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Excerpt From Arthur C. Clarke's Last Work
Ubuntukitten writes "The Telegraph is running an excerpt from Arthur C. Clarke's last work, called 'The Last Theorem.' Fellow writer Frederik Pohl helped out. It's a reassuring chunk of old-fashioned sci-fi, describing an Olympics that's set on the moon. Typically for Clarkian sci-fi, is very much about the practicalities of mounting a Lunar Olympics, rather than any wild fantasy." The excerpt's centerpiece is a trip to the moon that begins with a space elevator ride. The book will be published on Aug. 1.
Sky biking on the moon was mentioned in Rendezvous with Rama. I always wondered if Jimmy Pak, the sky bike rider in that book was intended to be from Sri Lanka.
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The main character in "Hammer of God" was originally a moon athlete, and the book mentions the eventual establishment of a Lunar Olympics.
I lived in Beijing until last month for several years. The reports of poor air quality are vastly exaggerated. It does get bad occasionally usually due to sand storms (they're bad), but it's not often, IMO.
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Dude, there's no such thing as "2001 book 1". There is a novel by Clarke called "2001". Then there were sequels, "2010" and "2061".
If these books smell of shameless self adoration try not putting them next to Hofstadter on your bookshelf. That stink can travel through the complete Oxford English Dictionary.
Dick rules but he's not the same genre as Clarke at all.
How can anyone trust ANYONE's writings if they have the initials "A.C."?
You're thinking, no doubt, of Anonymous Coward - but let's not forget the other great ACs of the world!
There's Armored Core, with its warring corporations and mercenaries in their robots
There's A.C. Moore, when you need to buy some craft stuff
There's Art Carney, of "Honeymooners" fame
There's Alternating Current, which makes it easier to transmit electricity over long distances or change its voltage level
There's Air Conditioning, which is great on a hot day
There's AC/DC, who at one point were away but later were back in black...
There's Adam Corolla, who was funny on "The Man Show"
There's Ann Coulter, who is an obnoxious asshat (I guess your comment is valid with respect to her)
And don't forget good old "After Colony", the era of "Gundam Wing"!
So let's remember the good ACs of the world, too, shall we?
Bow-ties are cool.
was one of the earliest books I read. It is a collection of short stories by Clarke, and a superb example of his brilliant imagination. If you can find a copy, please give it a chance.
My brother was in Beijing about a year ago. He said that the air quality wasn't that bad, but he talked to several other long-time ex-pats who said that the air in Beijing was much better than it was usually, which was attributed to the increased rainfall due to cloud seeding, which the Chinese government was doing to water all the new plants for the Olympics. (Along with all the polution controls for the olympics.)
Expect the air quality to take a nose dive come September.