"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
18 March 2008Indistinguishable from a magicianFrom the 1998 EGOgram:
If I could be granted three wishes, they would be:
1) Peace in Sri Lanka — and the whole world, if that's not asking too much; 2) The first commercial prototypes of the clean, virtually infinite energy devices which will end the fossil fuel age; 3) Proof of life elsewhere — preferably intelligent, though I'd settle for anything that can put a couple of cells together. There are indications that the first may be in sight — and I've been expecting number 2 "real soon now" for the past five years. As for the third — well, your guess is as good as mine. The words of Arthur C. Clarke, who died today at the age of 90. Posted at 7:01 PM to The Way We WereI was off-planet myself yesterday and did not know this until now. Thanks for posting it. I read the entire story at your provided link. He remains as a piece of our consciousness as we continue to pursue the impossible. HAL, close the pod-bay doors. Posted by: Winston at 6:37 AM on 19 March 2008And yet another star ascends toward the firmament, after to brief a time here on earth. RIP Sir Arthur C. Clark. Posted by: Guy S at 4:00 PM on 19 March 2008He will be missed. Now, all three of my most favorite/influential authors have passed along. He and Robert Heinlein and Andre Norton (particularly forty years ago when I was deciding what I really liked to read) were the primary reasons I enjoy SF as much as I do. There were other authors that influenced me, but these were the Big Ones. Posted by: unimpressed at 6:56 PM on 19 March 2008 |