Comments on: RIP Arthur C. Clarke http://www.edrants.com/rip-arthur-c-clarke/ a blog in ever-shifting standing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Steven Augustine http://www.edrants.com/rip-arthur-c-clarke/comment-page-1/#comment-241700 Steven Augustine Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:21:04 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/rip-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-241700 Not to date myself (meta-incest, anyone?), but I saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" when it first came out, when I was ten (already a seasoned reader of such things as Asimov's Foundation epic). Being ten, I had no problem "getting" the movie, but I was already a devoted fan of Arthur's, who, along with Isaac and Harlan, had taught me not only to read, but to dream. Arthur's specific contribution to the mix was his proof-by-example that a "geek" could also be quite worldly and suave; a world-traveller, canny about global politics and hip about stuff like tailors, restaurants and hi-tech hardware. He was anything but the typical, atrophied, shut-in handcuffed to a typewriter in a musty room (well, neither was Ellison, but Ellison was *too* hip, and made me think of the kids who wanted to kick my ass at recess... laugh!). Arthur Clarke made writing seem like a very cool thing to do. Not to date myself (meta-incest, anyone?), but I saw “2001: A Space Odyssey” when it first came out, when I was ten (already a seasoned reader of such things as Asimov’s Foundation epic). Being ten, I had no problem “getting” the movie, but I was already a devoted fan of Arthur’s, who, along with Isaac and Harlan, had taught me not only to read, but to dream. Arthur’s specific contribution to the mix was his proof-by-example that a “geek” could also be quite worldly and suave; a world-traveller, canny about global politics and hip about stuff like tailors, restaurants and hi-tech hardware.

He was anything but the typical, atrophied, shut-in handcuffed to a typewriter in a musty room (well, neither was Ellison, but Ellison was *too* hip, and made me think of the kids who wanted to kick my ass at recess… laugh!). Arthur Clarke made writing seem like a very cool thing to do.

]]> By: Downer Dan http://www.edrants.com/rip-arthur-c-clarke/comment-page-1/#comment-241649 Downer Dan Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:26:33 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/rip-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-241649 Everyone relax. There's no one out there. We are all alone on this ball of mud that is hurtling towards the sun. This planet is a prison and we're never getting out. Everyone relax. There’s no one out there. We are all alone on this ball of mud that is hurtling towards the sun. This planet is a prison and we’re never getting out.

]]> By: eNotes Book Blog » Blog Archive » Irvine Welsh is Going George Lucas on Us… http://www.edrants.com/rip-arthur-c-clarke/comment-page-1/#comment-241645 eNotes Book Blog » Blog Archive » Irvine Welsh is Going George Lucas on Us… Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:19:11 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/rip-arthur-c-clarke/#comment-241645 [...] great eulogies for Arthur C. Clarke. Here and [...] [...] great eulogies for Arthur C. Clarke. Here and [...]

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