, but if you can tell Ann Druyan thanks and
that I send my thanks to her husband. Keep pushing the knowledge
and the hope that what ever we find is open for everyone and that
in the least pulls us together.
I'm sorry this is long I just wanted to say, "I just wanted
to say."
In much Respect
Paco Blue
Date: Fri, 16 Jan
1998 21:28:16 -0700
From: Brendan Keeley
Subject: Carl Sagan
Dr. Sagan was the only ambassador of science the world had. That
position is still vacant. I hope that some day soon someone will
come along to fill the void.
He will be deeply missed.
Date: Sat, 17 Jan
1998 12:41:31 +0200
From: Kenneth Hertz
Subject: Good Man
Re:Carl Sagan
A man who promoted scientific, "right" thinking, from a
philosophical view, earns my deepest respect and admiration. We
need more like him. His loss is a loss to the world, and the
causes of freedom, clarity, purpose and human advancement. My hat
is off and head bowed.
Cheers,
Ken
Date: Mon, 19 Jan
98 02:07:13 PST
From: madden
The first words I heard him say were "If you wish to make an
apple pie from scratch you must first invent the
Universe".From that moment I was hooked.If we wish to repay
him for all that he has given to us in his books and his TV
Series Cosmos we should continue to read his works and listen
carefully to what he had to say.His Cosmos TV Series even still
is light years ahead of anything shown on Television.
The Pathfinder now renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station rests
on the surface of the Red Planet.In centuries to come some of our
descendants will very likely reside on mars.It will be a reminder
to them of a giant Astronomer Scientist and Visionary from the
Home Planet.
Gerard Madden
Co.Limerick
Rep.of Ireland.
Date: Thu, 22 Jan
1998 00:17:57 EST
From: TAWRESEYJ
Subject: carl sagan
he was my cousin and would just like to say that he was a great
guy
Date: Thu, 22 Jan
1998 17:51:27 -0800
From: LESLEY
Subject: Carl Sagan's death
He was an inspiration in a jaded world. He changed me, he helped
me to recapture my sense of wonder at the beauty of the universe
after watching his ABC series.
Date: Thu, 22 Jan
1998 23:52:32 -0700
From: Steve Kundert
Subject: Carl,
Thank you for everything you've given us.
Date: Sun, 25 Jan
1998 06:07:35 -0800
From: Chuck Duncanson
A year later, I still miss him as much as on December 20, 1996.
The man brought the mysteries of the universe home to us. We
should all thank him.
Date: Tue, 27 Jan
1998 01:07:20 -0500
From: Craig Sachs
Subject: Jr high school
I saw Carl Sagan in high school when Cosmos first aired on pbs in
New York. He had a major effect on me and how I percieve the
universe.
CsachsImage@webtv.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jan
1998 14:31:15 +0200
From: asigrisaru
Subject: What?!? he's DEAD!?!
Hello, out there!
I'm from Israel, and I've read two books by Carl Sagan, in
Hebrew, so I don't know the names of them in English, what I can
tell you, is that I fell "in love" with this great
man's work! even in Hebrew, his idea was kept perfectly clear to
me, so simple, so true, so near me.
I gave those books to my best friends, and they've felt the same
as I did.
But, maybe because I wasn't in Israel for a long time, or maybe
there is no excuse - I just didn't know the man is dead!!!
I understand now that he had published 6 more books that I didn't
read, I just hope that one of them was translated to Hebrew. my
English is not good enough to read Carl Sagan in English...
I wish someone could help me find a book he wrote in Hebrew, if
you know anything about it, please write me, at:
"OFFIR_A@YAHOO.COM". thanks.
I'm still in shock with those news... no question about it - a
GREAT loss.
yours, offir.
Date: Fri, 30 Jan
1998 00:07:00 -0800
From: Richard Spence
Subject: CARL SAGAN
HELLO FROM A FELLOW ASTRONOMER.JUST SAW YOUR PAGE. WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO GOING THROUGH IT.GOD I REALLY MISS HIM. DROP ME A
LINE.
