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> 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!!
>>
>> > Sir Arthur Charles Clarke has died at the age of 90.
>> > --
>> > Old people die. Get used to it Yads.
>>
>> 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).
I`ve only read the first Rama book...enjoyable enough but I don`t rate it
as
higly as some others I`ve read by him. I`m glad to hear he was so fond of
SoDE, I adored the book and found it quite moving at the end.
> Presumably the series he recently started with Stephen Baxter
> won't be finished,
Well, unless Baxter wishes to finish it himself.
> 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).
I really should get to reading the 2001 and on books. So many books, so
little time...
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