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March 18, 2008
R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke
ABC - Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. They filled and expanded the imagination of my childhood.
Here's what Ira Flatow of Science Friday had to say about Mr. Clarke's passing:
Arthur C. Clarke, author of more than 100 books including the one that made him known to many more millions, "2001: A Space Odyssey," has passed from us.Thank you for your passion and your prose. Thank you for your vision.
Thank you for speaking out on important issues, for not keeping silent.We all have favorite scenes, chapters or quotes from his novels or movies.
But my favorite remains this one not published in any novel: Years after missions to the moon had ended, Clarke was asked what he thought was the most amazing part of the whole race to the moon.
What's most amazing to me, he said, was that we could go there...and not go back.
Posted by lynx at March 18, 2008 9:50 PM
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A, B, and C were also the Holy Trinity of my childhood. I still love science fiction because of them.
I was sad to read of Clarke's passing, too.
And what is really amazing to me about him was that he was an excellent scientist as well as a Sci-Fi writer.
Posted by: Elisheva Levin at March 19, 2008 9:33 PM