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urth

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RIP Arthur C. Clarke
« on: March 18, 2008, 04:04:28 PM »
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Re: RIP Arthur C. Clarke
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 07:39:17 PM »
Quote from: urth on March 18, 2008, 04:04:28 PM
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
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Re: RIP Arthur C. Clarke
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2008, 08:14:51 PM »
I'm afraid I can't do that Dave.


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Re: RIP Arthur C. Clarke
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 09:05:27 AM »
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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Re: RIP Arthur C. Clarke
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 09:10:32 AM »
Quote from: Rod on March 19, 2008, 09:05:27 AM
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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Re: RIP Arthur C. Clarke
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 12:08:37 PM »
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.
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