Respect, Arthur C. Clarke, 90, is gone


	Respect, Arthur C. Clarke, 90, is gone

wildcat

3-19-2008 4:29 AM

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sci-fi, arthur c. clarke, writer, future

wildcat says:

a great influence, a great mind

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3-19-2008 3:02 PM

carrerinyes

May he R.I.P

3-21-2008 6:52 AM

zrezvi

The Great Arthur C Clarke

http://zia.blogspot.com/2007/09/book-quotation-of-day.html

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