Date: Fri, 30 Jan
1998 15:10:43 +0200
From: Doug Shonour
Subject:
My idol in a world of few.
Date: Mon, 2 Feb
1998 00:46:42 EST
From: SOOK123@aol.com
Subject: Carl Sagan's Journey
Finished reading CONTACT..... A true leader in our time. God
bless you,Carl. May the song that you sang here on Earth now be a
heavenly symphony.
Date: Sun, 08 Feb
1998 00:51:15 +0800
From: Clara Yuen
Subject: salute to Carl Sagan
I was about ten years old when I first saw Carl hosting the TV
programme Cosmos in Hong Kong. The programme surely provoke my
interest in astronomy and endless thinking about life and
universe. I think Carl's contribution was not only spending his
live in exploring the universe but also setting up a model for
all professionals to affect others so that more and more
potential ones would engaged in the ambitious work of SETI or
etc.
Thanks,Dr Carl Sagan
SALUTE !!!
Date: Sat, 07 Feb
1998 14:13:36 -0800
From: Joe Nadal
Subject: Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan possesed a unique perspective of his planet, his
species, and their place in the Universe. If all humans could
develop such a perspective, we would obtain a whole new level of
civilization, and an understanding of each other and what we
could achieve together.
Eric Nadal
Date: Sun, 8 Feb
1998 14:34:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Ron Weitzner
Carl was very famous. It is too bad that Carl died. May God bless
him and let him rest in peace.
Date: Tue, 10 Feb
1998 20:36:06 EST
From: WattsLeft@aol.com
Subject: The passing of Carl Sagan
For many years before your death, Carl, I have wanted to tell you
how much I appreciated your existence. My love of Astronomy was
strengthened by you. I read each of your books breathlessly. It
was with great sadness when I found out that you left this Earth.
Perhaps now you are on the ship of the imagination flying to
those places which you only dreamed of. See you there. I and
everyone who knew you if only through your books and tv series
will alway love and miss you. Take care and rest easy.
Jane Watts
Date: Fri, 13 Feb
1998 23:10:24 -0600
From: David McKnight
Subject: sagan
We love you, and you are sorely missed. Your ideas brought us
closer to the stars, where hopefully you are now roaming freely.
Date: Sun, 15 Feb
1998 11:57:16 EST
From: SAruner@aol.com
Subject: last paragraph mishap
I showed for work as usual; the love/hate feeling for a graveyard
shift not entilrely sorted to begin work. My fourth twelve-hour
shift had given me over to observing the minutia of a pale,
bubbling wood-grain encasing our lounge television. This in turn
evoked a series of speculations as to the age of the set, the
character of its electromagnetic radiation; do older televisions
have higher radiation output?; why should I think older T.V.'s
feed nearersby larger doses of radiation?; why do I not research
my questions?; but instead mull within silliloquacious querries
dependent upon eclectic empiricisms my redundant, mundane rituals
could... His name broke audibally among such thoughts from the FM
signal receiver "idot boxes" (dad terms them)
invariably feature. Carl Sagan died today.....
Leher's eyes usually seemed somber to me. Although, I could'nt
have predicted the empathy I would have for them. They carried
their own interpretation of what ever the lower, more popular
form of communication would bandy. I had admired his eyes for
that. But when his electrically mediated voice briefly matched
the meloncholy sublimity of its superior neighbor, I unexpectedy
wept. I surreptitiously turned away to regain a service class
composure, then went immediately to speculating as to why I felt
what I already knew was a fantastic loss. A loss personally,
since I often reveled in thought of the day I would experience
first hand Carl's sober compassion, and maybe a brief exchange of
obsevations; A loss to a social atmoshpere clouded with sciolism
by those science loses to more alluring systems of belief; the
greatest loss of course, to those intimate with him; tenured
friends, his children, his wife.
He was so many bridges. A seven year old raised in the nocturnal
hues of municipal lighting becomes enthralled with the stars in
1980 via The Cosmos he veiws through the glass of a television
screen. Green-house gases from a thesis on Venus by someone my
age, aware the gravity of a widening schism between the general
public and special discoveries, eloquent, compasionate not as a
manner but a way of living, thinking. The more I understand his
message to his fellow beings, although it surely was a
culmination that he may have only eventually became aware of, the
more I revere what has been offered, and now left to us by Dr.
