So yesterday we lost Arthur C. Clarke. For those of you not aware of science fiction, let me just say that this gent was a writer and a visionary and one of those responsible for building sf into a genre capable of standing with any other.
And that whole thing with the little boys…well, let’s just give the dead guy the benefit of the doubt, and say no more about it.
So thank you Mr. Clarke for opening a whole many doors and, indeed, for inventing quite a few others.
/ paddy
March 19, 2008 at 12:03 pm |
So, he’s starting his final odyssey …
I’ll miss you Arthur!
And BTW, did you know that he used a Mac to write his books?
March 19, 2008 at 12:05 pm |
Fifi: Really? I would have thought that he used his brain…
March 19, 2008 at 12:23 pm |
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March 19, 2008 at 12:31 pm |
Yes, but when he couldn’t find the keyboard to his brain, then he used a Mac… and his fingers…
March 20, 2008 at 9:46 am |
I realise that Hibernian tenant farmers wouldn’t know this, but it’s actually “Sir Arthur”. (-;
March 24, 2008 at 12:02 pm |
FiFi: “Yes, but when he couldn’t find the keyboard to his brain, then he used a Mac… and his fingers…”
Yes, he did use a Mac… as a paperweight. You can’t write a book on your PC with the window open without a good paperweight, I always say.
March 25, 2008 at 9:21 pm |
Martin: When they give us back our land, and our spuds, I will gladly call him Sir Arthur.
Glen Gordon: Indeed. They can also be used to crack open nuts.