7 Amazing Pieces of Fan Mail from Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors

Great writers don't just get fan letters—sometimes they send them, too.

Promoted by Open Road Media | By Aliza Polkes | Published Apr 8, 2019

fan mail from authors Ray Bradbury Robert Heinlein — Bradbury in 1975.
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fan mail from authors George R.R. Martin Stan Lee Jack Kirby — George R.R. Martin teaching at Clarion West in 1998.
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fan mail from authors Isaac Asimov Carl Sagan — Isaac Asimov.
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fan letters from authors Bram Stoker Walt Whitman — Our boy Bram, circa 1906.
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fan letters from authors Anne McCaffrey John Schoenherr — McCaffrey (seated) with a fan in 2005.
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Anne McCaffrey John Schoenherr illustrations — John Schoenherr's dragons.
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fan letters from authors James Tiptree Jr. Joanna Russ — Alice Bradley Sheldon, a.k.a. James Tiptree Jr.
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fan letters from authors J.R.R. Tolkien C.S. Lewis — Tolkien at age 24 in 1916.
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