Sagan.
My wife is due our first son March 24th (though science has yet
ruled out uncertainty here also). 'Emily' ,after my favorite
poet, would be my plea for a girl's name, 'Carl' for a boy. She
disliked both names before the sex was revealed with reasonable
certainty by sonar. She still could not accept 'Carl' though the
fetus very likely was the gender suggested by the name. "It
sounds [late generational]," she said. Laurie wanted a name
that "clicked." Every friend and family member aware of
our unnamed fetus joned in finding first title that found with
Laurie a visceral affinity and with myself an ode to knowledge
and giving. That name became Sagan. Not in any name-books, but
for some reason beyond knowledge, Laurie likes it. We know and
speak to our unborn as Sagan.
I'm at work presently, past my usual waking hours.
Thank you
Date: Sat, 21 Feb
1998 03:56:58 EST
From: TKE11SHAD@aol.com
Subject: Carl Sagan
Some people want to be like Mike, I want to be like Carl. However
his shoes will be to large to fill. Even though we dont know each
other, we will always be connected through the love of astronomy.
I miss you Carl.
From: asociacion
aeroespacial
Subject: informacion steven spielberg
Estimado señor:
Alcancé a recibir una invitación a pertenecer a THE PLANETARY
SOCIETY del cual son miembros usted y el sr. Spielberg . El deseo
es tener el web y el e-mail del sr Spielberg en especial y su
dirección para enviarle un libro titulado "ENCUENTROS DEL
ESPACIO" obra dialogada tipo novela historica en donde se
trata el principio historico de la era espacial. A la vez
quisieramos una información más completa y algunos avances o
folletos referentes a la sociedad.
Atentamente
Walter Stendbergh D.
Date: Thu, 12 Mar
1998 13:53:37 EST
From: BernieInMA
To: webadmin@bluepoint.com.tr Subject: Carl Sagans Memorial
We live in a universe of balances where no great achievement can
go unpunished. No one really notices how dark it is until someone
shuts off the light.
Date: Sun, 22 Mar
1998 01:38:08 EST
From: Paramitch
Subject: The Search for Heroes
The Loss of a Hero
We all probably have a personal list of heroes in our minds -- I
know I do, and it's as eclectic as anybody else's. People as
diverse as Annie Sullivan, Jim Henson, Albert Einstein, Toni
Morrison, Jim Henson, and Jodie Foster populate mine. Some of
these are alive, some are long dead, yet they never fail to
continue to inspire me.
At the top of my 'Heroes' list is Carl Sagan. He first leaped
onto my list in 1981, when I was fourteen years old. I was living
in Puerto Rico, and Cosmos was one of the few programs which
aired in English. I was bored. Then mildly interested. Then five
minutes later, I was hooked! This guy was excited about
everything he talked about, and even though many of the things he
showed us sailed right over my head, he even acted like that was
exciting -- so much more out there to learn!
After all, it was a pretty novel concept. Excitement, about
SCIENCE? About dead rocks floating in space? No way.
But I was caught anyway: by the idea of someone who encouraged
learning simply for learning's sake, who taught me to look up at
the sky in order to live better down here on earth. Who taught
me, ultimately, that the occasional humbling realization of how
small our planet really is, is a good and valuable thing.
I grew up, but I didn't lose my hero list, and I never lost hope
that I might one day meet Dr. Sagan or hear him speak in person.
So when Dr. Sagan died a little over a year ago, I was devastated
as if I had lost a personal friend, a mentor. I was on a ferry to
Victoria, B.C., and when I saw the USA Today article announcing
Carl Sagan's death, I shocked my friends by bursting into tears.
Even after I explained, they had difficulty understanding why
this should affect me as deeply as it did.
Yet. What made this loss easier was the dawning realization of
how many others like me there were -- how many other people who
had been inspired by a view of the cosmos from someone who never
forgot the wonder of exploring it.
