In Reply to: R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke posted by dwill123 on March 18, 2008 at 15:44:14:
...a witting agent of British Intelligence and allied agencies (as have been many SF writers). In Childhood's End he orchestrated a powerful fable about humanity's search for a better life, a destiny elsewhere, that nevertheless turned out to be a form of creative slavery.
I'll take Clifford Simak any day!
clark
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- One must not however lose sight of the fact that he was almost certainly... - clarkjohnsen 11:16:34 03/19/08 (3)
- why would we need to accept that thoery to appreciate his writings? nt - Duilawyer 10:09:16 03/20/08 (0)
- Another area where we apparently have modest agreement. - Audiophilander 12:33:13 03/19/08 (1)
- Simak seemed to know about the phenomena he invoked. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:45:26 03/20/08 (0)