Goodbye to the last of the Big Three

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Rod Van Meter [rdv () sfc wide ad jp]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:32 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: Goodbye to the last of the Big Three

Dave, for IP, if you wish...

I would guess that a great many IPers were influenced by Clarke.  I know
I was, though Asimov was my first "favorite author" (well, after Seuss).

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/03/18/obit.clarke/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

(CNN) -- Author Arthur C. Clarke, whose science fiction and non-fiction
works ranged from the script for "2001: A Space Odyssey" to an early
proposal for communications satellites, has died at age 90, associates
have said.

<snip>

May his wish for peace in Sri Lanka, and his most optimistic visions of
the future, come true.

                --Rod



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