In other news, Arthur C. Clarke was still alive.
Ninety years of doing what the hell you want to do is a pretty decent run.
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Sad news.
I know the pedophilia allegations were alarming, but this guy invented sci-fi.
/Mourn in a Rick James stylee
I know the pedophilia allegations were alarming, but this guy invented sci-fi.
/Mourn in a Rick James stylee
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
I know the @#%^philia allegations were alarming,
I'm not sure why I'd be alarmed that an author liked to **** little boys. It's not like after hearing that I suddenly realized the monolith from 2001 was a giant black **** or something.
Wait, it wasn't, was it?
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Deathwysh wrote:
Nobby wrote:
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....but this guy invented sci-fi.
....but this guy invented sci-fi.
Bwahahahahaha.
That's probably the stupidest thing you've ever posted here.
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You're very young aren't you
Young like Clarke was when he was reading Jules Verne?
:)
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If Verne or Wells were called SCi-Fi before ACC footled with gravity and radio, you might be onto something.
Alas, you're falling into the fUcktard trap.
Alas, you're falling into the fUcktard trap.
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Smasharoo wrote:
You're very young aren't you
Young like Clarke was when he was reading Jules Verne?
:)
Fair enough. I do think it's also fair to say that along with Bradbury and a couple of others Clarke was responsible for the survival of science fiction as more than a curiosity.
I thought this was interesting from the article as well:
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He was credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality. Geosynchronous orbits, which keep satellites in a fixed position relative to the ground, are called Clarke orbits.
At least he had a decent grounding in the science part of science fiction. I suppose Verne did, as well. For his time.
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Nobby wrote:
Deathwysh wrote:
Nobby wrote:
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....but this guy invented sci-fi.
....but this guy invented sci-fi.
Bwahahahahaha.
That's probably the stupidest thing you've ever posted here.
45 actually. Besides Verne and HG Wells, there were a ton of other writers writing sci-fi before Clarke started. I don't know that I would even list him in the first wave of the golden age of sci-fi.
If Verne or Wells were called SCi-Fi before
Oh, I didn't realize that was the standard for "invention". If that's the case, though, wouldn't it be the person who referred to them first as such who would have "invented" it?
I'm the wrong person to have pointless semantic duels with.
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I is sad.
Aside from Heinlin, Clark made it what it was. And without the constant need to f
Aside from Heinlin, Clark made it what it was. And without the constant need to f
Does this mean we'll never get that RAMA vs Monolith movie crossover now? Bummer.
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It's a sad day in fandom 
Calling him an inventor of Sci-Fi (or even using the term for SF) just knock you down a peg in my eyes, Nobby.
Until Locus comes out next month, I found the obit in BBC will be the best place to go and read about his life, without looking nerdy.
Of course the AP left out a lot of the details of his life. He got hook on reading SF, after finding a copy of Amazing Stories in Woolworth's.
While the AP mention his memo on satelites, they said nothing about how he work on radar for the RAF during WWII. He wasn't the only Scientist who was to write in SF post Golden Age of SF, but was the best known. None had his stature as both a writer and scientist, who was able to break out of the ghetto, most put SF in.
As to the charges he had a thing for underage boys, he was clear after it was throughly investigated.
He was on top of my list of SF writers, I had wish a chance to meet someday, though least likely to. Now Pratchett will move to #1.
Edited, Mar 18th 2008 10:51pm by ElneClare
Calling him an inventor of Sci-Fi (or even using the term for SF) just knock you down a peg in my eyes, Nobby.
Until Locus comes out next month, I found the obit in BBC will be the best place to go and read about his life, without looking nerdy. Of course the AP left out a lot of the details of his life. He got hook on reading SF, after finding a copy of Amazing Stories in Woolworth's.
While the AP mention his memo on satelites, they said nothing about how he work on radar for the RAF during WWII. He wasn't the only Scientist who was to write in SF post Golden Age of SF, but was the best known. None had his stature as both a writer and scientist, who was able to break out of the ghetto, most put SF in.
As to the charges he had a thing for underage boys, he was clear after it was throughly investigated.
He was on top of my list of SF writers, I had wish a chance to meet someday, though least likely to. Now Pratchett will move to #1.
Edited, Mar 18th 2008 10:51pm by ElneClare
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Nobby wrote:
but this guy invented sci-fi.
Archfiend MDenham wrote:
Nobby wrote:
but this guy invented sci-fi.
Where the fUCk is the "science" in the Inferno? Or a time machine, for that matter.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Samira wrote:
Archfiend MDenham wrote:
Nobby wrote:
but this guy invented sci-fi.
Where the fUCk is the "science" in the Inferno?
Also, theology is a science. In the same sense that sociology or economics is.
I'd say Dante's trilogy is closer to Fantasy than to Sci-Fi . 
Dread Lord Aripyanfar wrote:
I'd say Dante's trilogy is closer to Fantasy than to Sci-Fi .
We're talking about my ill-conceived ACC comment here!
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Dread Lord Aripyanfar wrote:
I'd say Dante's trilogy is closer to Fantasy than to Sci-Fi .
Then again, so is half of what Jules Verne wrote, and his stories are only ~120 years old, rather than ~700.
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