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    The Man Who Lost a Billion Dollars

    Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 10:45 PM CST [Literature]

    Usually I don't post about deaths of famous figures, but Arthur C Clarke was something special. This is the main who brought us the notion of a communications satellite (which he never patented) and the man who wrote 2001 and shared an Oscar with Kubrick for the screenplay adaptation.

    I read every single piece of Arthur C Clarke's science fiction I could find when I was younger. The 2001 novels, the Rama novels, the short stories, etc. It was all so brilliant and he created such immersive futuristic worlds and scenarios.

     

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    He was had a great mind and a great writer. I'd put him right up there with Isaac Asmov. There are few others in that same league.

    Bill
    March 19, 2008
    10:10 PM CST