Barack Obama, on writing:

Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are.

The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.

- Barack Obama.

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s

The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s

Presented by Isaac Asimov.
 
Published 1993.
Published by Running Press.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 088184795X
ISBN-13: 978-0881847956

Description:
10 short novels.
Works by Poul Anderson, Donald Kingsbury, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, and others highlight a collection of science fiction from the heyday of the genre.

Contents:
Born with the Dead, by Robert Silverberg; 

The Moon Goddess and the Son, by Donald Kingsbury; 

Tin Soldier, by Joan D. Vinge; 

In the Problem Pit, by Frederik Pohl; 

Riding the Torch, by Norman Spinrad; 

Mouthpiece, by Edward Wellen; 

ARM, by Larry Niven; 

The Persistence of Vision, by John Varley; 

The Queen of Air and Darkness, by Poul Anderson; 

The Monster and the Maiden, by Gordon R. Dickson.

Born on this day – Rina Morelli:

Rina Morelli

Actress

November 24, 1908 – July 17, 1976

Credits:

L'Innocente (1976); 'Na Santarella (1975); 'O tuono 'e marzo (1975); The Murri Affair (1974); Così è (se vi pare) (1974); L'albero dalle foglie rosa (1974); Sorelle Materassi (1972); I Buddenbrook (1971); Antonio Meucci cittadino toscano contro il monopolio Bell (1970); La tigre e il cavallo (1969); I corvi (1969); Morte di un commesso viaggiatore (1968); Questa sera parla Mark Twain (1965); The Shortest Day (1963); The Leopard (1963); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); La viaccia (1961); Che gioia vivere (1961); Vita col padre e con la madre (1960); Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960); Bell' Antonio (1960); Gli zitelloni (1958); Città di notte (1957); Vita col padre (1956); L'intrusa (1956); Andrea Chenier (1955); Le diciottenni (1955); Senso (1954); Cento anni d'amore (1954); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); Times Gone By (1952); The Forbidden Christ (1951); Fabiola (1949); Return of the Black Eagle (1946); Che distinta famiglia! (1945); Crazy Quartet (1945); Gli assi della risata (1943); Il nostro prossimo (1943); The Genius and the Nightingale (1943); Loves of Don Juan (1942); Fedora (1942); Sissignora (1942); La corona di ferro (1941); An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939).

Born on this day – Harry Kemelman:

Harry Kemelman

Writer

November 24, 1908 – December 15, 1996

Credits:

Books:

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (1964); Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (1966); The Nine Mile Walk (1967); Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home (1969); Monday the Rabbi Took Off (1972); Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red (1973); Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet (1976); Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (1978); Conversations with Rabbi Small (1981); Someday the Rabbi Will Leave (1985); One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross (1987); The Day the Rabbi Resigned (1992); That Day the Rabbi Left Town (1996).

Movies and television:

Lanigan's Rabbi (1976); The Nine Mile Walk (2003).

Born on this day – Geraldine Fitzgerald:

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Actress

November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005

Credits:

12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); A Child Is Born (1939); A Year in the Life (1988); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); American Masters (1986); American Playhouse (1983); Arena (1983); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1955); Arthur (1981); Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988); Biography (1995); Blind Justice (1934); Blood Link (1982); Bump in the Night (1991); Bye Bye Monkey (1978); Cafe Mascot (1936); Cagney & Lacey (1985); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986); Climax! (1955); Dark Victory (1939); Debt of Honour (1936); Department Store (1935); Diary of the Dead (1976); Dixie: Changing Habits (1983); Do You Remember Love (1985); Easy Money (1983); Echoes of a Summer (1976); Étoiles et toiles (1984); Fireside Theatre / Segment: The Stronger (1949–1950); Flight from Destiny (1941); Front Row Center (1955); Geraldine Fitzgerald at Reno Sweeney (1978); Good Morning America (1977); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Great Performances (1974–1976); Gregory Peck: A Living Biography (1977); Harry and Tonto (1974); Justice (1954); Kennedy (1983); Ladies Courageous (1944); Lieut. Daring R.N. (1935); Lou Grant (1978); Lovespell (1981); Me (1973); Naked City (1961–1962); NBC Special Treat (1978); Night of Courage (1987); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Nurse (1982); O.S.S. (1946); Obsessed (1951); Oh Madeline (1984); Omnibus / Segment: The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio (1954); Open All Night (1934); Our Private World (1965); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Producers' Showcase (1956); Rachel, Rachel (1968); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shining Victory (1941); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); So Evil My Love (1948); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); St. Elsewhere (1984–1987); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); Studio One (1952–1956); Studio One Anthology (2016); Studio One Forever (2023); Suspense (1952–1953); Tartuffe (1978); Ten North Frederick (1958); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The Ace of Spades (1935); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The American Parade (1974); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Best of Everything (1970); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Fiercest Heart (1961); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Bette Davis (1989); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Golden Girls (1988–1989); The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980); The Lad (1935); The Last American Hero (1973); The Making of 'Easy Money' (1983); The Mango Tree (1977); The Mango Tree: Interview with Christopher Pate (2009); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Mill on the Floss (1936); The Moon and Sixpence (1959); The Pawnbroker (1964); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Quinns (1977); The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); Three Strangers (1946); Three Witnesses (1935); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Today (1963–1986); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Turn of the Tide (1935); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Wilson (1944); Working in the Theatre (1984–1993); Wuthering Heights (1939); Yesterday's Child (1977).

