R.I.P. Sir Arthur C. Clark...

[Brock Samson]

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http://scintilla.nature.com/








            http://youtube.com/watch?v=m6yAEvnoCPs&feature=related

                                                       

[Dans 68]

I cut my Sci-Fi teeth on his works. The "The 9 billion names of God" comes to mind. So another journey starts.... 

Dan

[Brock Samson]

oh, yeah that was a classic...
"one by one, the stars were going out".   
funny i read that 38 years ago and I still remember that closeing line...

[bull]

I've always been more of an Asimov fan but Clarke had some really good notions. In general I didn't really like the way he explored those ideas but he certainly will be missed.

[John_Kunkel]

I always admired him and Carl Sagan for being unapologetic atheists.

[Brock Samson]

robert silverberg was allways my fa. sci fi writer, cause he's a great writer and delved into the social ramifications of the tech advances he wrote about. "The World Inside" Is probably my favorite...

the world inside..  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Inside

robert silverberg...     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg
                              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg  o.k.   

his short stories are incredable with really twisted perverse endings...
I allways felt good sci- fi should encourage thinking outside the box, in novel ways, and perhaps that will allow us to ward off degenerative thinking...

        http://youtube.com/watch?v=fnjGTDBOENA

[bull]

I always admired him and Carl Sagan for being unapologetic atheists.

That's cool. You'll get to meet a couple of your heroes when you die.