On 19 Mar, 18:30, "Ian Salsbury" <I...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Mr.Smartypants" <anybod...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 18, 8:17 pm, doc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(The Doctor) wrote:
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> > Newsflash!!
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> > Sir Arthur Charles Clarke has died at the age of 90.
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> > Old people die. Get used to it Yads.
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> At the grand old age of 90 he certainly had a good innings. A fantastic
> authour, really enjoyed a fair few of his books ( Childhood`s End and
The
> Songs of Distant Earth spring to mind ) so I`ll raise a glass of wine to
him
> tonight. Never did read 2001...and must confess to finding the film
> something of a chore.
He certainly put out his share - I'm a fan of the Rama series
particularly, and Songs of Distant Earth (Clarke's own favourite, I've
heard). Presumably the series he recently started with Stephen Baxter
won't be finished, but it didn't read ss though Clarke had much to do
with it beyond the idea. I always felt the neglected 2061 was the best
of the '2001' series - both 2010 and 3001 felt like cashing-in and
weren't especially well-drawn (in fairness to Clarke, 2010 is weak at
least partly because he had to change his plans at the last moment -
he was going to write it in the aftermath of the Galileo mission, but
when that was delayed for a decade he didn't have any new material to
work with so it's done on the back of a pretty ropy premise).
Phil
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