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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies  Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:53 am |
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Arthur C Clarke dies
This is extremely sad news, particularly for me. I grew up on his stories, and there was a time when I read almost exclusively him and Isaac Asimov - which contributed vastly to my love of science fiction, leading to wargames, and my current career.
I would put Arthur C Clarke in an exclusive group of two hugely influential writers of all time, the other being H G Wells.
He will be sorely missed.
RIP.
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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:54 am |
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Agreed, he was a good and interesting writer. Read a few books of him.
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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:58 am |
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Loved his short stories, The Nine Billion Names of God in particular.
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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:12 pm |
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What a loss (although I don't believe he wrote anything recently). He really helped shape science fiction and science fact for everyone.
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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:28 pm |
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Quite apart from his stories, which were grand, there was also his determination of the concept of geostationary orbit for satellites, which is also sometimes called Clarke orbit.
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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:43 pm |
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That is sad news, although he did live a long life. Sci-fi has lost a giant, on doubt about it.
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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:22 pm |
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Moscovian, I read a new book by him fairly recently, last few years. He made it to the grand old age of 90, though, so he had a good innings.
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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:45 pm |
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a great man and amazing writer, visionary is an understatement.
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Post subject: Arthur C Clarke dies Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:51 pm |
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he will be missed, and im sure people will read his work for generations to come
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