Arthur C Clarke dead.

[Big Dave]

Yes, but... his style was quite plain prose, quite unexciting stylistically. If we compare his writing to today's top sci-fi authors, they are far more skilled writers and stylists. Sure he had the mind-blowing ideas, but he couldn't keep up these days.
And there's a depth of world-building in some of the top sci-fi today that Clarke never reached.

Simply preposterous.

The man is the Shakespeare, Picasso or Beethoven of his art.

I'll add more to this in between jobs.

[xwhatsit]

Yes, but... his style was quite plain prose, quite unexciting stylistically.

I dunno, I like that about him -- not too much fancy shit, but loads of ideas and stories.

Very fond of his writing, especially his short story collections and Rama series.