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p_quarles
March 19th, 2008, 02:43 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7304004.stm
Vansinnesvisan
March 19th, 2008, 02:47 AM
Sad news indeed. He'll be missed. Rendezvous with Rama is still one of my favorite Sci-Fi books.
mips
March 19th, 2008, 02:52 AM
Very sad indeed. I read most of his books and really enjoyed the Rama series with Gentry Lee (?).

He will be missed as a pioneer in science/engineering and as a sci-fi writer.

Edit: He was also an Amiga user at one stage :)
klange
March 19th, 2008, 04:07 AM
A great man in the world of SciFi...
They're dropping like flies it seems. First Gygax, now Clarke? We're losing the great creators of geekdom!
Chilli Bob
March 19th, 2008, 04:09 AM
An amazing guy and a great writer. Rendezvous with Rama has been my favorite book for years.
wolfen69
March 19th, 2008, 04:10 AM
Sad news indeed. He'll be missed. Rendezvous with Rama is still one of my favorite Sci-Fi books.

mine also. great writer and forward thinker. rest in peace my friend.
chucky chuckaluck
March 19th, 2008, 04:18 AM
what immediately comes to mind was him going off on the current millenium starting in 2001, not 2000.
Sef
March 19th, 2008, 04:25 AM
He was the last of the big 3 writers from early SF. (The other two being Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein.)
oldos2er
March 19th, 2008, 05:29 AM
RIP, Sir Arthur.
chewearn
March 19th, 2008, 06:20 AM
The last of the great three. Goodbye.

I remembered the Asian tsunami in 2004, and reading this a day later:
http://www.space.com/news/tsunami_clarke_041227.html
jcwmoore
March 20th, 2008, 06:03 AM
good bye Clarke...

i honestly do not like reading, but he was my favorite author... i will buy his final book, due out this year... see his wiki page, facts and tribute....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke
PryGuy
March 20th, 2008, 08:02 AM
Very sad news... The man was a prophet...
tommcd
March 21st, 2008, 06:56 AM
good bye Clarke...

i honestly do not like reading, but he was my favorite author... i will buy his final book, due out this year... see his wiki page, facts and tribute....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

Thanks for mentioning this. I didn't know ACC was working on a new novel. I will definitely have to buy it when it comes out! IMO ACC was the best sci-fi writer of all time. He will be missed.
3rdalbum
March 21st, 2008, 08:10 AM
My favourite of his novels was Glide Path. It was semi-autobiographical; an account of his work on a radar talk-down system for landing aircraft during WW2.