Born on this day – Howard Duff:

Howard Duff

Actor

November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990

Born on this day – Jane Stanton Hitchcock:

 

Jane Stanton Hitchcock

Writer

November 24, 1946 – June 23, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Bluff (2019); Grace (1982); Mortal Friends (2009); One Dangerous Lady (2005); Social Crimes (2002); The Witches' Hammer (1994); Trick of the Eye (1992).

Movies and television:

American Greed (2012); Angel River (1988); First Love (1977); Our Time (1974); Talking Live with Dr. Robi Ludwig (2019); The Name's the Same (1955); Trick of the Eye (1994); Yes, Virginia... (1990).

On this day in movie history - The Flame (1947)

The Flame

directed by John H. Auer,

written by Lawrence Kimble,

based on a story by Robert T. Shannon,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1947.

Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford, Henry Travers, Hattie McDaniel, Blanche Yurka, Constance Dowling, Victor Sen Yung, Harry Cheshire, John Miljan, Garry Owen, Eddie Dunn, Jeff Corey.

On this day in movie history - Parole, Inc. (1948)

   Parole, Inc.

directed by Alfred Zeisler,

written by Sherman L. Lowe,

based on a story by Royal K. Cole and Sherman L. Lowe,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.

                            

Music by Alexander Laszlo.

                                                                                                        

Cast:

Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, Virginia Lee, Charles Bradstreet, Lyle Talbot, Michael Whalen, Charles Williams, James Cardwell, Paul Bryar, Noel Cravat, Charles Jordan.

On this day in movie history - He Walked by Night (1948)

He Walked by Night

directed by Alfred L. Werker and Anthony Mann,

written by John C. Higgins and Crane Wilbur, and 

based on a story by Crane Wilbur,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.

Narrated by Reed Hadley.

Music by Leonid Raab.

Cast:

Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, Jack Webb, Dorothy Adams, Jane Adams, Jack Bailey, Alma Beltran, Robert Bice, Frank Cady, Dolores Castelli, George Chan, Garrett Craig, John Dehner, Ann Doran, Rex Downing, Michael Dugan, Paul Fierro, Byron Foulger, Kay Garrett, George Goodman, Tim Graham, Kit Guard, Reed Hadley, Harry Harvey, Thomas Browne, Peter Hobbes, Virginia Hunter, Felice Ingersoll, Anthony Jochim, Stan Johnson, Louise Kane, Tommy Kelly, Donald Kerr, Charles Lang, Lyle Latell, Rory Mallinson, Doyle Manor, Dick Mason, Billy Mauch, John McGuire, Charles Meredith, Carlotta Monti, Bert Moorhouse, Howard Negley, James Nolan, John Parrish, Steve Pendleton, John Perri, Ruth Robinson, Paul Scardon, Harry Seymour, Earl Spainard, Florence Stephens, Bernie Suss, Kenneth Tobey, Wally Vernon, Harlan Warde, Mary Ware, Robert B. Williams, Harry Wilson, Marty Wynn.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, Voyager (1966, 1999)

Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: The Menagerie: Part II.

Released November 24, 1966.

Directed by Marc Daniels, Robert Butler.

Written by Gene Roddenberry, John D.F. Black.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Malachi Throne, Majel Barrett, Peter Duryea, John Hoyt, Laurel Goodwin, Adam Roarke, Sean Kenney, Hagan Beggs, Julie Parrish, Bill Blackburn, Tom Curtis, Frank da Vinci, Brett Dunham, Joe Evans, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Bennie Goldberg, James Holt, Clegg Hoyt, Anthony Jochim, Bob Johnson, Jon Lormer, Tom Lupo, Ed Madden, Leonard Mudie, Eddie Paskey, Jan Reddin, Serena Sande, George Sawaya, Georgia Schmidt, Meg Wyllie, Michael Dugan, Joseph Mell, Vic Perrin, Robert Phillips, Janos Prohaska, Ron Veto.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: The Voyager Conspiracy.

Released November 24, 1999.

Directed by Terry Windell.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Albie Selznick, Scarlett Pomers, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Kirk Baily, Damaris Cordelia, Marvin De Baca, Tarik Ergin, Laura Interval, Nichole McAuley, Katelin Petersen.

 

On this day in music history - The album Second Sight, by Jami Sieber (1998)

Second Sight

by Jami Sieber,

was released on November 24, 1998.

Track list:

Edge Of My Soul; Tell It By Heart; Dancing Backwards; Tree Of Love; I Carry You; At The Loft; The Goat’s Earth; Long Past Gone.