Re: [GZG] Arthur C Clarke

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Clarke was a great writer. I still read The Garden of Rama at least once
a year. I will remember him fondly.

Bobby

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Indy <indy.kochte@gmail.com> wrote:

> For those of you who have not yet heard, Arthur C Clarke has passed
away.
> :-(
>
>
> COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction
> writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space,
> science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri
> Lanka, an aide said. He was 90.
>
> Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome since the
> 1960s and sometimes used a wheelchair, died at 1:30 a.m. local time
> after suffering breathing problems, aide Rohan De Silva said.
>
> Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in 1956, lured by his interest in marine
> diving — which he said was as close as he could get to the
weightless
> feeling of space. "I'm perfectly operational underwater," he once
said.
>
>
> Another news story here:
>
>
>
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=asf8WIi3POP8&refer=h
ome
>
>
> Mk
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