I still treasure every book he wrote, and am grateful that he
existed at all. Beyond the science teacher who said, gruffly,
that 'science wasn't for girls,' beyond the boys who didn't
understand a girl with a telescope, there was someone out there
to inspire me. I became a writer because I had the heart of an
explorer, yet I knew that I would work best in the world not as a
scientist (OK, so I'm still pretty bad at math), but as a writer
who knew the value of science, and who promoted its many benefits
in her writings. I continue to strive to do so.
Dr. Sagan (and his talented wife Ann Druyan) will always be a
part of my life. I was lucky to be introduced to the universe by
someone who loved it so much, and I'm grateful for the
opportunity to have caught even the slightest glimpse into the
heart and mind of such an extraordinary individual. Most
importantly, I'm grateful that before he went, he reminded me and
so many like me, that it's never too late to learn, to explore,
to retain a sense of awe and wonder.
I never met him. Yet I will always feel that I was lucky to know
him.
Date: Sun, 22 Mar
1998 21:08:10 -0500
From: Jeffrey W Pelletier
Thank-you, Dr Sagan, for opening up the Cosmos to me...
JWP
Date: Mon, 30 Mar
1998 12:21:25 -0500
From: PACCHF@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us
Subject: Lost
thank you Carl, for furthering my enlightenment.
Date: Tue, 07 Apr
1998 10:29:23 -0700
From: "Robert L. Young"
Subject: Good Bye
Thank you Dr. Sagan, for helping me understand, the scale and
complexity of the "Cosmos".
Robert L. Young
Date: Sun, 23 Nov
1997 12:33:52 -0600
From: Compaq User
Subject: Thoughts
I would like to write a single thought about Carl Sagan , it is
just that he was a great man , he showed us a his vision of a
World and a Universe that we will never look at theme as the same
way again , and I believe that it doesn4t matter if he now isn4t
with us , the fact is that we (the world) will never forget him ,
because he is , and will be , in the hearts of all the people.
Juan Antonio Tamez E.
Date: Sun, 12 Apr
1998 16:17:10 -0500
From: finema1@banet.net
Subject: Carl Sagan
My name is Arlene Fineman - I just got my first computer with the
Internet. A while ago I had briefly seen the Internet with Carl
Sagan.
I first read Carl Sagan's Intellegent Life in the Universe many
years ago. It changed my life. From then on, I read everything I
could get my hands on written by him. I saw him twice in my life.
The first time, was at the Museum of Science in Boston when they
dedicated the plaque that when on the Pioneer. The second time
was at The Center for Astrophysics at Harvard.
I feel that a piece of my life was torn away when he died. I am
not a scientific professional, but yet I feel Carl Sagan was very
important in my life. This is the first time I have ever answered
an Internet site.
Arlene Fineman
Date: Sun, 12 Apr
1998 16:43:12 -0500
From: finema1@banet.net
Subject: Carl Sagan
Although some time has passed since Carl Sagan's death, I just
now had the opportunity to add my thoughts. I am not a scientist,
but Carl Sagan opened my mind to the wonders of Astronomy. I have
read every word he wrote. I was enriched by hearing him speak at
The Museum of Science in Boston on the occasion of the dedication
of the plaque on the Pioneer and also saw him at the Center for
Astrophysics at Harvard. I am deeply saddened by his passing.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr
1998 14:32:23 -0700
From: David Lopez
Subject: Sagan... He will live forever.
Carl Sagan's writings have touched me deeper than anyone else.
Just when I thought the world was a completly forsaken place, I
found Carl.
Dave Lopez, San Jose, Ca
Date: Mon, 20 Apr
1998 16:16:54 -0400
From: Andrew Danilin
Subject: Memoirs
In The Memory Of Carl Sagan
I think that Carl Sagan was the best science-fiction writer ever.
His books were really great. They dealed with life problems, and
it seemed like he could really understand a person's mind.
