Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Mar 2008 10:37 UTC, submitted by Oliver
Arthur C. Clarke, who peered into the heavens with a homemade telescope as a boy and grew up to become a visionary titan of science-fiction writing and collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick on the landmark film "2001: A Space Odyssey", has died. He was 90. The knighted British-born writer died early Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had made his home for decades, after experiencing a cardio-respiratory attack, his secretary, Rohan De Silva, told Reuters. May he rest in peace, and I'd like to extend my sincere condolences to his family and friends. The pod-bay doors will open for the last time.
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Member since:2005-07-03
A "giant" diamond grows on Europa... yeah. It was a boring book, but nice anyways
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2006-10-10
Yeah, 2061, 56, 68...one of those. It was the story that had Jupiter turn back to a planet, if I remember correctly. They landed on Europa and pissed the aliens off. It was probably over 15 years ago that I read it.