Electronic Music 411 - Arthur C Clark -

Yeah, this guy was a huge influence on my mind as a kid and beyond -- I read his books, we all benefit from his ideas (communications satellites, ladies and gentlemen, were his idea)

One of the greatest minds of our lifetime, for sure.

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03/18/08 + skab

RIP.
I'll never forget the first time I read 2001 when I was 10 or 11 years old. What a great writer.

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03/18/08 + hecanjog

RIP

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03/18/08 + mlbot

He was either a magical person or possessed some superior technological know-how

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03/18/08 + jogn

ah damn.... i really liked his no nonsense approach.

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03/18/08 + airliner

He was great. A great writer and a great thinker. Childhood's End in particular really affected me, with it's future that was progressive but bittersweet. He's most known for his ideas about technology, but his thoughts about people and their societies are equally as important and influential, in my mind. Godspeed!

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03/19/08 + Fredo

I was just in the process of reading Rendezvous with Rama and loving it. Sad to hear when anyone dies.

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03/19/08 + quip

Rama books rule!

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03/19/08 + j_chot

Oh shit I thought he dies like 10 years ago,
I loved his tv show he did.

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03/19/08 + antfactor

NY Times Obituary He is probably the most spiritually and musically influential author I have ever read. There are few 'famous' people I've wanted to meet... and none more-so than Sir Clarke. A visionary with sharp wit and a social conscience. Fave books: Childhood's End (the first of his I read) and the Rama series. Apparently "Rendezvous with Rama" is currently in production as a live-action film. A dream of mine - let's hope they don't butcher it with terrible scripting.

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03/19/08 + celibacyclub

wow a rama movie! thats great

wow

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03/20/08 + deltasleep

I'm with jchot- the TV show was one of my favorite things he ever did. Every episode starts the same. Arthur Clark is on a front porch in malaysia or somewhere, wearing something in between scrubs and a sari. They he says "These men in (papua new guinea, java, malaysia, indonesia, etc) claim to have made contact with..."
I watched that show religiously as a kid.

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03/20/08 + quip

shit a rama film. fuckin hell. my mind is still full of images today from it.

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