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The lights of dreamers around the world grow dim...
Arthur C. Clarke has died
Arthur C. Clarke has died
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regards,
Charlie
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
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Oh, man, one of the best is gone.
Clarke was a true Renaissance man — he wrote books on travel, oceanography, history, marine biology, straight science as well as science fiction, technology and just about every other subject.
Every library in the country should fly their flags at half mast.Bob
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He invented the geosynchronous satellite- hundreds in orbit, and the space elevator- yet to be implementedregards,
Charlie
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
Rudyard KiplingComment
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A news article describing and evaluating eight of his predictions: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7304852.stm
SidComment
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Clarke, EE Doc SMith, Heinlein, Herbert, Asimov. All the greats are slowly slipping away . . . sighs.Dennis K Howard
www.geocities.com/dennishoward
"An elephant is nothing more than a mouse built to government specifications." Robert A HeinleinComment
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Fortunately, the legacy lives on in the writing. Anybody who thinks books are out of style is just full of it...Comment
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