EdgarAllen
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For anyone who hasn't heard Arthur C. Clarke died earlier this week at the age of 91. He has written/co-written dozens of books, both SF and non-fiction in the vein of astronomy and space travel. I am not an expert on Clarke, but I have read his Space Odyssey series as well as some short stories. I've always considered him part of the big three honchos of SF writers along with Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. Like Asimov, many of his stories have leeched beyond the boundary of his books to directly impact stories and films we are familiar with today. Not to mention he is partially responsible for the success of global satellite communication, just thought I'd throw that in there too. Here's hoping the last odyssey is the best.
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"to the lurking death, to the hidden evil,
to the profound darkness of its heart."
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MojoNexus
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R.I.P.
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Lick my plate...
Mojo
My DVD collection!
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Citizen_Tallee
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To be honest, I assumed he had already passed on. Regardless, this is a big loss. Rest in peace, Mr. Clarke.
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Fenril
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R. I. P.
By the way, early on his career he wrote plenty of horror stories, too. You can find him in several "Cthulhu Mythos" anthologies.
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Laurie Birgham took an axe,
gave her husband forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
she gave his girlfriend forty-one.
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EdgarAllen
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To be honest, I assumed he had already passed on. Regardless, this is a big loss. Rest in peace, Mr. Clarke.
Actually, there will be at least one posthumous novel co-authored with Frederik Pohl.Quote:
By the way, early on his career he wrote plenty of horror stories, too. You can find him in several "Cthulhu Mythos" anthologies.
Cool, I was not aware of that, will be on the lookout for those.
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"to the lurking death, to the hidden evil,
to the profound darkness of its heart."
-Joseph Conrad
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