Thread: Do they know he's dead?

I haven't seen anyone post on this, and yet I expected someone to have posted on it. So, I guess that person I expected to post, was me. Now I feel weird...

Anyway:

Arthur C. Clarke Obituary

http://www.arthurcclarke.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

yes, i heard it the other day on the news
haven't really kept track of what he did after his first Rama books
he's had a good innings + i'd be glad to make it to 90

The Universe provided a fitting tribute. It reminded me of The Nine Billion Names of God - "Overhead, one by one, the stars winked out."

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/...htest_grb.html

Always sad when someone dies.

Originally Posted by Skiyk

Always sad when someone dies.

That's not really the point.

A well-known icon of science and science-fiction, a person who quite literally changed our world, has died. It is surprising how little attention such news has been given.

Although, in retrospect, Clarke has been so decrepit for so long, he was lingering on death for years.

Apart from the literary contributions Clarke gave us, many of which most are familiar with, some far more impacting that people are not, he's probably also greatly familiar by his laws:

Three Laws of Arthur C. Clarke

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


The latter probably being the most recognizable.


Many more people might recognize his significance through such works as Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World

In my mind, he and Asimov will always be the two greats of science fiction. They have both left big shoes to fill.

You guys should travel the circles I do a bit. This was big news and was all over the place for several days when he passed. But Clarke had a good and long life.