Date: Fri, 01 May
1998 18:46:57 -0400
From: Betty J Foster
Subject: bjfinga@mindspring.com
Carl Sagan was a great mind in this century = I listened today to
his address in the St John the Divine Cathedral several years ago
- He puts a good perspective on our place in the universe(s)
Date: Mon, 4 May
1998 06:49:26 -0300
From: Nelson Teixeira Pinto
Subject: Carl Sagan and his influence on my life.
I am a brazilian college student and i have been, and still am,
as almost anyone of my generation, a great fan of science
fiction. But never in my life had i had such a powerful influence
as when i crossed ways with a book entitled "Pale Blue
Dot". Initially, i had practically no idea of what this book
would mean to me, but as i started my reading, irrealized the man
who had written it must have been a great genius. When i searched
my memory for a remembrance of who was Carl Sagan, i only had one
piece of information, this being the one concerning his death. I
also faintly recalled him as a great scientist, because of what i
couldn't remember. As i finished the book, i was instantly aware
that his ideas were bright, his reasoning was marvelous and his
insights in both science and religion were astoundingly correct
(as far as our knowledge as a species is concerned). I rapidly
went on to look for other books this man had written, and of
course came across Cosmos and also Broca's Brain. I also read
these enthusiastically fast and was awed at how hard the
knowledge was to come by, but also at how dificult it became to
contest the material after it had been subjected to hard
skepticism and rigorous examination processes. I had been, up to
this time, a conflictious person. I was taught , from a very
tender age, that there was someone called God that ruled it all,
"it" being mainly the behaviour of the human race, more
specifically our group of humans ( the catolics). Obviously, i
had believed it, was anyone contesting it? no. Was anyone
offering a different explanation? no. So as a matter of exclusion
to the other possibilities, i embarked into what i would call
today a piece of fantastic human chauvinism and arrogance. But
when i started reading the works of Carl Sagan, i was offered the
other explanation. One that could be contested, provided you had
convincing evidence. I was profoundly changed by this, and i
started to look for alternative explanations for everything. For
some i found an alternative, for others i didn't. But what really
mattered is that i started to ASK if there was anything else to
be told about something. As i got an inverted view at the work of
Carl Sagan (remember, i started by reading Pale Blue Dot, then
moving on to Broca's Brain and Cosmos) i could examine how clear
was his own thougth process, and how many times he "got it
right" before anyone else, not with guesses, but with
reasoned explanation. Today i am fascinated by everything
scientific, and deplore the fact that science is still as far
from being an educational standard as it was 50 years ago. I
lament even more the death of the man who opened the doors of
science and reasoning for me. I think though, that he has
achieved something very few do, and that is imortality. Not by
claiming that he ascended to the skies, but by leaving to us a
legacy of science and learning, of the joy of opening a book and
absorbing its contents, and then trying to improve on them by
reasoning. I think that this mail will be so common as to be
considered "more of the same", because i imagine he has
done the same to many more around the world than in my own
"pocket universe". Thanks Carl.
Rafael Almeida e Andrade
Rio de janeiro, the fourth of may 1998.
Date: Tue, 12 May
1998 12:43:32 +0200
From: William Howard
Subject: Some words for Dr. Sagan
I began reading Carl Sagan as a ninth-grader living in a small
town in the Mojave Desert. He expanded my awareness, not only of
the stars, but of earth as well. On summer nights I'd look up to
the stars and think about ideas that Dr. Sagan discussed in his
books--that the earth and milky way are traveling through space
at tremendous speeds, and that light from the most distant stars
has taken billions of years to reach us. Through Dr. Sagan I came
to understand the greenhouse effect, as well as many of
Einstein's ideas. But most importantly, Dr. Sagan helped to
instill in me a love of science and reason that has greatly
enriched my life. The world lost much when he died.
Date: Fri, 15 May
1998 18:02:21 +0200
From: Javi
Subject: Querido Carl
Solo quiero que sepas Carl, que siempre te recordaremos.......
Date: Fri, 29 May
1998 00:43:21 EDT
From: DesrtWolf3@aol.com
Subject: Carl Sagan
I'm only just now experiencing Dr. Sagan's brilliance by reading
some of his books. I am so disappointed that I didn't know about
him sooner. But what a legacy he has left us...and in so doing,
he has become immortal. He is no longer with us, but he will
never leave us!
