TNBear
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Post by TNBear on Mar 18, 2008 19:50:25 GMT -5
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Felix
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Post by Felix on Mar 18, 2008 20:03:00 GMT -5
Although I read Science Fiction only sporadically, Clarke was one writer I always enjoyed.
Perhaps he now knows the nine billionth name of god.
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osrb
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Post by osrb on Mar 18, 2008 20:11:03 GMT -5
This a big loss for the world
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Post by Homebrew Dave on Mar 18, 2008 20:58:33 GMT -5
Oh damnit. Another one gone that I'd like to have met but never had the chance.
Dave
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Jay
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Post by Jay on Mar 18, 2008 22:32:10 GMT -5
He will be missed...
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Post by daworm on Mar 18, 2008 22:54:10 GMT -5
Liked his books, but from what I've heard of him, I don't think I'd have liked him as a person.
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Post by vesper2112 on Mar 19, 2008 7:08:25 GMT -5
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90. Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome for years, died at 1:30 a.m. in his adopted home of Sri Lanka after suffering breathing problems, aide Rohan De Silva said. The 1968 story "2001: A Space Odyssey" — written simultaneously as a novel and screenplay with director Stanley Kubrick — was a frightening prophesy of artificial intelligence run amok. One year after it made Clarke a household name in fiction, the scientist entered the homes of millions of Americans alongside Walter Cronkite anchoring television coverage of the Apollo mission to the moon. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_en_ot/obit_clarke_27Edit: Sorry about posting the whole article. Thanks for trimming it down.
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Post by gridbug on Mar 19, 2008 7:52:14 GMT -5
Lets raise a glass in his honor ans sing 'Daisy' one last time...
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