Memories of Arthur Clarke
Link here. Written by science fiction writer Michael Moorcock, the article takes a personal look at Clarke’s life as seen by one of his friends and colleagues.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Link here. Written by science fiction writer Michael Moorcock, the article takes a personal look at Clarke’s life as seen by one of his friends and colleagues.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Arthur Clarke could turn science into poetry as no one else.
Clarke is surely one of my favorite writers but his personal life will leave a cloud.
I’ve read that Clarke was gently asked to leave England if he wanted to continue his sexual pursuits.
Apparently Clarke said that once children reached puberty they could decide to have sex with no psychological consequences.
Sri Lanka is a different society than England or the US and it is also quite poor.
While officially Sri Lanka doesn’t seem to have a problem with Clarke’s actions, I don’t know how the boys see it.
If I lived in Hollywood I’d have no conflict. They can celebrate someone who violently raped a 13 year old (Roman Polanski) because of his “art” (and because he’s politically “correct”).