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[Mango Positive]

Breaking news on MSNBC.com

No story yet.

Just the headline.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

I still have an awesome book with -surprise- a Crystall skull on the front page. It was a seriously fascinating lecture


great stuff. RIP chap, you had a long and great life

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Wow!

Sad day. Perhaps he's evolved into the Star Child.

 

[Mango Positive]

it's Clarke

What are you talking about?

Spoiler

I figured it out before you! ARGG! Stealth edit.

 

[sonikokaruto]

It's Clarke.

WELL YOU ARE FUCKING AWESOME.




so sad for the guy.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

What are you talking about?

Spoiler

I figured it out before you!

Spoiler

ninja! also, how do you edit titles?

 

[echoshifting]

RIP

 

[incendiarycommittee]

One of my favorite authors of all time. RIP

 

[Jenga]

And I just re-read Childhood's End the other day too

 

[Funky Papa]

At the ripe old age of 90. Goodbye Mr Clarke.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Thanks, Arthur. You wont' need a jacket.

WELL YOU ARE FUCKING AWESOME.

WHAT YOU SAY!!!!1

 

[Crazymoogle]

Damn. RIP

 

[Juice]

 

[Alien Bob]

Watching his tv shows as a kid was my first my first real eye opening experience to the mysteries of this world.

 

[sonikokaruto]

Thanks, Arthur. You wont' need a jacket.






WHAT YOU SAY!!!!1

OOOPS MY NINJA EDIT DIDN'T COVERED UP MY ASSHOLENES! MY BAD!

 

[Peru]

Watched 2001 two days ago. His part in creating that masterpiece earns him a huge RIP from me.

 

[Darkflight]

Aww, goddamnit, I was just looking for a collection of the Rama books last weekend, this

is a fantastic book, 966 pages of his short stories from 1937-1999. Fantastic Author - You will be missed Mr. Clarke.

 

[Armitage]

 

[Laguna X]

RIP

 

[bluemax]

Man so many nerd icons dieing this year.

 

[traveler]

RIP

 

[Mike Works]

an amazing man, i pray my life's work is half as great as his when my time comes

RIP

 

[NekoFever]

Now that's freaky. I got up to put 2001 on BD back on the shelf because I watched it last night, came back, and refreshed the forum to see this thread.

RIP

 

[Eric P]

fuck

well i guess now we'll find out if he was a pedophile or not

but he's my absolute favorite of the early masters

moreso than asimov

 

[EviLore]

90 years is a good run, but I'm still sad to see you go. RIP.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Sad to see him go. He was my dad's favourite author.

 

[SantaC]

who?

RIP anyway

 

[ManaByte]

who?

Fail on so many levels.

Reminds me of the dumb kid who walked into Ray Bradbury's panel at Comic Con a few years ago, asked why the room was packed to see "some old dude talk", and then asked "who the fuck's Ray Bradbury?".

 

[VALIS]

Oh no. Great author. Someone whom both the "hard sci-fi" and the "literary sci-fi" factions equally respected (and there aren't many). RIP and thanks for all the great stories.

 

[echoshifting]

Sad to see him go. He was my dad's favourite author.

Mine too. My dad urging me to read Childhood's End is a huge contributing factor to my love of sci-fi.

 

[SteveMeister]

I -just- started reading Firstborn, his collaboration with Stephen Baxter continuing the Odyssey series, last night.

Sad day, but we should all have so fortunate and lengthy a life as he. RIP.

 

[8bit]

I -just- started reading Firstborn, his collaboration with Stephen Baxter continuing the Odyssey series, last night.

Sad day, but we should all have so fortunate and lengthy a life as he. RIP.

Oh, is that the third Time Odyssey book? I didn't know it was out.

RIP

 

[Matrix]

rip

 

[JonAmikar]

Open the pod bay door HAL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdoA3AJ6zGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6umxthz1Ys

RIP.

 

[Archer]

RIP.

 

[traveler]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mgA42J4mo-Y
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cWnmCu3U09w

I know he didn't really have anything to do with the music, but I'm going to listen to it in honor of him anyway since it will be forever associated with his work. (and Kubrick's, to a smaller extent)

 

[Fireblend]

O_O WHAT! Sad, sad day indeed. One of my favorite authors. Rest in peace >_<

 

[jandar]

RIP

So fitting, perhaps he is the star child now....

He was a great man, may he rest in peace.

 

[ManaByte]

The last of the Big Three has left us.

At least we still have Bradbury. I need to make it a point to get to Comic Con this year to see him again.

 

[so_awes]

story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23697230/

 

[HotByCold]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

RIP

its full of stars...

 

[ckohler]

Trivia:

One of Clarke's greatest contributions to science was his idea that in the future we would use man-made satellites orbiting the Earth for communications. To credit him for this idea, astronomers officially refer the geostationary orbit used by satellites as a "Clarke Orbit".

 

[Tortfeasor]

bye

 

[industrian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm

Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
Legendary British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.

He came to fame when his story, 2001: A Space Odyssey, was made into a film by director Stanley Kubrick in 1968.

Once called "the first dweller in the electronic cottage", his vision captured the popular imagination.

Sir Arthur, who was born in Minehead, Somerset, and was a radar specialist for the RAF in World War II, become a full-time writer in the 1940s.

A farmer's son

Sir Arthur's vivid - and detailed - descriptions of space shuttles, super-computers and rapid communications systems were enjoyed by millions of readers around the world.

His writings are credited by many observers with giving science fiction - a genre often accused of veering towards the fantastical - a human and practical face.

A farmer's son, he was educated at Huish's Grammar School in Taunton before joining the civil service.

Ninety years old. Man, I hope I live that long and accomplish that much in my life.

 

[npm0925]

Clarke was without a doubt the most prescient figure in science fiction.

 

[Sallokin]

Sad to see him go. Rest in peace.

 

[industrian]

Clarke was without a doubt the most prescient figure in science fiction.

I'd have to argue and suggest Philip K. Dick, but both of them are chillin' out in the same place now.

 

[adamsappel]

One of my favorite authors. But, yeah, I don't know if I can go with the "Great Man" title, considering some of the unsavory rumors about him.

 

[ManaByte]

One of my favorite authors. But, yeah, I don't know if I can go with the "Great Man" title, considering some of the unsavory rumors about him.

You mean the bullshit allegations a BRITISH TABLOID made up about him that he was cleared of?