Blogcritics Comments on Peace in the Great Beyond to Arthur C. Clarke

Comment by Jet in Columbus on Peace in the Great Beyond to Arthur C. Clarke

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:59:34 EDT

Uh Clavos, there's always this article published a couple of days ago...

Comment by Jet in Columbus on Peace in the Great Beyond to Arthur C. Clarke

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:34:32 EDT

Oh alright I read it a long time ago, sheesh

Comment by Lisa Damian on Peace in the Great Beyond to Arthur C. Clarke

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:26:57 EDT

In response to Dr. Dreadful's first comment: All three authors will be sorely missed, but thanks to their intelligent concepts and thought-provoking writing, I think that the science fiction genre has exploded for writers and readers alike. It is no longer a small niche category relegated to the back shelf of the bookstore or library with only a few selections at hand. In response to previous comments: I highly recommend the Rama series by Arthur C. Clarke as well, and of course, Childhood's End, a science fiction classic.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Peace in the Great Beyond to Arthur C. Clarke

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:52:24 EDT

And 2061!

Comment by Jet in Columbus on Peace in the Great Beyond to Arthur C. Clarke

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:44:09 EDT

Sorry... that should've read 2001, 2010, and 3001

Comment by Jet in Columbus on Peace in the Great Beyond to Arthur C. Clarke

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:38:51 EDT

2001, 2101 and 3001. I read these during a long stay in the hospital, as tand-alones they're great, but together they're a masterpiece. I wasn't particularly thrilled with 2065, but as a stand alone novel it was good. Somewhere up in heaven Mr. Scott just got some help with a pesky warp drive......

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Peace in the Great Beyond to Arthur C. Clarke

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:11:40 EDT

Nice write-up, Lisa. So the last of the 'Big Three' science fiction writers has gone. I've never read any Heinlein, but I've been thinking a lot about the largely tongue-in-cheek deadly rivalry between Clarke and Isaac Asimov. This 'bitter feud' was eventually 'resolved' by the Clarke-Asimov Treaty - as formalized in the dedication of Clarke's essay collection Report on Planet Three, in which 'the second-best science writer' (Clarke) acknowledged 'the second-best science fiction writer' (Asimov). Personally, I think Clarke and Asimov got it the wrong way round. Asimov was indisputably a better novelist - although not necessarily a better storyteller. But I've often found his non-fiction science writing to be very hard going - whereas reading Clarke always leaves me inspired, awestruck at nature and impatient for the future wonders he described.