[NCLUG] Arthur C. Clarke

dlc dlc at frii.com
Wed Mar 19 21:40:08 MDT 2008


Ray Bradbury is one that I forgot to mention too.  Odd, maybe it was 
because he was so spooky that he will always be with us "in spirit". 
More than any of the other authors that have been mentioned Bradbury was 
a _master_ word smith when it came to evoking an emotion or ambiance.

DLC

Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 05:43:36PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
>> Perhaps Off Topic, but I suspect of interest to most if not all here.
>>
>> Arthur C. Clarke has passed away, the last of the "Big 3" of SF.
>>
>> I managed to meet the other two, but not Arthur.
>>
>> I think I'll watch 2001 tonight.
> 
> I tend to guess you mean Isaac Asimov and Robert A Heinlein by "the other
> two".  Am I wrong?
> 
> I find it interesting that you exclude Ray Bradbury.  Is it simply that
> he isn't "hard SF" enough?
> 

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