Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary
by zem on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:08PM
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ironically, the first author i have been inclined to call "the new clarke" is liu cixin, based on the anything-but-optimistic "death's end" trilogy. still has a very clarke-like feel, but dark.
Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary
by Florin_Andrei on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:48PM
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> a very clarke-like feel, but dark
I've no idea how that is even possible :) so I'll have to read something by that author to figure out what you mean.
Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary
by zem on Monday January 23, 2017 @05:10PM
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check out "the three body problem"; it has a very clarke-like sense of wonder tinged with both optimism and melancholy, and the same blend of science and "magic science", but it also adds a dark feel that is nothing like clarke.
It's a measure of how much darker the world has turned recently that I've started in the last few years to think of ACC as perhaps a bit naive. Or maybe he was just too far ahead of the times? That's an optimist thought - albeit a long-term one.