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Subject: [OM] Re: Arthur C. Clarke dead at 90 [was OT - How is this done ?]
From: James R <londonjames@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:46:45 +0000
I might well look that out Bob. Rendezvous with Rama falls into that  
category for me - completely captivated me as a teen.
James


On 19 Mar 2008, at 12:18, Bob Whitmire wrote:

>
> Damn! "Against the Fall of Night" was and is one of the most
> memorable science-fiction novels I ever read.
>
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2008, at 5:07 AM, Moose wrote:
>> Michael Collins wrote:
>>> On 3/15/08 7:26 PM, "Doug" <doug9345@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't remember who said it, but any science that is
>>>> sufficiently advanced is
>>>> indistinguishable from magic.
>>>>
>>> Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law [1973]: "Any sufficiently advanced
>>> technology
>>> is indistinguishable from magic."
>>>
>>> He also said, "As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have
>>> modestly
>>> decided to stop there." In 1999, he added his Fourth Law: " For
>>> every expert
>>> there is an equal and opposite expert."
>>>
>> Apparently being quoted on this list was finally too much for the old
>> man. He leaves me with some happy memories of time spent reading
>> his words.
>>
>> Moose
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