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Post by Mistress Rell on Mar 19, 2008 7:17:48 GMT -5
Arthur C. Clarke, a giant of modern science fiction, has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. An aide told the Associated Press that Clarke had been suffering from breathing problems and had been in and out of the hospital. It didn't seem possible that we would ever hear such news: Didn't Clarke seem timeless? As unchanged as the monolith discovered on the moon in the story "The Sentinel"? That story was later expanded into the novel "2001: A Space Odyssey." He was as prolific (the A.P. estimates that he authored more than 100 books) as he was optimistic about science and technology. His name is everywhere. In his characteristically sniffy manner, critic Thomas Disch once called Clarke's "2010," a followup of sorts to "2001," as representative of the science fiction genre's "meat-and-potatoes mid-range." He also grudgingly pointed out that Isaac Asimov and Clarke were "as close to household words as any writers in the field." Full Article~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I never read any of his books, and I wasn't that thrilled with 2001 or 20010. Was he the writer everyone claims he was? What was your favorite novel or writing of his?
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Post by Enchant on Mar 20, 2008 11:26:14 GMT -5
Space Odessey and Childshood End are his more known works, but he did write oodles of Scifi novels. I am not sure but I think that the tv show Sentinel was basically based off one of his novels as well. I personally never read his work...but I have seen the odyssey and I have read many reviews on his work...
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