gdarklighter said:
Childhood's End was the first sci-fi novel I ever read, but we should remember him not just as a brilliant author, but also a man of enormous practical vision. He was among the first to float the idea of geostationary communications satellites.

I read a lot of his stuff. But that one made me think more than any of the others, for some reason.

I read it in like the 5th grade. I still have nightmares about Overlords.

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What was that? Nine Billion Names of God?

Yeah. Creeped the hell out of me.

Most of his stuff was pretty positive. I just took that one to mean that we don't know everything, no matter how much we think we know.

J24U

Danvers, MA

February 2006

MAR 20, 2008 09:34 AM

bald_eagle said:
What was that? Nine Billion Names of God?

When I was ten my parents gave me a book of collected mystery and horror stories. The first two I read were The Nine Billion names of God and The Rats in the Walls. I didn't sleep right for a day or two.

bald_eagle

Indianapolis, IN

November 2006

MAR 20, 2008 05:41 PM

J24U said:

bald_eagle said:
What was that? Nine Billion Names of God?

I'm not sure how that got inserted in a mystery & horror collection.

J24U

Danvers, MA

February 2006

MAR 20, 2008 06:00 PM

bald_eagle said:

J24U said:

bald_eagle said:
What was that? Nine Billion Names of God?

I'm not sure how that got inserted in a mystery & horror collection.

Meh, it was a reader's digest collection, I'm just glad the story was in there.

Mr_Mocata

United Kingdom

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MAR 21, 2008 12:48 PM

I love Arthur C Clarke's books. Sad news.

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bald_eagle

Indianapolis, IN

November 2006

MAR 20, 2008 08:26 AM

J24U

Danvers, MA

February 2006

MAR 20, 2008 09:34 AM

bald_eagle

Indianapolis, IN

November 2006

MAR 20, 2008 05:41 PM

J24U

Danvers, MA

February 2006

MAR 20, 2008 06:00 PM

Mr_Mocata

United Kingdom

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