Re: Arthur C Clarke, RIP

Here, mimus <tinmimus99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:19:38 +0000, lal_truckee wrote:
> 
> > Thomas Womack wrote:
> > 
> >> MSNBC is re****ting that Arthur C Clarke has died.
> > 
> > The last of the giants ...
> 
> Vance is still around.
 
And Ray Bradbury.

> Although I don't think he ever breached the mainstream the way
> Asimov and Clarke did.
> 
> (Too many hard words, and too acerbic.)

We were just talking about how Gary Gygax influenced mainstream
culture. That popularized more Vance than Vance's books ever did.

(Raise your hand if you've heard of IOUN stones...)

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