Arthur C. Clarke is dead.
I've only read a few things that he's written, but there are many authors that I like were inspired by the man, like the guy I'm reading today, Stephen Baxter.
The biggies of the golden age of sci-fi are almost all dead now. Bradbury's still about. Who else?
Writers like Clarke have an impact that lasts far beyond their death. I just hope that the fans of the future remember the past.
3 comments:
They will. That's the thing about being an author, you kinda live forever.
Clarke is dead? Damn....
Geewits -- I'm not so much worried about his words living forever as I'm worried about future fans not having a sense of the history of science fiction. There are enough people now who think that Wells and Verne weren't very important, when they were HUGELY important.
Jazz -- Yup. I sort of thought that he'd last forever.
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