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Malachi
03-19-2008, 05:41 AM
Author Arthur C. Clark dies (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/18/obit.clarke/index.html) - CNN.com
The big three, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and now Arther C. Clark are all gone. That marks the end of an era in Science Fiction.
capitolkatnorm
03-19-2008, 07:45 AM
Most of TV- twilight zone, Illustrated Man, Star Trek- reflect Bradbury's influence- gone also
Malachi
03-19-2008, 07:55 AM
Most of TV- twilight zone, Illustrated Man, Star Trek- reflect Bradbury's influence- gone also
I believe Ray is still around.
It wasn't my intention to dismiss other fine authors. The three I mentioned were often referred to as 'the big three', that is all.
Malachi
03-19-2008, 08:17 AM
One book by Clark that really stuck with me was Rendezvous with Rama. The book was awe inspiring. It really let the imagination run wild.
Doing a Google search on the book title I just learned there is a movie adaptation (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/) starring Morgan Freeman in the works.
capitolkatnorm
03-19-2008, 09:09 AM
CRS has come to my house-( Can't remember s***)- Bradbury's wife died a few years ago and I got it in my mind it was him-- thanks for helping me claer this up-- Norm
Will Lavender
03-21-2008, 04:24 PM
Hate to hear this.
Clark's novelization of Kubrick's 2001 is pretty much a masterpiece. In fact there's no way to truly understand the movie without reading the book. I don't know if I would put him in Heinlein's or Asimov's league as a writer, but as a thinker and a proponent of science fiction, he ranks at the very top. Many of the innovations and ideas that other sci-fi writers used were dreamed up by Arthur C. Clark.
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