Lori Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cl...,0,393161.story One of the all-time greats.
Simon Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 And I just read Rendevous with Rama over the weekend. Godspeed Sir Arthur and thanks for your visionary and voluminous efforts.
Lurker Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 "I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. " Great quote, ACC. RIP...
The Dean Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cl...,0,393161.story One of the all-time greats. Wow. Bummer RIP, ACC.
Phil Indablanc Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cl...,0,393161.story One of the all-time greats. RIP to a great visionary. Rendezvous with Rama is my all time favorite Scifi book. The later ones in the series (with Gentry Lee) were pretty weak. I used to refer to them as the "Young and the Ramaless"
dib Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Thanks for that geosynchronous satellite idea. I wouldnt have Sunday Ticket without it.
Gavin in Va Beach Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 I read Childhood's End last week. Another good one. RIP Sir Clarke
TheMadCap Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 OH NO! We have lost a GIANT in Science Fiction. An actual legend has left us. This is a dark day...
Sketch Soland Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". - Arthur C. Clarke
The Poojer Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 why is it a great quote from him, yet when some folks in texas claim to see UFO's they are nothing more than hayseeds that are off thier rockers and don't you think rather than him "foretelling" these notions, people read his work and worked on evolving his writings into actual things? sorry to be such a nay-sayer in this but it comes from my lack of caring for science fiction stuff. Clarke foretold an array of technological notions in his works such as space stations, moon landings using a mother ship and a landing pod, cellular phones and the Internet. "I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. " Great quote, ACC. RIP...
boomerjamhead Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 They call it the Clarke Orbit for a reason. RIP Sir.
Lori Posted March 21, 2008 Author Posted March 21, 2008 why is it a great quote from him, yet when some folks in texas claim to see UFO's they are nothing more than hayseeds that are off thier rockers and don't you think rather than him "foretelling" these notions, people read his work and worked on evolving his writings into actual things? sorry to be such a nay-sayer in this but it comes from my lack of caring for science fiction stuff. Should have read a little deeper into that obit, maybe. Clarke did his own math. A radar pioneer in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Clarke wrote a 1945 article in Wireless World magazine in which he outlined a worldwide communications network based on fixed satellites orbiting Earth at an altitude of 22,300 miles -- an orbital area now often referred to as the Clarke Orbit. Clarke's seminal article, for which he received $40, was published two decades before Syncom II became the world's first communications satellite put into geosynchronous orbit in 1963. For pioneering the concept of communications satellites, Clarke received a number of honors, including the 1982 Marconi International Fellowship and the Charles A. Lindbergh Award. But thanks for the RIP, anyway. I guess.
rockpile Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 Should have read a little deeper into that obit, maybe. Clarke did his own math. But thanks for the RIP, anyway. I guess. I guess a RIP from the Pooj really is a RIP! The article names my three favorite authors growing up - Clarke, Asimov, and Heinlein. We were reading the Odyssey in school when 2001: A Space Odyssey was in theaters. It helps to read the book before you see the movie! Just finished reading Behold a Distant Star. Hope you find some answers on this new odyssey, Sir Arthur!
The Poojer Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 i am in the process of writing an article about walking cheese wedges, i am sure in about 63 years someone will have picked up on it and come up with a way to make it happen, and for the record i did not give an RIP, so please do not give me thanks. again take this as nothing more than a bastard doing what he does best.....being a bastard Should have read a little deeper into that obit, maybe. Clarke did his own math. But thanks for the RIP, anyway. I guess.
Simon Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 i am in the process of writing an article about walking cheese wedges, i am sure in about 63 years someone will have picked up on it and come up with a way to make it happen, and for the record i did not give an RIP, so please do not give me thanks. again take this as nothing more than a bastard doing what he does best.....being a bastard Bastards are funny. You're just embarassing yourself by being a completely uninformed and pathetic douchebag. Classy work in an RIP thread.
BillsWatch Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 I read "The Exploration of Space" as a 7 year old kid and found it fascinating. I did not find his fiction as good as his non-fiction but the world has lost a great author.
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