Re: ~ Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Author and Gay Man, Dies

Paul Dormer wrote:
> A friend of mine tells of going to a Clarke signing with a copy of the
> magazine - according to ISFDb 10 Story Fantasy from 1951 - that had the
> original publication of The Sentinel, then called Sentinel of Eternity.
> When Clarke saw it, he held it aloft and called out, "Look at this,
> everybody!"  I think he signed it with a comment along the lines of "If
> only I'd known where this would lead."

I read the story in a sort of summer replacement for the Weekly Reader 
that I subscribed to through the school. Must have been about 1967 or so.

On a related tangent, I waited years to see 2001. Not that I wanted to, 
it's just how things turned out.

Kip W