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RIP Arthur C. Clarke

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Breaking on CNN, not even an article yet.

Just, damn. 8)
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Christ, how old was he?
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Just hit MSNBC, too:
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - An aide says science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has died.

Rohan De Silva says Clarke died early Wednesday after suffering from breathing problems. He was 90.

Clarke is the author of more than 100 books, including “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
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That really sucks. His books were among my favorites in Science Fiction.
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I expected it wouldn't be long, he had a good innings.

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R.I.P.

One of the greats of all of Science Fiction.
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A visionary and great contributor to both science and science fiction.

R.I.P. good sir.
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Nice long life. We should all be so lucky as to make it to 90.
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R.I.P. A true visionary. :cry:
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And so the last of The Big Three of science fiction passes into history. He will be sorely missed.

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I actually thought he had died a long time ago - Congrats on having more years of life than I'd given you credit for, Mr. Clarke.
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Well shucks. The first SF books I read were The Star Fox by Paul Anderson and 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke.
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I have to find my copies of 2001, 2010 and 2063 and read them again...

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R.I.P.

A truly great author, single handedly got me into sci-fi
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Condolences to the family.
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Awwww man....

I've got the Odyssey quadrology(?) on my shelf just 3 feet from me and downstairs is 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of my favorite films.

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Fuck.

I know that some people dislike the books he wrote in his last years (coughRamaRevealedcough), but he was a talented writer, a good scientist and an apparently likable fellow.

He will be missed.

My condolences to the family.
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Man, when I read his books as a teenager I'd thought he'd already died a long time then - though some news articles alerted me soon after to the contrary otherwise. And that was 20 years ago!

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First sci-fi author I ever read, my Dad bought me a copy of 'Of Time and Stars'. Sad to see him go, he will be greatly missed.
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RIP. :( I was just starting to read through the Odyssey series too.
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RIP.

To bad he never saw us colonise space.
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Finding myself in the middle of watching the commentary track of 2001, I was thinking a lot about his work from yesterday to now. RIP a great author.
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