Re: Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008

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 jgd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (John Dallman) wrote:

> In article <eSbuCcCsRP4HFAEE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> omega@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Omega) wrote:
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> > He's possibly one of the most recognisable of the big three and I 
> > think the one with the most influence outside of genre, even if you 
> > discount his paper on satellites.  Put that in and he's about as 
> > influential as you can get.
> 
> A quote from him, when he appeared at Seacon '1979, the 1979 Worldcon in

> Brighton, UK (also my first convention). He'd got an assignment to go to

> Cape Kennedy (as it was then) with Kelly Freas to do a piece about the 
> place post-Apollo. He had trouble asking many questions, because so many

> of the engineering staff wanted to talk to him, having read him when 
> they were younger, and been turned onto space. 
> 
> That kind of influence, and that kind of reward for using it, is passing

> rare.

I think the same would be true of Heinlein, and probably Asimov.

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