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03/18/2008 09:10:47 PM · #1 |
| I say his passing calls for a challenge. Maybe based on him or at least another "sci fi" challenge in his honor. |
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03/18/2008 09:11:56 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
I say his passing calls for a challenge. Maybe based on him or at least another "sci fi" challenge in his honor. |
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03/18/2008 09:36:33 PM · #3 |
a fitting time to bring back
expert |
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03/18/2008 10:02:25 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by sittingonthegrass:
a fitting time to bring back
expert |
i wouldnt mind an expert challenge at all. i have yet to participate in one |
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03/18/2008 10:04:50 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
Originally posted by sittingonthegrass:
a fitting time to bring back
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i wouldnt mind an expert challenge at all. i have yet to participate in one |
Bring it on!!!! great idea. |
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03/18/2008 10:05:23 PM · #6 |
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03/18/2008 10:17:40 PM · #7 |
"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering."- Arthur C. Clarke
"Only a few films are transcendent, and work upon our minds and imaginations like music or prayer or a vast belittling landscape. Most movies are about characters with a goal in mind, who obtain it after difficulties either comic or dramatic. “2001: A Space Odyssey'' is not about a goal but about a quest, a need. It says to us: We became men when we learned to think. Our minds have given us the tools to understand where we live and who we are. Now it is time to move on to the next step, to know that we live not on a planet but among the stars, and that we are not flesh but intelligence."--Roger Ebert
"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." - Arthur C. Clarke
"If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative." - Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale." - Arthur C. Clarke
[I'm off to check my zero adjust!]
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03/18/2008 10:29:59 PM · #8 |
| They had "2001: A Space Odyssey" on (satellite) TV the other night here in Japan, but I couldn't stay up to watch all of it. I had been wondering if Arthur C. Clarke was still shuffling around Sri Lanka.... |
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03/18/2008 10:45:20 PM · #9 |
Id be in. The Man's a legend.
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03/18/2008 10:46:16 PM · #10 |
It has been widely reported that Arthur C. Clarke was well-known to fancy young men and they say that is why he lived in Sri Lanka. He is not someone that I would admire as a result of these reports.
While his body of science fiction work is admirable, his long rumoured penchant for deviant behaviour tarnished his otherwise stellar reputation and therefore I fear that he is not worthy of our focus here at DPChallenge.
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03/18/2008 10:51:41 PM · #11 |
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03/18/2008 10:52:02 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
It has been widely reported that Arthur C. Clarke was well-known to fancy young men and they say that is why he lived in Sri Lanka. He is not someone that I would admire as a result of these reports.
While his body of science fiction work is admirable, his long rumoured penchant for deviant behaviour tarnished his otherwise stellar reputation and therefore I fear that he is not worthy of our focus here at DPChallenge. |
Yes, we should focus all future challenge suggestions through the lens of innuendo, hearsay, and slander. Best to be safe.
Please. An Arthur C. Clarke tribute would be great. |
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03/18/2008 10:57:24 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
While his body of science fiction work is admirable, his long rumoured penchant for deviant behaviour tarnished his otherwise stellar reputation and therefore I fear that he is not worthy of our focus here at DPChallenge. |
Was he charged or convicted with anything? If not then why not?
Sounds like a great challenge suggestion - lots of options. |
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03/18/2008 11:22:35 PM · #14 |
//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/765385.stm
The science fiction writer, Arthur C Clarke, has been knighted, more than two years after the title was conferred on him.
UK High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Linda Duffield, presented the "award of Knight Bachelor" to the novelist at a ceremony in Colombo, where he resides.
The investiture ceremony was delayed until Sir Arthur was cleared of charges of paedophilia, brought against him after an article published in the Sunday Mirror.
Sir Arthur has always maintained his innocence.
"In early 1998, Clarke was to be made a knight, with Prince Charles visiting Sri Lanka in order to make the investiture. Just before the ceremony, a British tabloid, The Sunday Mirror, claimed in a sensationalist story that Clarke was a paedophile, giving supposed quotations from Clarke about the harmlessness of his predilection for boys. Clarke released a statement saying that "the accusations are such nonsense that I have found it difficult to treat them with the contempt that they deserve." He also said, "I categorically state that The Sunday Mirror's article is grossly defamatory and contains statements which in themselves and by innuendo are quite false, grossly inaccurate and extremely harmful." He later asked that the investiture of his knighthood be delayed "in order to avoid embarrassment to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales during his visit to Sri Lanka." In answer to the newspaper's allegations, Clarke was investigated by Sri Lankan authorities, who eventually dismissed the accusations. The Sunday Mirror later printed a retraction and Clarke was made a Knight Bachelor on May 26, 2000, in a ceremony in Colombo.] A formal investigation undertaken by Sri Lankan police cleared Clarke in April 1998."
Seems like a slander slinging rag like the Sunday Mirror tabloid was even persuaded to print a retraction--so I would say that Rag is not worthy of a DPC challenge, but Sir Arthur certainly is....
Message edited by author 2008-03-18 23:26:29. |
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03/18/2008 11:51:41 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
It has been widely reported that Arthur C. Clarke was well-known to fancy young men and they say that is why he lived in Sri Lanka. He is not someone that I would admire as a result of these reports.
