R.I.P.
by phill
(photo from wiki)
Rest in peace, Arthur C. Clarke. Ninety is a pretty good run as far as this physical plane goes, and I dare say he’ll live on in the hearts and minds of scientists, science fiction, and literature lovers alike forever. Clarke’s short stories and novels have long been a favourite of mine, his ability to place reason behind fiction lead to one of the greatest imaginations ever found. A good chuck of the reason I moved into the scientific arena is because of my love for science fiction and the possibilities—real possibilities that were imagined by the minds of great men like Clarke—that it presented to me in the form of the dystopias and utopias of the future.
I am incredibly saddened by this; needless to say I will be going home tonight and scrummaging among my books to find my favourite collection of shorts to read through.
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Reading the post on your laptop today was -not- the ideal way to find out one of my heroes has passed on.
Two brilliant creative minds in the same month… it does not bode well for the rest of them. Someone get a message out to Matthew Reilly and tell him to lay low and for the love of god, EAT SOME GODDAMN ORANGES MAN! TAKE YOUR VITAMINS! STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM LARGE MASSES OF MOVING METAL AND/OR LIGHTNING!!!
Oh…I missed this, but it appears to have just happened today. I really only read a couple of his novels, but he was someone I respected, and he was among my brother’s favorite writers.
Damn.
I wonder how many thousand other people he inspired toward either scientific or literary careers? I think that’s the greatest kudos any writer could achieve.
Not to mention the way science itself seems to follow in his footsteps, and those of writers like him. I wonder, too, how many scientists have secretly pushed the bounds due to ideas sparked by something they’ve read in a work of imagination.
Goodbye, Arthur C. And thanks, for everything.
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