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« on: March 18, 2008, 06:56:48 PM »
Farewell Mr. Clarke, I guess there will be no 2500 or whatever terrible sequel you had planned.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080318/en_nm/clarke_death_dc_4
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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 10:32:38 PM »
Philip Jose' Farmer is 90. Can't imagine he's too far off.
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2008, 09:02:49 AM »
Would that be as sad?
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 11:34:43 AM »
Quote from: Loken on March 19, 2008, 09:02:49 AM
Would that be as sad?

I like Philip Jose' Farmer a lot. So it would be sad for me.

Farmer's been cool for most of his career, whereas Gygax, from what I understand, was quite a douchebag during a good portion of his. I guess that's the difference between being an author and being a businessman.
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 11:44:45 AM »
Unlike Clarke, who was always looking for Godd somewhere in the universe.

On the by, Patrick Swayze has pancreatic cancer (and is still smoking!)..
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 09:14:30 PM »
I actually really liked "Dark is the Sun" by Farmer.  It was that so far future it's fantasy kinda thingy.  Tho its been 20+ years since I read that.
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 09:32:44 PM »


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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2008, 01:20:58 PM »
Quote from: Loken on March 19, 2008, 09:14:30 PM
I actually really liked "Dark is the Sun" by Farmer.  It was that so far future it's fantasy kinda thingy.  Tho its been 20+ years since I read that.

His "Dayworld" series was pretty entertaining, and "Riverworld" was a classic, even if he kept it going a couple books longer than he should have.

I'm reading "World of Tiers" right now, which is the reason I knew he's 90.
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