I hope it’s full of stars, sir.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008The quote I borrowed from in the title above is further explained here.
I read a good bit of sci-fi growing up, and Clarke’s work was really influential to me. I cut my teeth on the Asimov catalogue, as I’m sure many of y’all out there in blog-land did (and I still enjoy re-reading a few of his really top-notch short stories). That being said, I really felt I had arrived when I wrapped my mind around some of Clarke’s works, which often felt more intellectually rigorous.
For those of you who only know him through 2001 (film and/or book), I’d encourage you to check out some of his other works, particularly Rendezvous with Rama and Childhood’s End, one of my absolute all-time sci-fi favorites.
