Sir Arthur C. Clarke, A giant in the genre of Science Fiction, passed away yesterday at the age of 90. He was best known for his book, 2001: A Space Odyssey, among others. He passed away in a hospital is Sri Lanka, where he has been living since the 1950's. (source)
His passing is a great loss to the genre, but like the passing of William F. Buckley and Gary Gygax, marks the end of the post-modern era and the entrance of the ultra-modern(or the hyper-modern).
Still can't help but be a little saddened by the passing of these great minds... It truly is the end of an era.
More on Sir Arthur C. Clarke can be found here.
GrapeKoolaid posted on Mar 19, 2008
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silverwhisper said on Mar 19, 2008....
[respectful silence]
thank you for these unwelcome tidings, grape.
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RollingC said on Mar 19, 2008....
Thanks for letting me know Grape.... it truly is an end to a era. How I enjoyed his books as I was growing up. I still throughly enjoy re-reading his books.
Rc
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rupert7 said on Mar 19, 2008....
I loved his books and read many of them when I was young. As an Englishman,I wonder what motivated him to make his home in Sri Lanka? Not that i have anything against Sri Lanka!! Just such a different culture,climate etc! Hmmm.......maybe that why! -
GrapeKoolaid said on Mar 19, 2008....
ed: Thanks for joining me in a moment of silence.
RC: The last book of his I read was 2061: Odyssey three. I should read more of his stuff. The end of an era indeed. I mean, he was old(90) and all, but I can't help but be saddened by the passing of this literary giant...
rupe: I imagine one could stretch the British Pound(and now the Euro) much further out in Sri Lanka as well.
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Alyss said on Mar 19, 2008....
I heard this on the news this morning as I drove to work and felt very sad. He put the science into science fiction. -
GrapeKoolaid said on Mar 19, 2008....
Alyss: Yup. He was a scientist before he was a science fiction author, you know? He really believed that we belong "out there".
Quite different from Asimov in a sense that Asimov was more concerned with the "ethics" behind science, whereas Clarke accepted technology as it was.