Deborah Pierce
Date: Thu, 11 Jun
1998 02:10:50 -0300
From: Katre Danilevicius <kdvl@zaz.com.br>
Subject: One of 6 billions
"Demon Haunted World" changed me.
Thanks Carl.
See you later.
Valter Pinto de Arruda
contbaro@plugnet.com.br
Date: Fri, 19 Jun
1998 00:42:59 -0500
From: Tanco <mguardia@interactiva.cl>
To: webadmin@bluepoint.com.tr
Subject: Carl Sagan mi maestro.
Desde pequeqo me maravilli con la facilidad que il tenma para
explicar las cosas, a veces podrma pensar que lo catalogaba como
un gran profesor (mejor que la totalidad de los mmos en la
escuela). Pero luego, al crecer, al interesarme en ciencias, al
leer sus trabajos, al ver el entusiasmo con que alentaba al
conocimiento, me di cuenta que il no solo era un gran profesor,
era un maestro. Maestro, no sslo en el sentido de enseqanza,
maestro tambiin, csmo patrsn digno de ser seguido. Yo, estando
aqum, a miles de kilsmetros de distancia, llori. Y guardari sus
libros para que mis hijos puedan aprender directamente de un
maestro, del hombre que vivira en millones de libros alrededor de
este punto azul palido.Tu obra continuara, me esforzari en eso.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alejandro Nzqez G.
MGUARDIA@INTERACTIVA.CL
Date: Mon, 22 Jun
1998 22:23:06 -0700
From: James Black <fractal8@bigpond.com>
Subject: Tribute to Carl Sagan
I miss Carl Sagan and offer my sympathies to his wife Ann Druyan,
and to his family.He was a positive influence on my existence and
helped instill in my mind and heart the importance of adherance
to the Scientific method. I admired him in
that he used left AND right brain in his efforts to popularize
science. Imagination AND scepticism. I'd like to think I'm a
better "citizen of the Cosmos" through being exposed to
Carl's works.
The "Cosmos" series should, in my opinion, be
incorporated into the curriculum of every school on the planet.
After all, if we're going to avoid the "trapjointly set by
our technology and our passions", and thereby avoid the
darker destiny whereby the mob comes once again to "burn the
place down", we need to begin NOW to educate our children
not from a nationalistic, religionistic, homo sapienistic
perspective, but rather I feel, from an organic, lateral,
planetary, and interspecial perspective.
Thanks Carl, and Bon
Voyage,
-
James Andrew Black
Date: Sun, 12 Jul
1998 19:27:13 -0400
From: Bob Bishop <bbslnwg@sprynet.com>
Subject: Carl Sagan
Reading Contact and The Demon-Haunted World, I finally found
someone who recognizes human defects and the terrifying danger of
slipping into ignorance and closed-mindedness. And yet he also
brings the beauty, richness and diversity of science, along with
its ultimate simplicity and joy. There is a reason we are here,
Carl Sagan seems to say. The need to search for
understanding is our greatest virtue.
Date: Mon, 13 Jul
1998 22:53:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: KAYE POSTMA <kjkp@webtv.net>
Subject: Losing Carl What do I miss
most about him? The sound of his voice. Upon hearing those tones,
we knew that soon our "travels" would begin....far and
away from ordinary thoughts and places. Out among the great
mysteries of space and time he would guide us...allowing all
dreams and visions to arise with no holds barred. Let us all
endeavor to keep his wisdom and seeking spirit within us.... the
only fitting memorial for one such as he.
Date: Tue, 14 Jul
1998 13:33:20 EDT
From: Uvame@aol.com
Subject: (no subject)
I long for the day when another great man rises to explain the
greatest questions before mankind . Not since the days of Charles
Darwin has anyone touched so many people as Dr. Sagen , and
realisticly I dont think another ever shall . Losing this man was
a true loss for mankind and all its future endeavors. However he
left us with much great work and insight to learn from .Many
times I have found the only thing better than reading Dr. Sagens
work is a second reading .The world needs to know and hear more
of his work and its our responsability to enlighten as many as
possible, I feel his work was a
heartfelt effort to all . Deepest sympothy to family.
