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Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary by zem on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:08PM (#13465476)
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.
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Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary by Florin_Andrei on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:48PM (#13466384)
> 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.

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Re:He wrote the future: On Arthur C. Clarke's centenary by zem on Monday January 23, 2017 @05:10PM (#13466577)
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.
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