Farewell Arthur C Clarke
Brian Derby
Friday, 21 March 2008 22:11 UTC
A loss to us all. One of the Fathers of “hard” SF. His childhood has ended.
He was a classic figure in traditional SF with heavy emphasis on technology and less on character development. Many believed he had a religious/mystical bent – based chiefly on 2001. However, in my opinion his impact on the genre was less than that of John Wyndham (lucas benyon parks etc.)
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Dear Brian, I am sending you, a few short stories from Hugo Correa who was my father’s writing and Science fiction died in 2008, I hope the package like.
Yours friendly,
Alejandro Correa
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While I grew up with both John W and Arthur C – the former was actually a prescribed author when I was at high school in Zimbabwe – I think Arthur C had by far the greatest impact on me, and I would think on most who read both.
The impact of Childhood’s End and The City and The Stars was mind-blowing, even before 2001 hove in sight – and far more profound than Midwich Cuckoos or The Triffids. While I think AC couldn’t characterise worth a damn, and was probably not as good a writer as JW, his ideas were so much better as to override his failings.
And you can go back to him time and again, unlike re-experiencing I-am-a-legend-in-my-own-mind-and-click-as-I-move Asimov.
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Quite sad story…
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