Mark
G. Coffey
Date: Tue, 21 Jul
1998 00:54:11 +0000
From: Lou Anne Wright <LAWRIGHT@uwyo.edu>
Subject: I miss hearing him speak
Just as the demon-haunted would begin to wear on my soul, there
would be Mr. Sagan and I would find such reassurance in the
steady, firm sound of his voice (even in the sound bytes he was
sometimes allowed). As I look at the night sky now, I am reminded
of his timeless message that we are all star stuff and I feel
comforted.
The world will always miss him.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul
1998 14:09:41 +0300
From: Ionut Horia Dobrinescu <horia@main.romsoft.ro>
Subject: Contact
There is indeed a very special kind of sensibility to the very
particular kind of knowledge that Carl Sagan promoted over the
world. As used to say, the true knowledge is a way of thinking,
rather than an amount of information and so he managed to reach
the essence of the intelligent life. The Earth is the cradle of
mankind, he credited, but no one has ever spent
his life in a cradle, and the dream of travelling from the Earth
to the stars was simply passed on. The cosmic smile that
accompanied his lectures and TV series kept everybody reassured
that our species might just have what it takes. Carl Sagan is not
to be worshiped; he is to be valued. Although I can't help being
skeptical about an eternal life (I learnt this from him), I
do hope that Dr. Sagan's spirit explores right now the most
fascinate corners of the universe. Had there been a God, I sure
hope he'd had his open-mindedness, and then, I'd have definitely
been a religious man!
By the way, Carl, have you got an Internet provider out there? I
LONG TOSEND YOU AN E-MAIL.
Contact! horia@main.romsoft.ro horia90@hotmail.com
Ionut Horia Dobrinescu, Bucharest, Romania
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:34:20
EST
From: DEDAY1@aol.com
Subject: Clone Carl
Human cloning will eventually be an accepted practice in the next
millennium.
Its probably unlikely that the hospital that did all the blood
workup on Dr.
Sagan will have the foresight to maintain the precious samples
that harbor the
DNA of Dr. Sagan. What better tribute to the man who brought
science to the
lay public could there be but the start of a movement to make
Carl Sagan the
first human clone.
Duane Day
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998
22:04:06 -0600
From: thomas <thom-50@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Stars
As we know stars never burn out ,they just start all over again
yes we
will miss carl but he will go on forever in our mines and hearts
just
look up we all will see him and remember him
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998
04:18:19 +0800 (SST)
From: ??? <eng60405@leonis.nus.edu.sg>
Subject: Lost
I am lost. Terribly lost. For i am as usual, enjoying one of
Sagan's book
, Contact, while having a rare break from studies, came to learn
that the great
author is longer here.... two years later...
a news two years late, strike me though. I am still lost and
dazed.
for his writings and words, has help me find back my childhood
dream and
encourage me to work towards that dream... to reach for the
stars.
Lee
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998
22:55:47 EST
From: Jetep@aol.com
Subject: Spheres
I just watched the movie Contact and was wondering if anyone out
there knew if Dr. Sagan played pool. One of the characters in the
movie, Palmer Joss', name is a combination of pool cue
manufacturers.He might have been as facinated with little spheres
on felt as he was with larger ones in a velvet sky. I always
appreciate anyone who can maintain their childlike wonder as well
as
Dr. Sagan did. One of the last scenes in the movie shows some
open minded tykes who could probably teach us all a lesson or
two. The universe really is much bigger than anyone can even
imagine, isn't it?
Love to all
-Peter
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998
01:06:08 -0800
From: R. Caleb Bloom <rcbloom@lightspeed.net>
Subject: Carl Sagan Tribute
Carl Sagan opened my mind to the wonders of the universe like no
one else before. The wonders of space and the stars were revealed
after reading COSMOS and PALE BLUE DOT. And the follies of
superstition, pseudoscience, and UFO's became quite clear after
reading DEMON HAUNTED WORLD. I was seeing the world in a whole
new way, and I needed to talk about it! However, I
didn't know many people, and the people I did know were just too
uninterested to talk about the wonders that were opening up to
me. What was I going to do?
