Tuesday, March 18, 2008
It is with sadness that I note the passing of Sci-Fi great, Arthur C. Clarke, the writer of the brilliant, but sadly overly optimistic, 2001 A Space Odyssey. He along with Robert Heinlein were great Sci Fi writers (My opinion of Isaac Asimov is not that high - - he was smart but arrogant beyond words and boring.)
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Clarke, though an excellent writer with excellent ideas, showed his own clear version of Liberalism and Socialism way back when he wrote "Childhood's End." But on the other hand, he had the upbringing to enable those views in any event. Still and all, an excellent SF author.
BZ
did ya know that clarke came up with the idea of a satellite long before there was such a thing? and he even wrote about and described it! definitely one of the great scifi writers. he'll be missed.....
Clark was an excellent Sci-Fi writer, but I also liked Assimov. I read just about everything he ever wrote, even scientific articles I truly didn't understand. Did you know that Assimov couldn't drive? LOL! All that hi-faluting science, and he couldn't drive a car!
Great writer who will be missed. I hope they dimmed the lights on the space station for a day for him.
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