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  1. 03-21-2008, 01:26 #1
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    Excellent writer.
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    Another great man gone without someone worthy to fill his shoes...

    He will be missed.
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    The last of the great science fiction writers gone. It has been a bad year for my writers.
    May he rest in peace.
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    Clarke was 90, so he lived a long and fulfilling life at least.

    I'm reading some of his short stories now. Read Dog Star yesterday and thought of you Beirut.
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    Clarke was 90, so he lived a long and fulfilling life at least.

    I'm reading some of his short stories now. Read Dog Star yesterday and thought of you Beirut.
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    Black humour IA? That's not only inappropriate but the wrong author.
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    I had a media and PC self imposed blackout for the last 3 weeks while traveling in Taiwan.

    Got back and found that Gary Gygax had passed away (one of my favourite past-times was D&D and I intend to get Toddlerwaio into it when he is old enough... he already loves my 40K minatures so not too large a jump).

    And now I have found out that the big C himself is dead. He was one of the later influences in getting my interest up on Space and hence Physics... I was more into ants and whales from age 7 to ten.

    I was reading his great fellow writer Asimov on the trip... the Second Foundation.

    Sad events indeed... sad that I find this sadder then China in Tibet, but then again I'm only human and prioritise not on democratic numbers but benign greatest of individuals.
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