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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: urth on March 18, 2008, 04:04:28 PM
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He was 90.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/18/obit.clarke.ap/index.html
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He was 90.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/18/obit.clarke.ap/index.html
I was just talking with someone last week about renting a double-feature of "2001" and "2010". This includes a list of his works:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke)
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I'm afraid I can't do that Dave.
(http://halplant.com:2001/images/HAL9000_eye.jpg)
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TANC: Just yesterday my email banter friends and I were riffing off of 2001 / 2010 -- they were off on the movie characters and I went in with Arthur C. Clarke. Which sent me off into Wikipedia for a while, etc... Of the big three of classic scifi (Heinlen, Asimov and Clarke), I probably enjoyed Clarke the most. They're making a movie of Rendezvous With Rama, coming out in 2009.
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TANC: Just yesterday my email banter friends and I were riffing off of 2001 / 2010 -- they were off on the movie characters and I went in with Arthur C. Clarke. Which sent me off into Wikipedia for a while, etc... Of the big three of classic scifi (Heinlen, Asimov and Clarke), I probably enjoyed Clarke the most. They're making a movie of Rendezvous With Rama, coming out in 2009.
TANC II: last week I went into a bookstore for the first time since before Xmas. Found myself thumbing through a couple of the Rama books & wondering to myself if Clarke was still around (& if so how old must he be) or if I'd missed his passing.
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From the Stanley Kubrick Archives:
"Dear Mr. Clarke: It's a very interesting coincidence that [a] mutual friend mentioned you in a conversation we were having about a Questar telescope. I've been a great admirer of your books for quite a time, and have always wanted to discuss with you the possibility of doing the proverbial 'really good' science-fiction movie.
"My main interest lies along these broad areas, naturally assuming great plot and character: 1. The reasons for believing in the existence of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. 2. The impact (and perhaps even lack of impact in some quarters) such a discovery would have on Earth in the near future. (3. A space with a landing and exploration of the Moon and Mars.
"Would you consider coming to New York for a meeting? The purpose of which would be to determine whether an idea might exist or arise which would sufficiently interest both of us enough to want to collaborate on a screenplay?" -- Stanley Kubrick in a letter to Arthur C. Clarke, dated 3.31.64.