Arthur C Clarke RIP

matt · #1 03-18-2008, 03:24 PM

Bummer

Incredibly inventive writer and still unbelivable that some of his stuff was written over 50 years ago and fairly accurately described future inventions

RIP

m.g. · #2 03-18-2008, 05:44 PM

What a day! 1st Anthony Minghella and now Arthur C. Clarke... I'm just speechless.

cacophony · #3 03-18-2008, 06:02 PM

i'm reading "rendezvous with rama" for the first time right now and it's a really incredible read. the man was a genius.

Deckard · #4 03-18-2008, 06:59 PM

Damn damn damn.

He was on my list of people I never wanted to die.

m.g. · #5 03-18-2008, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cacophony

i'm reading "rendezvous with rama"

Rendez-vous With Rama is a fantastic book.

Deckard · #6 03-19-2008, 12:11 PM

For anyone whose interested, here's a video Clarke made on his 90th birthday:

Some interesting reflections.

oceanic · #7 03-19-2008, 06:39 PM

Since I read "Childhood's End" in highschool I've been tuned into his awesome concepts. Bummer.

froopy seal · #8 04-06-2008, 10:30 AM

How great a visionary he was! I became an addict through "The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke". "Rendezvous with Rama" is a masterpiece of realistic science-fiction. Next on my reading list are "2010", "2061" and "3001".