[ExI] Arthur C. Clarke dies

spike spike66 at att.net
Sat Mar 29 23:43:13 UTC 2008


 

> John K Clark
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Arthur C. Clarke dies
> 
> John Grigg wrote:
> 
> > my beloved "Profiles of the Future,"
> 
> Boy oh boy can I ever relate to that! I must have read that 
> book when I was 9 or 10, and it created a singularity in my 
> subjective life; an enormous asteroid just crashed into 
> Chiksulub! In the unlikely event I survive the Singularity I 
> will remember Arthur C. Clarke forever!...  John K Clark (unfortunately no
"e")


John, Profiles of the Future smacked me upside the head when I was about 10
as well.  

For those who haven't read it, Damien's The Spike is kinda like an updated
version of Profiles of the Future.  It is my favorite Broderick book.

spike jonese






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