Mr Clarke is the person I hold responsible for getting me hooked on science fiction.

Thank you very much!!!!

Happy birthday. I hope you outlive the Howards.

That. Was. Cool.

Bookwise, I always thought 2010 was just as good as 2001. 2001 was a better movie than 2010. I still haven't read 2061 or 3001.

Is this considered a repeat
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3271664

If there are any 2001 fans out there, I must say, I highly recommend it on Bluray (or whatever 1080p you can find).



Happy Birthday Arthur C

drjekel_mrhyde: Is this considered a repeat
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3271664

Well, since it's an actual link to the video, I'd say not.

austin_millbarge: If there are any 2001 fans out there, I must say, I highly recommend it on Bluray (or whatever 1080p you can find).



Happy Birthday Arthur C

I watched it on HDNet movies once. That hooked me. I now have it on DVD. It looks pretty damn good upconverted.

Mr. Clarke,
Sir... I tip my hat and raise my glass to you.
May your time on our tiny blue dot continue to be a long one.
Thank you.

In 1969, a father went to the movie theater. With him were his two young sons aged 5 and 7.
The movie was 2001: A Space Odessey.
While the parents of these two young boys instilled in them a love of reading and learning, it was the words of Arthur C Clarke, and the film of Stanley Kubrick, that turned these boys into the SF geeks that they are today.

Thank you for your stories, Sir Arthur. You have entertained for that "little, little span" and far more still to come.

I have never read any of his books.

I felt sad when he started talking about the explosion of commercial space exploration. I wish he could stick around to see it happen.

skinink: Bookwise, I always thought 2010 was just as good as 2001. 2001 was a better movie than 2010. I still haven't read 2061 or 3001.

you have to also thank Stan Kubrick

I always thought that was a splendid idea. But going by the graphic, how will they find a bit of cheese that big to act as a counterweight?

Happy birthday

/What, no hero tag?

wow.

One of the clearest thinkers of our time. I love his books. He gives me hope that humanity can use reason to solve its problems. Happy birthday, sir.

2001 and 2010 = superb..!

Whatever gods there are out there, may they keep you as mentally alert tomorrow as they have done since your birth! :-D

eqtworld: GungFu: , how will they find a bit of cheese that big to act as a counterweight?

The moon dummy.

/why do you think the Chinese want to get there so badly?

Wow, imagine the consequences of forcing the moon into a geosynch orbit.

/someone's gettin flooded

it's my birfday today, too. Yeah!

So, was there no truth to the rumours that he was... uhmm... "fond of children"?

It's just part of the moon, not the whole thing.

I can't imagine seeing what he's seen. I really want to freeze myself so I can watch the progress our species makes, but it'll probably never work.

Arthur C. Clarke: a great author, and let's not forget, also an admitted pedophile:

From the Sunday Mirror: "Once they have reached the age of puberty, it is OK... It doesn't do any harm.'

"I am trying to think of the youngest boy I have ever had because, of course, you can't tell it here [in Sri Lanka]. I think most of the damage comes from the fuss made by hysterical parents afterwards. If the kids don't mind, fair enough.".

From his home in Sri Lanka, where he ponders the mysteries of this, and other, small boys' bottoms.

eqtworld: GungFu: , how will they find a bit of cheese that big to act as a counterweight?

The moon dummy.

Is the cheese "green"?

Sammy Jenkins: Arthur C. Clarke: A great example of what man can achieve when he discards all silly notions of religion and god.

As a kid, I grew up watching his programmes, Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World and World of Strange Powers, and those programmes really made me wonder and question the world and the peoples in it back then and to today.

As Dawkins is wont to quote his friend, Douglas Adams, about superstitious nonsense,'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?', I'm thankful that Arthur C. Clarke in some small way helped to make me think as rationally as I do now when I was an naive and impressionable kid.

It's great to see him still sharp!

Happy Birthday to your Sir!

I've occasionally corresponded with Sir Arthur off and on for several years, but I've owed him a latter for a while. Now I have an excuse to buy him a birthday card...

You mean hes not Dead yet?

laebshade: I have never read any of his books.

I recommend the "Rama" trilogy. "Rendezvous with Rama" would be a good start. Not alot of "Hard SF" but a hell of a read. Busted my ACC/SF cherry with that one. Been hooked ever since.

Happy 90th Sir Clarke!!!!! Here's to 90 more!!!!

K/H D

tastes like honey

If you haven't already read it, I highly recommend both "Childhoods End" (1963?) and in a similar vein with co-author Stephen Baxter "The Light of Other Days."

Both are estachalogical (sp?) masterpieces.

Sammy Jenkins: Arthur C. Clarke: A great example of what man can achieve when he discards all silly notions of religion and god.

That would be living as a wheelchair bound fossil well after one's usefulness has expired?

Dare to dream my fine atheist-with-an-axe-to-grind, Dare to dream

Rendezvous With Rama was the first real Science Fiction book I ever read, but by no means the last. Happy Birthday, sir.

Corn_Fed: Arthur C. Clarke: a great author, and let's not forget, also an admitted pedophile:

This is honestly the first time I have ever heard this, and while I know nothing about the situation I thought I'd post the following...

