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Arthur C Clarke is dead.

Postby Baconsticks » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:42 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7304004.stm

D:

That's about all I can say.
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Postby Tom Flapwell » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:39 pm

Other deaths noted in my paper today: director Anthony Minghella (54, of a postsurgical hemorrhage) and precocious pilot Vicki Van Meter (26, apparent suicide).

I heard they come in threes, but so rapidly? :sad:
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Postby teozo » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:55 pm

A great man departed from this world.
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Postby Doc Sigma » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:48 pm

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Postby rabid_fox » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:13 pm

More like Arthur C. Dead!

That's right. I got the comedy gold for every situation.
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Postby Baconsticks » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:29 pm

More like Arthur C. Dead!

That's right. I got the comedy gold for every situation.
That's not right. A joke about this would have to be very philosophical. Like this:


"God said,'Cancel Project Clarke'. And then He died."
Which in turn is a parody of A very short story he wrote: "God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist."

See? It's pretty simple.
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Postby Fritz » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:53 pm

Stop using so much small text. You're turning into that other guy. >:(
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Postby Gecko » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:22 am

Stop using so much small text. You're turning into that other guy. >:(
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Could've been a demotivational poster, but I don't think it deals well with GIF's...
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Postby Rooster » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:53 am

If his funeral was even half as boring and long-winded as his novels, they were in for one hell of a wait.
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Postby Tom Flapwell » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:04 pm

:roll: Shouldn't you be off with a bong somewhere, Roo?
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Postby Rooster » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:47 pm

Meh, I'm an Ian M Banks fan.

Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Clarke's writing, and some of his ideas and stories are some of the greatest ever science fiction stories...he just rambles on too much in his prose for my liking...sometimes it's like reading a textbook.
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Postby Tom Flapwell » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:10 pm

I just don't take well to people speaking ill of someone when he dies, especially when he's not a tyrant or anything like that. It's insensitive to the mourners. But now that you've said a few good words, I feel better.
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Postby Ibun » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:58 pm

Except it's not somebody any of us know personally, so nobody should take offense.

That and he seems to be most famous for writing a book that got turned into a crappy movie.
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Postby Gecko » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:07 pm

That and he seems to be most famous for writing a book that got turned into a crappy movie.
And yet, I doubt he's unique in that respect.
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Postby Zaaphod » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:01 am

Except it's not somebody any of us know personally, so nobody should take offense.

That and he seems to be most famous for writing a book that got turned into a crappy movie.
Ah yes, "201 Minutes of a Space Idiocy." I dislike that movie.
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