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Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 20 Mar 2008, o 23:13
by Demi_morgana
we were saying goodbye to mr gorax relently and not the time has come to give honors to another great person in sci-fi world:
Arthur C. Clarke
:rip:
RE: Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 20 Mar 2008, o 23:32
by Nameless
:rip:
RE: Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 20 Mar 2008, o 23:33
by Trovarion
yep yep...been my favourite author since i could read.... :S
RE: Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, o 04:37
by Skrit
Uhm, RIP!
Don't shoot me straight away but what did he write?
RE: Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, o 10:00
by Demi_morgana
2001: A Space Oddysey is probably the best known
RE: Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, o 10:47
by Skya
Also, Childhood's End, and Beyond the Fall of Night. He was one of the old school hard science fiction writers from the era when sci-fi was about exploring new concepts and the human condition instead of just being soap operas in space.
RE: Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, o 13:59
by Trovarion
soap operas in space rock as long as they are called BSG
as for clarke he wrote over 90 books iirc. and since he was a scientist (nominated for nobel price for laying out satelite comunications before they even could be nearly realised technologically, geostationary orbit at 36.000km named clarke orbit, etc.) the boks are indeed "hard sci-fi".
I almost liked his later books with Stephen Baxter a bit more than the old ones...but not by a lot xP
RE: Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, o 17:37
by Skrit
Ok, thanks for the info.
Saw the Oddysey film, not read the book...^^
RE: Arthur C. Clarke
Posted: 21 Mar 2008, o 20:21
by Trovarion
there's actually two parts, second one had roy scheider in it ^^