#1 2008-03-18 21:12:42
What an incredible life he had.
1. When a scientist states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
~Arthur C. Clarke
Open the pod bay doors please, HAL.
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#2 2008-03-18 21:54:50
Shit. I had no idea he was that old.
I never much cared for the "Cosmic Babysitters Won't Let Us Get Ourselves Into Too Much Trouble" themes of his more famous works. But he was a damn good writer.
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#3 2008-03-18 22:00:59
George Orr wrote:
Shit. I had no idea he was that old.
I never much cared for the "Cosmic Babysitters Won't Let Us Get Ourselves Into Too Much Trouble" themes of his more famous works. But he was a damn good writer.
Yeah, as vocal as he was about atheism, you'd think that wouldn't be too big of a theme.
Regardless, Childhood's End is a motherfucker of a book.
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#4 2008-03-18 22:16:15
George Orr wrote:
Shit. I had no idea he was that old.
I never much cared for the "Cosmic Babysitters Won't Let Us Get Ourselves Into Too Much Trouble" themes of his more famous works. But he was a damn good writer.
Agreed. He was way too fond of (and dependent on) the "GREAT AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE THINGS FROM BEYOND!" plot device.
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#5 2008-03-18 22:22:23
Zookeeper wrote:
George Orr wrote:
Shit. I had no idea he was that old.
I never much cared for the "Cosmic Babysitters Won't Let Us Get Ourselves Into Too Much Trouble" themes of his more famous works. But he was a damn good writer.Agreed. He was way too fond of (and dependent on) the "GREAT AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE THINGS FROM BEYOND!" plot device.
No such animal. That's a great plot device.
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#6 2008-03-18 22:23:47
Zookeeper wrote:
George Orr wrote:
Shit. I had no idea he was that old.
I never much cared for the "Cosmic Babysitters Won't Let Us Get Ourselves Into Too Much Trouble" themes of his more famous works. But he was a damn good writer.Agreed. He was way too fond of (and dependent on) the "GREAT AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE THINGS FROM BEYOND!" plot device.
Well, considering that he himself is a great and incomprehensible thing from beyond now, show some goddamned respect.
Just kiddin'. But I am definitely a fan of his work.
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#7 2008-03-18 22:25:57
Yeah!!! And the movies totally sucked! Technically, they were ok, but after Eyes Wide Shut, I was glad he died....wait a minute, you're talking about...shit, nevermind....
Sofaking wrote:
show some goddamned respect.
Why?
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#8 2008-03-19 00:38:35
jesusluvspegging wrote:
Zookeeper wrote:
George Orr wrote:
Shit. I had no idea he was that old.
I never much cared for the "Cosmic Babysitters Won't Let Us Get Ourselves Into Too Much Trouble" themes of his more famous works. But he was a damn good writer.Agreed. He was way too fond of (and dependent on) the "GREAT AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE THINGS FROM BEYOND!" plot device.
No such animal. That's a great plot device.
Yeah, it's great for the first five or six books of his you read. After that start asking "when the hell will he introduce some fucking aliens that can be interacted with??"
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#9 2008-03-19 00:44:07
Zookeeper wrote:
jesusluvspegging wrote:
Zookeeper wrote:
Agreed. He was way too fond of (and dependent on) the "GREAT AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE THINGS FROM BEYOND!" plot device.
No such animal. That's a great plot device.
Yeah, it's great for the first five or six book of his you read. After that start asking "when the hell will he introduce some fucking aliens that can be interacted with??"
BOOKS, not book, sheesh, ZK, you have lost all credibility...(Hey, Dec's not around....)
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#10 2008-03-19 01:52:48
Tonight, all these disrespectful motherfuckers are calling in to Coast to Coast AM saying Arthur Clarke is "in a better place now."
HAHAHAHAHAHAH ok that's funny as hell.
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#11 2008-03-19 02:23:51
jesusluvspegging wrote:
Tonight, all these disrespectful motherfuckers are calling in to Coast to Coast AM saying Arthur Clarke is "in a better place now."
HAHAHAHAHAHAH ok that's funny as hell.
Crap, prolly rollin' one with Vonnegut...that is feeding the early worm...
Reminds me of the joke...(fill in celeb...) What would JFK be doing if he was alive today?
.......Scratching frantically at the coffin lid...
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#12 2008-03-19 02:52:51
Childhood's End was almost flawless. The rest left me cold.
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#13 2008-03-20 15:28:41
Did anyone ever find out why he moved to Indonesia? I always figured it was because he was pedo-bear. Was there a less skeevy reason?
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#14 2008-03-20 15:39:03
Actually, it was Sri Lanka, but I don't know the answer to that. He was apparently married very, very briefly back in the late 50s or early 60s.
I always wondered about it given the nature of the violence in that country between the government and the Tamil Tigers.
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