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Arthur C. Clarke R.I.P.
Jyril
post Mar 18 2008, 10:03 PM
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post Mar 19 2008, 09:37 AM
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Would many of us be here at UMSF without him? Thank you Arthur C. Clarke.

May you rest amongst the stars you allowed us to dream about.

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- Jyril   Arthur C. Clarke R.I.P.   Mar 18 2008, 10:03 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Someday we will plant banyan trees on Mars in his ...   Mar 18 2008, 10:04 PM
- - Stu   Very sad news. I'm sure many of us here were i...   Mar 18 2008, 10:42 PM
- - ngunn   A giant, a true prophet of the age, gone. My first...   Mar 18 2008, 11:02 PM
- - djellison   RE: Arthur C. Clarke R.I.P.   Mar 18 2008, 11:50 PM
- - mcaplinger   "No one dared disturb him or interrupt his th...   Mar 18 2008, 11:55 PM
- - nprev   I am happy that he lived long enough to see ...   Mar 19 2008, 12:43 AM
- - mchan   My first ACC book was a juvenile titled "Dolp...   Mar 19 2008, 01:31 AM
- - jsheff   His "Profiles of the Future" probably di...   Mar 19 2008, 01:41 AM
- - Astro0   Thank you Arthur C. Clarke. Safe passage 'beyo...   Mar 19 2008, 02:16 AM
- - nprev   Wonderful tribute to the man, Astro0! My firs...   Mar 19 2008, 03:23 AM
|- - JonClarke   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 19 2008, 03:23 AM) My ...   Mar 19 2008, 09:37 AM
|- - dilo   This is a great loss. I was already depressed by t...   Mar 19 2008, 02:10 PM
- - PhilCo126   The visionary of the geostationary satellite orbit...   Mar 19 2008, 09:26 AM
|- - Toma B   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Mar 19 2008, 11:26 AM)...   Mar 19 2008, 06:05 PM
|- - JonClarke   QUOTE (Toma B @ Mar 19 2008, 07:05 PM) Yo...   Mar 19 2008, 10:13 PM
- - jamescanvin   Would many of us be here at UMSF without him? Than...   Mar 19 2008, 09:37 AM
- - PhilCo126   Arthur C Clarke: "How inappropriate to call t...   Mar 19 2008, 09:39 AM
|- - ustrax   Ultreya et Sus Eia Arcturus! Thank you for sh...   Mar 19 2008, 10:10 AM
|- - brellis   R.I.P. Arthur Clarke, may your next destination be...   Mar 20 2008, 12:02 AM
- - edstrick   I had a few words with Arthur C. Clarke at the 197...   Mar 19 2008, 10:21 AM
- - Juramike   Arthur C. Clark inspired generations as an enginee...   Mar 19 2008, 02:56 PM
|- - monty python   QUOTE (Juramike @ Mar 19 2008, 09:56 AM) ...   May 11 2008, 05:51 AM
- - marsbug   The world will miss him. I hope we can do his memo...   Mar 19 2008, 04:47 PM
- - hendric   My favorite science fiction story of all time has ...   Mar 19 2008, 05:12 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (hendric @ Mar 19 2008, 10:12 AM) M...   Mar 19 2008, 11:30 PM
- - climber   I red "First Born" (coautored Stephen Ba...   Mar 19 2008, 09:48 PM
- - nprev   Interesting, very illuminating portrait of him: h...   Mar 20 2008, 04:20 AM
- - AndyG   It's thirty years and more since I read it, bu...   Mar 20 2008, 10:51 AM
|- - ustrax   I know that this might not be consensual (who like...   Mar 20 2008, 12:46 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 20 2008, 01:46 PM) Is...   Mar 20 2008, 01:12 PM
|- - AndyG   He already has an asteroid. A lunar crater is a mu...   Mar 20 2008, 01:47 PM
||- - angel1801   I have an idea to remember Arthur C. Clarke. Could...   Mar 20 2008, 02:01 PM
||- - NGC3314   QUOTE (angel1801 @ Mar 20 2008, 08:01 AM)...   Mar 22 2008, 02:15 AM
||- - nprev   QUOTE (NGC3314 @ Mar 21 2008, 07:15 PM) ...   Mar 22 2008, 02:58 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (ugordan @ Mar 20 2008, 08:12 AM) I...   Mar 20 2008, 03:31 PM
|- - ugordan   Well, technically, it was not him who told us that...   Mar 20 2008, 03:40 PM
- - Ant103   Sad new He had a great life and bring many many t...   Mar 20 2008, 03:51 PM
- - As old as Voyager   I've been inspired by Arthur's writing sin...   Mar 20 2008, 07:38 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (As old as Voyager @ Mar 20 2008, 07...   Mar 20 2008, 08:11 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 20 2008, 09:11 PM) An...   Mar 22 2008, 08:50 AM
- - Tesheiner   This is a planned imaging sequence to be taken by ...   Apr 4 2008, 12:52 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 4 2008, 01:52 PM) ...   Apr 4 2008, 03:24 PM
- - Tesheiner   No, it isn't. Here's the image taken after...   Apr 14 2008, 10:10 AM
- - djellison   That'll be the usual El Dorado monitoring sche...   Apr 14 2008, 10:59 AM
|- - ustrax   Forget what I've said, I was thinking about Op...   Apr 14 2008, 11:43 AM
- - jamescanvin   I'm not so sure that it is part of the 'us...   Apr 14 2008, 11:49 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Apr 14 2008, 11:49 A...   Apr 14 2008, 04:19 PM
- - nprev   Juramike: 'Arthur C. Clarke once said, "I...   May 11 2008, 10:56 AM
- - dvandorn   My understanding has always been that Kubrick edit...   May 11 2008, 11:17 AM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 11 2008, 12:17 PM) ...   May 11 2008, 12:23 PM
- - nprev   <pfffft!!!!...cough, cough, cou...   May 11 2008, 11:30 AM
- - edstrick   "...was shipped off to one Alex North, who wr...   May 12 2008, 02:25 AM

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