Arthur C. Clark Dies
 

You were one of the greats.

Noooooo!



I wonder if I should watch 2001 tonight, and try not to be pissed that my flight to the Moon is nowhere in sight.

wow - file that under "thought had died already."

RIP -

Anthony Minghella died, too.
Wow.

Without question my favorite Science Ficiton author, and one of the forces behind my favorite film of all time. This is a biggie. iSm is right. Clark's ideas about our future (present) were grander than we had it in us to bring about. Here's to that space elevator I hope we manage to build within the next 100 years.

Oh, and I recommend The Songs of Distant Earth, if you want a great single volume visionary work by this great man.

Gotta go cry now.

One of the guiding figures of my youth (along with Asimov, De Camp, Heinlein, and Campbell), even though I've never really cared for 2001 (and the two sequels are truly horrible) but there is enough greatness elsewhere.

I am in mourning.

Noooooooooooooo!

I was already sad seeing this thread.

Now I am totally going off to cry.

He was certainly one of my childhood heroes - part of that tomorrowland vision I expected to be living in now.