From wikipedia:

In early 1998, Clarke was to be made a knight, with Prince Charles visiting Sri Lanka in order to make the investiture. Just before the ceremony, a British tabloid, The Sunday Mirror, claimed in a sensationalist story that Clarke was an avowed paedophile, giving supposed quotations from Clarke about the harmlessness of his predilection for boys. Clarke released a statement saying that "the accusations are such nonsense that I have found it difficult to treat them with the contempt that they deserve." He also said, "I categorically state that The Sunday Mirror's article is grossly defamatory and contains statements which in themselves and by innuendo are quite false, grossly inaccurate and extremely harmful." He later asked that the investiture of his knighthood be delayed "in order to avoid embarrassment to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales during his visit to Sri Lanka." In answer to the newspaper's allegations, Clarke was investigated by Sri Lankan authorities, who eventually dismissed the accusations. The Sunday Mirror later printed a retraction and Clarke was made a Knight Bachelor on May 26, 2000, in a ceremony in Colombo.[9][10][11]

Yeah, because the Sunday Mirror is a reliable source...

please.

Corn_Fed: Arthur C. Clarke: a great author, and let's not forget, also an admitted pedophile

FAIL.

If what Hatorade posted from wiki is accurate, I've gotta say that is absolutely the BEST way yto handle a libelous (sp?) accusation.

OTOH, if he does have a penchant for buggery he's just a filthy liar and a scumbag.

GungFu: Sammy Jenkins: Arthur C. Clarke: A great example of what man can achieve when he discards all silly notions of religion and god.

As a kid, I grew up watching his programmes, Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World and World of Strange Powers, and those programmes really made me wonder and question the world and the peoples in it back then and to today.

As Dawkins is wont to quote his friend, Douglas Adams, about superstitious nonsense,'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?', I'm thankful that Arthur C. Clarke in some small way helped to make me think as rationally as I do now when I was an naive and impressionable kid.

You're not the only one.

Corn_Fed: Arthur C. Clarke: a great author, and let's not forget, also an admitted pedophile:

From the Sunday Mirror: "Once they have reached the age of puberty, it is OK... It doesn't do any harm.'

"I am trying to think of the youngest boy I have ever had because, of course, you can't tell it here [in Sri Lanka]. I think most of the damage comes from the fuss made by hysterical parents afterwards. If the kids don't mind, fair enough.".

Of course, the Sunday Mirror was never able to provide any proof that the interview had ever taken place.... no reporter's notes, no interview tapes, no phone records or travel receipts to Sri Lanka for any of it's reporters. The Mirror is the UK's version of the National Inquirer, if they said the sky is blue I'd want to see their sources.

The Nine Billion Names of God.

Best short story collection EVAR.

That was ironic. I just turned 60 today.

Getting old really sucks, but when you consider the alternative, it isn't bad at all.

I didn't think anyone older than 55 could work youtube.

olddinosaur: That was ironic. I just turned 60 today.

In honour of your birthday, I am removing myself from your lawn.

Followed closely by...

Tales of the White Hart.

Glide Path,his semi-autobio about the developement of radar in WWII.

Also,his paper that introduced the idea of geosynchronous communication satellites.

Happy Birthday Sir Clarke!

Frantic Freddie: Also,his paper that introduced the idea of geosynchronous communication satellites.

I "FLY" those things for a living now. (and have worked as a "user" with them for years) So I'm loving this reply!!!!!

K/H D

eqtworld: Are the Arthur C. Clarke trolls coming out?

/didn't know there was such a thing

Fark thoughtfully embraces lovers and haters of all things. Even antique pedophiles who write books for young boys.

Chunes: I didn't think anyone older than 55 could work youtube.

Are you nuts? It's ARTHUR C. FREAKIN' CLARKE. Youtube is probably based off of a short story he wrote in the 60's.

Locutus of Borg: If you haven't already read it, I highly recommend both "Childhoods End" (1963?) and in a similar vein with co-author Stephen Baxter "The Light of Other Days."

Both are estachalogical (sp?) masterpieces.

I love "The Light of Other Days" ...

I've read every Clarke sci-fi piece written, and "Light" was probably the most put-the-book-down-and-ponder-that-idea novel I've ever read *. Every other page, I had to stop and really allow an idea to percolate, and every time I thought "yes, that's exactly what would happen." Absolute genious, this guy ... and amazing foresight as well; I think I read somewhere that of all classic sci-fi writers, Clarke was the most accurate at predicting technological advances.

Let's hope they get working on the space elevator soon. Never a better idea there was.

(* I'm also a huge Stephen Baxter fan. My favorite book of his is "Manifold: Space". I'd love to see someone develop a (good) TV or movie series around the character of Reid Malenfant.)

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sir Clarke!!

/ and it's "eschatology"
// 'sall good

It's true about the kids. I knew a Sri Lankan guy who, uh, "met" Sir Arthur when he was young.

Didn't do him any harm. He's a happy gay guy now.

Plato liked boys too, you know.