While his body of science fiction work is admirable, his long rumoured penchant for deviant behaviour tarnished his otherwise stellar reputation and therefore I fear that he is not worthy of our focus here at DPChallenge. |
i would like to keep this to a discussion of a challenge topic and NOT about rumors of his sexual preference, please start your own thread if you wish to do so Morgan.
Message edited by author 2008-03-18 23:53:16. |
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03/19/2008 06:47:50 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
Originally posted by Morgan:
It has been widely reported that Arthur C. Clarke was well-known to fancy young men and they say that is why he lived in Sri Lanka. He is not someone that I would admire as a result of these reports.
While his body of science fiction work is admirable, his long rumoured penchant for deviant behaviour tarnished his otherwise stellar reputation and therefore I fear that he is not worthy of our focus here at DPChallenge. |
i would like to keep this to a discussion of a challenge topic and NOT about rumors of his sexual preference, please start your own thread if you wish to do so Morgan. |
Sorry to ruffle your feathers. I was simply pointing out what most in the media industry have known for years. Even long before the Mirror story broke the news. My wife worked for HarperCollins for over a decade back in the 70s and 80s and it was well-known inside his publisher that the author had to be "handled" in order to mitigate the negative aspects. Please do not let me influence your reverence nor your desire for a challenge. But, it is not appropriate to shoot the messenger either.
By the way, these are called "open forums". I was not aware that any one member could actually control the content of a thread? I guess you learn something new every day?
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03/19/2008 09:03:07 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
Originally posted by smardaz:
Originally posted by Morgan:
It has been widely reported that Arthur C. Clarke was well-known to fancy young men and they say that is why he lived in Sri Lanka. He is not someone that I would admire as a result of these reports.
While his body of science fiction work is admirable, his long rumoured penchant for deviant behaviour tarnished his otherwise stellar reputation and therefore I fear that he is not worthy of our focus here at DPChallenge. |
i would like to keep this to a discussion of a challenge topic and NOT about rumors of his sexual preference, please start your own thread if you wish to do so Morgan. |
Sorry to ruffle your feathers. I was simply pointing out what most in the media industry have known for years. Even long before the Mirror story broke the news. My wife worked for HarperCollins for over a decade back in the 70s and 80s and it was well-known inside his publisher that the author had to be "handled" in order to mitigate the negative aspects. Please do not let me influence your reverence nor your desire for a challenge. But, it is not appropriate to shoot the messenger either.
By the way, these are called "open forums". I was not aware that any one member could actually control the content of a thread? I guess you learn something new every day? |
i am not trying to control the thread but there is such a thing as forum etiquette, hijacking the thread on to another subject is considered bad form. my feathers are not ruffled, i simply want to keep THIS thread on the original subject. i would be more than willing to discuss Clarke and his rumored scandals in another thread.
Message edited by author 2008-03-19 13:47:16. |
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03/19/2008 09:37:42 AM · #18 |
Heinlein (1907), Asimov(1920), my personal favorite - L. Sprague de Camp(1907),
and now Arthur C. Clark(1917).
The great science fiction storytellers are gone.
What was it about those 13 years that produced such great writers?
Their imagination knew no bounds and they fueled the imaginations
of many a reader.
What a good idea,  smardaz, a tribute to Clark,
and perhaps a tribute to all these early greats.
(Oh, yes. And let's leave the rumors to those sterling gossip digests who undoubted need the ink.)
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03/19/2008 02:23:04 PM · #19 |
| i want to bump this and keep this challenge suggestion alive and see who else would be on board |
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03/19/2008 09:36:50 PM · #20 |
Clarke was one of a small group of people I consider my "intellectual heros." Here is a video he sent to the staff of the JPL when Cassini did its flyby of Saturn satellite Iapetus last year. Fans of the book 2001 A Space Odyssey will remember that Iapetus was the ultimate target of spacecraft Discovery and David Bowman.
Video (WMV)
Message edited by author 2008-03-19 21:44:54. |
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03/19/2008 09:56:27 PM · #21 |
A very nice writeup by Jeff Greenwald for Wired is here.
I love the final quote: "He never grew up but he never stopped growing."
ETA: thank you for that video strangeghost. It took a long time to load,
but was well worth the wait.
Message edited by author 2008-03-19 22:08:51. |
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03/20/2008 01:32:39 AM · #22 |
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03/20/2008 01:40:49 PM · #23 |
cmon people, how could you not want an Arthur C Clarke expert editing challenge?!
lets have some fun |
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03/20/2008 01:47:27 PM · #24 |
Just to throw this out there, we have had a Science Fiction challenge previously. We could do another go at it with a tribute to these authors (Heinlein, Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, and Arthur C. Clark) either in the challenge name or description. I personally prefer broader challenge criteria myself and Sci-fi would be slightly broader. Robert E. Howard btw would be a good one to have a challenge for but that would be more sword and sorcery than sci-fi.
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03/20/2008 05:30:18 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by Citadel:
Just to throw this out there, we have had a Science Fiction challenge previously. We could do another go at it with a tribute to these authors (Heinlein, Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, and Arthur C. Clark) either in the challenge name or description. I personally prefer broader challenge criteria myself and Sci-fi would be slightly broader. Robert E. Howard btw would be a good one to have a challenge for but that would be more sword and sorcery than sci-fi. |
im open to it either way. i already have a clarke themed shot in mind so i am just hoping this will come to fruition |
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