Arthur C. Clarke

[sharan]

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.

*sigh* He was getting old and not in great health so it's not unexpected, but still. I was really hoping to somehow find a way to meet him before this happened. I got hooked on his books after reading "Childhood's End" when I was in around 6th grade and read everything I could get my hands on by him. This is definitely a major loss to science fiction and in general.

I got the breaking news alert on my watch while I was at lunch.

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Clarke

[pheron.livejournal.com]

I wasn't a big fan of Clarke, but I was always annoyed that I missed a chance to meet him. In 1981 my ship visited Sri Lanka and while I was ashore having fun Clarke came and visited our ship. (USN ships didn't often vistit there as we had no base there.) He was gone by the time I returned to the ship and only learned of it afterwards. I've been meanign to re-read RAMA now I gotta get to it.