Arthur C Clarke Dies
Filed under Uncategorized • 18-03-2008 •
Damn. The BBC are reporting that Arthur C Clarke just died in Sri Lanka, aged 90. Along with Robert Heinlein and Larry Niven, he was one of the first science fiction writers I ever read. I remember reading a copy of his collection ‘Of Time And Stars’ in the school library at an impressionable age.
For those who don’t know who he is, there’s an obituary here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2358011.stm
Tags: Catastrophe
Yeah, I was a bit shocked when I read it this morning, I hadn’t realised he’d been ill.
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