Arthur C. Clarke

[stoutfellow]

The word is spreading that Arthur C. Clarke has died.

He was never among my favorite authors; I only have two of his novels in my collection - Childhood's End and (of course) 2001: A Space Odyssey. But his The City and the Stars was one of the first SF stories I ever read, about forty years ago, and it left a deep impression on me. One of the final scenes, as Alvin speculates on Vanamonde's final fate, gave me the feel of deep time unforgettably: the image of Vanamonde and the Mad Mind grappling in a universe where even the stars have gone out, in a battle which might "ring the curtain down on creation itself" (or something like that). Wooo....

Hail and farewell, Sir Arthur.

Comments

[filkferengi]

Actually, I was jumping up & down & gloating about you commenting over there, when my spouse expressed surprise. "Does he do filk?" he asked. "That I've introduced him to," was the smug reply.

:)

filkertom is the source of many things of interest, some of them even musical. Do you keep up with http://www.thefump.com/ ?

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

If you'll look at the Bujold filk archive (http://www.dendarii.co.uk/Filk/), you might notice that my name appears there seven times....

[filkferengi]

Yeah, I know, but why let mere facts spoil a good story? ;)

Besides, I have introduced you to some good stuff. And, you've written some good stuff, albeit not lately. Maybe it's time you fixed that. [weg]