I read it much later in life but also a captivating read. That book
made it sink in that an advanced civilization capable of traversing a
universe filled with varied life forms could just whiz on by the earth
as not even notable in the grander scheme of things. Sort of puts us in
our place.
Chuck Norcutt
James R wrote:
> 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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