After viewing most of the Carl Sagan sites on the net, I still
felt a need to share my thoughts and feelings about this great
man. While there was nothing new and original I could present to
the net with a web page, by starting a discussion list I could
give all admirers of Dr. Sagan a place to voice their thoughts
and opinions. Plus, I would be able to make contact with many
like-minded people from all over the world! This would be my way
of helping to keep the spirit of Carl Sagan alive.
Please come to http://frontpage.lightspeed.net/rcbloom for more information.
R. Caleb Bloom
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998
03:12:26 EST
From: ARagoo3478@aol.com
To: webadmin@bluepoint.com.tr
Subject: Thank You Carl
This world grows increasingly dangerous in part because it grows
increasingly irrational. Dr. Carl Sagan was one of the few vocal
rational minds. Most people are ignorant of the dynamics of
science, and most scientists are ignorant of the dynamics of
people. Sagan had the rare gift of being able to bridge these two
worlds with his eloquence and unwavering logic. He was truly a
friend of science, and a friend of mankind. I never got to meet
Dr. Sagan, but like so many others around the globe, his work
touched my life and mind in ways that have had a permanent impact
in my view of the universe and our place in it. Sagan has done
more to forward the cause and understanding of science in the
public domain than any other scientist since Albert Einstein. His
talent was to teach, his love was for the universe, and my thanks
goes to him for leaving our world a better and richer place than
he found it, and for
being a personal beacon of light to me. I hope you found what you
were looking
for Carl.
ADR
Date: Wed, 14 Oct
1998 21:38:59 -0600
From: "Kim M. Clark, O.D."
<kimclark@burgoyne.com>
Subject: Carl Sagan: A Gifted Intellect, A Gifted Writer, A
Harbinger of Truth
Everytime I enter my home I see his picture. There, postitioned
strategically on the wall, hangs an arrangement I assembled to
serve as a reminder of how my life has been fortified by his
contributions. This arrangement consists of his handsome visage,
a Pat Bagley drawing of a father and son's silhouette with a
backdrop of countless stars--"Do you think many people will
miss Carl Sagan?" asks a mournful son. "Billions and
billions," responds his reassuring father. To complete the
picture is a quote that has literally changed my life: "We
are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a parent to
care for us, to forgive us our mistakes, to save us from childish
errors. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far
to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring
fable. (Pale Blue Dot, p.57)
I know not where my quest for truth and understanding will take
me, but I have in part Dr. Sagan to thank for pointing me in the
right direction. As the Dutch astronomer Chris Huygens once said,
"The world is my country, Science is my religion." You
reminded me, Carl that science is not a philosophy, it's a
methodology. Employing this method, I have empowered myself to
search the heavens--both cosmologically and subatomically in
hopes of finding the answers to explain the reason(s)and
purpose(s) for my existence. But Carl although I, like you, have
my doubts about the need for a creator, I must confess my hope
that a caring intelligence is conducting this cosmic fugue. That
being the case, you may have that opportunity to thank your
parents for directing
your attention to the stars.
-Kim Martin Clark, O.D.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998
15:31:22 EST
From: JGilbe2290@aol.com
Subject: My Inspiration-Carl Sagan
Carl - You taught me so much. You changed my life forever and I
will be eternally grateful. You are with me everyday. I forever
will look at the stars and see you.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998
13:09:53 +1000
From: Jennifer Stewart <J_fersOffice@bigpond.com>
Subject: An appreciation of Carl Sagan
What I most admire about Carl Sagan is his belief in the inherent
goodness of human beings. (It's not possible to use the past
tense
every time I read his books, I can hear him speaking.)
His words always seem to focus on the positive - he writes about
the brilliance of the human mind and the courage of our spirit in
the face of the unknown and it makes me believe that everything
will work out for the best for our little blue planet.
Jenny Stewart
(Scarborough,Queensland, AUSTRALIA)
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