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Kumatsu
 Post subject: A great man has died
PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:00 pm 
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Arthur C. Clarke, the last surviving member of the Big 3 of Science Fiction passed on this morning at 1:30 a.m. in his home in Sri Lanka from complications caused by post-polio syndrome.

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never heard of him what was he in and when was it made??
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seinor blinkey wrote:
never heard of him what was he in and when was it made??


Arthur C. Clarke is best known for writing and co-directing 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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A Space Odyssey?
That was awesome.
Sad he died.
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I am now in Deep Mourning.

I'll have to go on meds when we loose Anne McCaffrey.
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He will be missed...one of these days I'm going to go see 2001 in actual Cinerama...

*Goes to look up post-polio syndrome*
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He was one of the fathers of hard sci-fi. I still wish I'd been able to get a copy of Sierra's Rama game, though I will admit that the first Rama book (the only one I read to completion) is really pretty dull. (Zero-G cage sex scene notwithstanding. ;))
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Wynni wrote:
I am now in Deep Mourning.

I'll have to go on meds when we loose Anne McCaffrey.


Oh I know. As will I. Her son just doesn't cut it, as far as my mother and I are concerned. Too many characters, not enough character development.
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Gary Gygax(creator of D&D) is also dead.
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Tschudy wrote:
Gary Gygax(creator of D&D) is also dead.
Well, this thread is about someone else.
So talk about him on the other thread.
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Tschudy wrote:
Gary Gygax(creator of D&D) is also dead.
Old news, discussed at length HERE...
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A Space Odyssey was an amazing movie, I loved it. At this man's legacy will live on!
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Great; another good author bites the dust, and Kevin J Anderson is still alive and kicking. Where is justice when you need her?
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Still recovering from saving Stephen King's bacon? I dunno. I just know I'm wondering what I'm going to do with myself when the last of the old guard are gone. :cry: These are the stories I grew up on, and I really miss that style of craftsmanship.
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Wynni wrote:
Still recovering from saving Stephen King's bacon? I dunno. I just know I'm wondering what I'm going to do with myself when the last of the old guard are gone. :cry: These are the stories I grew up on, and I really miss that style of craftsmanship.


Look on the bright side: At least we have good, quality TV shows for the young ones to watch in the depravity of books.

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Oh ye gods, the minds of future generations are doomed.
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