In article <Xns9A65D05BE276Bkensuhotmailcom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Chris Schumacher <kensu__@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Arthur C. Clarke, the last, and greatest of the four titans, and hence
the
> greatest SF writer of the 20th century.
> I always admired his boyish curiousity, love for ideas and gadgetry, and
> most of all (which may surprise some, if they never read the White Hart
> stories) and impeccable sense of humor.
>
> His "The City and the Stars" is my favorite book of all time.
>
> Now that all four of the titans (Heinlein, Asimov, Sturgeon, and Clarke)
> are dead, it's about time we had some more writers of their caliber...
>
> -==Kensu==-
Not to denigrate his achievements at all, but it is easier to stand out
when you are earlier. There are probably writers as great as those four
now, but there are so many it is difficult to rise above the crowd.
There are probably writers as good as Shakespeare (and the other greats
of his time!) around now, but they are likely to be writing television,
and they don't stand out as much because (a) there is a bigger crowd of
achievers, and (b) there are so many arenas now.
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