Happy Birthday, Arthur C. Clarke (2025)

I searched for a thread on this, and could find none? Did I not search far enough or has nobody else thrown a shout out to Sir Arthur, writer of soooooo much science fiction it makes my head spin and my bookshelves full?

Happy Birthday, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, may you live to write 20041

Indeed, with Heinlien, Asimov, Anderson, Campbell, all the 'old' lights that turned me on to Science Fiction now departed, old Arthur just keeps hanging on there in his villa in Sri Lanka.

With all of his other writings, I think it was his very short story (you can read it in about 10 minutes) "The Nine Billion Names of God" that most touched and impressed me.

That and his last six words of "Rendevous with Rama" that hit me between the eyes (an unfortunatley produced some less than stellar sequels)

Hope old Arthur sticks around a little longer.

Hutch said:

Indeed, with Heinlien, Asimov, Anderson, Campbell, all the 'old' lights that turned me on to Science Fiction now departed, old Arthur just keeps hanging on there in his villa in Sri Lanka.

With all of his other writings, I think it was his very short story (you can read it in about 10 minutes) "The Nine Billion Names of God" that most touched and impressed me.

That and his last six words of "Rendevous with Rama" that hit me between the eyes (an unfortunatley produced some less than stellar sequels)

Hope old Arthur sticks around a little longer.

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To that list, I'd add Miller, at least for his most brilliant, witty, and literate, A Canticle for Liebowitz.

...Bring home for Emma.

Hutch said:

Indeed, with Heinlien, Asimov, Anderson, Campbell, all the 'old' lights that turned me on to Science Fiction now departed, old Arthur just keeps hanging on there in his villa in Sri Lanka.

With all of his other writings, I think it was his very short story (you can read it in about 10 minutes) "The Nine Billion Names of God" that most touched and impressed me.

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Me too, actually...great story.

Here's to you, Sir Arthur!

Absolutely my favourite author, read just about everything he has penned.

Surprisingly one of my favourites is not a fictional work, but one on rocketry (blast can’t think of the title, “interplanetary flight” perhaps), it contains the basic math of everything associated with rockets and is surprisingly readable.

Hutch said:

Indeed, with Heinlien, Asimov, Anderson, Campbell, all the 'old' lights that turned me on to Science Fiction now departed, old Arthur just keeps hanging on there in his villa in Sri Lanka.

With all of his other writings, I think it was his very short story (you can read it in about 10 minutes) "The Nine Billion Names of God" that most touched and impressed me.

That and his last six words of "Rendevous with Rama" that hit me between the eyes (an unfortunatley produced some less than stellar sequels)

Hope old Arthur sticks around a little longer.

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I know I read that and liked it a lot but damned if I can remember it.

Anyway, now I've got to go find my AC Clarke books and reread it. Thanks for the post. Always good to have an excuse to revisit Clarke.

kedo1981 said:

Just finished “Light of other days” about tech built around using quantum wormholes to look into every corner of the universe including the past.

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Love that book. I still think about it often.

If you're reading Arthur -- man, have a good one, and thanks.