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Offline Darkish

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Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« on: March 18, 2008, 05:09:42 PM »
A visonary who's seen the change from science fiction to science fact is no more. An undeniable influence in my tender years.

Rest in peace.
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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 05:16:36 PM »
Quote from: Darkish on March 18, 2008, 05:09:42 PM
An undeniable influence in my tender years.

So you were a young boy living in Sri Lanka?
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Offline Darkish

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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2008, 05:26:24 PM »
He would laugh at that.

No Vulcan, through his stories I read as a child, the wonder and enormity of the universe was set to scale.

Top bloke too ..

helped invent radar
proposed geostationary orbit for sattilties before sattilites even thought of
worked on first telecoms sattilite

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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2008, 05:33:30 PM »
My favorite science fiction writer by far.

Childhoods End was a  classic and set the stage for 2001: A Space Odyssey

Rendezvous with Rama

His short stories were perhaps some of the best of his work -- The 9 Billion Names of God --a chilling classic. Too many to list.

RIP

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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2008, 06:02:35 PM »
A great mind has been lost. Not only did he provide visionary entertainment but he impacted the world of science and communications. He did much to help make this a better place and we are diminished by his passing. Now he's on his last odyssey.

RIP and Bon Voyage.
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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2008, 07:25:41 PM »
Quote from: Charon on March 18, 2008, 05:33:30 PM
His short stories were perhaps some of the best of his work -- The 9 Billion Names of God --a chilling classic. Too many to list.
"Up above, one by one, the stars began to go out"
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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2008, 07:30:36 PM »
Make a note. Do NOT give Tibetan monks any computer equipment.
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2008, 07:36:13 PM »
LOL
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Offline Charon

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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2008, 07:42:24 PM »
Time's Arrow. That strange archaeological discovery :)

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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2008, 11:38:03 AM »
One of the most amazing sci-fi short stories I have read: http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/star_clarke.html

He wasn't just another "geek" writer of popular science.
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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2008, 12:38:26 PM »
R.I.P :pray, 2001: A Space Odyssey was a great movie.
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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2008, 01:46:34 PM »
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R.I.P pray, 2001: A Space Odyssey was a great movie.

It was but a shadow of his print fiction.

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Re: Arthur C Clarke - R.I.P.
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2008, 02:46:33 PM »
I didn't realise that he had died... RIP!  2001 is one of my favourite films plus I loved his 'Mysterious World' TV series back in the 70s/80s.

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