http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7304004.stm
guys, this was some sad news to end the day on. his space odyssey series is probably one of my favorites that i’ve read so far.
so it goes.
His influence can not be quantified. He will be missed.
if there’s any good to be taken from his passing, it’s that he had a chance a few days ago to approve the manuscript for his final novel, titled “The Last Theorem”, with Frederick Pohl. it’s to be released later this year.
well, I do pray that his soul and famaly find peace
He’s on to that rendevous with the big rama in the sky.
or perhaps he’s become a star child himself
“Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.”
–The Nine Billion Names of God
gotta love such a simple yet thought provoking story like that. i just read this great appraisal of clarke from the NYT that looks at the religious aspects of clarke’s work (though he was an atheist). i very much liked the last line, a play on clarke’s own famous quote:
“Perhaps any sufficiently sophisticated science fiction, at least in his case, is nearly indistinguishable from religion.”