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Old 18th Mar 2008, 22:00   #1
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Arthur C. Clarke Dead?
RIP Clarke.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03..._dies_age_90/1
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One of my most favorite authors, a real visionary. My favorite book of his is Childhood's End. I also read that a movie of Rendezvous with Rama may be in the works.
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That is a shame. One of the only sci-fi authors I would read.
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I'm deeply saddened. He was a role model of mine as a writer...
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I think I'll re-read 2001-3001 (and others) in memory of a true visionary.
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The last of the great three is now gone (Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke).

A sad day for us all.
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Damn. Couldn't believe it when I read the news last night. RIP Arthur. Mind you 90 is a good innings, and he lived long enough to see many of the sufficiently advanced technologies he wrote about stop being magic and beome science fact.

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My favorite book of his is Childhood's End.
Great book - if you haven't read any Clarke at all, or the only exposure you've had to him is 2001 and the Mysterious World series, read this.
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The last of the great four is now gone (Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Bester).
Corrected for accuracy, but at least Harlan Ellison is still causing a ruckus.

RIP Arthur, may you be remembered in more ways than you ever hoped.
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Edit- With Anthony Minghella and The Original Captain Birds Eye also gone, it's a very sad day.
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RIP mate, i'm doing what i can to follow the way he lived and enjoyed life.
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A true visionary .... I don't think any other writter will have so much influence
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The last of the great five is now gone (Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Bester, Dick).

A sad day for us all.
Corrected for accuracy, but at least Harlan Ellison is still causing a ruckus.
And again... corrected for accuracy.

At least there is new blood: Charles Stross, Justina Robson, Richard Morgan...
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The last of the great three is now gone (Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke).

A sad day for us all.
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